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Serenity

The TVClubHouse: Movies/Library ARCHIVES: Movies: April through December 2005: Serenity users admin

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Hereiam
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03-29-2002

Friday, September 30, 2005 - 7:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hereiam a private message Print Post    
For everyone who loved and miss the Firefly tv show here comes the movie. I think it opens today, but I probably won't be able to get to it until next week. I really hope the movie is good, I have been looking forward to it for a LONG time. I loved the tv show (still miss it and blame fox for messing it up). Oh, here is the link to the movie site: http://www.serenitymovie.com/

Saxywildcat
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05-30-2005

Saturday, October 01, 2005 - 11:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saxywildcat a private message Print Post    
It did open Friday and my husband and I went to see it. Very good flick! I won't divulge any details or anything until I know more have seen the flick. Saw it at a very nice theatre though.. one of our Warren Theatre's up in Wichita. We sat in the balcony seating. a nice loveseat type chair all to ourselves, and food/drink service if we wanted.. LOL

GO SEE IT!

Mrs. Saxy

Kep421
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08-11-2001

Sunday, October 02, 2005 - 5:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kep421 a private message Print Post    
I saw this film yesterday. I didn't know anything about the premise of the show or the characters. I went with someone who is an avid Firefly fan, so I had the benefit of his knowledge while watching.

I LOVED IT. Now I want to watch Firefly, but I'm told it was on for only one season. Too bad. The characters are hilarious and memorable.

I agree with my friend. They should bring Firefly back....and make sequels to this movie.

It was excellent!!

Jan
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08-01-2000

Sunday, October 02, 2005 - 6:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
Here's a synopsis of reviews from IMDb:

Movie Reviews: 'Serenity'
In her review, Manohla Dargis in the New York Times compares Joss Whedon's Serenity with George Lucas's Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge of the Sith. Serenity comes out ahead. "Scene for scene," she writes, "Serenity is more engaging and certainly better written and acted than any of Mr. Lucas's recent screen entertainments. Mr. Whedon isn't aiming to conquer the pop-culture universe with a branded mythology; he just wants us to hitch a ride to a galaxy far, far away and have a good time." Jan Stuart in Newsday makes a similar comparison, remarking: "George Lucas could learn a thing or two from Whedon. Serenity flies with sass and spirit, qualities that have been in palpably short supply in that Star Wars series since, well, Star Wars." Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times also indicates that he had a good time watching the movie, writing: "Serenity is made of dubious but energetic special effects, breathless velocity, much imagination, some sly verbal wit and a little political satire." Elizabeth Weitzman in the New York Daily News notes that the movie appears to exist as a the final episode of Whedon's canceled Firefly TV series and because the show's fans "made the Firefly DVD set an unexpected best seller." She adds: "Whedon's sci-fi fantasies smartly parallel the serious issues we're grappling with here on Earth, while his protagonists remain mordantly funny in the face of utter disaster. Like Star Trek before it, the outer-space setting is perfectly suited to a big budget" movie.


Moondance
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07-30-2000

Monday, October 03, 2005 - 4:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Moondance a private message Print Post    
I enjoyed it! Lots of correlations to our world powers now if you think about it:-)