 Serenity 13 of 15 people found this review helpful.
This movie is based on a tv series that failed to find an audience but became a cult hit when the episodes were released on dvd.
its fans tend to be bordering on fanatical and call themselves "browncoats". It is produced, written and directed by Joss Whedon, owner of one of the most entertaining and original minds in tv today. He previously brought us "Buffy" and "Angel".
Like his previous efforts, the show works because although its set on a space ship, the characters are full and vibrant. They seem like real people who react as real people would when faced with other-worldly events.The wit, one-liners and sarcasm that made Buffy so enjoyable is alao present.
Though this movie is set in space its ironically more grounded than his previous efforts. No Star Trek aliens in this "verse", just people trying to scratch a living by taking whatever work comes their way (you know smuggling, bank robberies, whatever...!)
The movie features Nathan Fillion as a burned out war-vet whos moral compass is a bit of a burden in his new profession. He plays it like Indiana Jones in space and indeed his fans have started a campaign to have him take over as Indiana Jones. He also played Caleb from Buffy. Gina Torres is his first mate (she previously appeared as Jasmine in Angel) and Adam Baldwin is the more mercenary Jayne.
My boyfriend and I watched this together, and he had not seen Firefly. He definately found it a struggle, and i found i enjoyed the film more after re-viewing Firefly. Other people I talked to love the movie without ever realising there was a tv show.
My advice is buy Firefly and Serenity together. You will love them.
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When Fox cancelled the show 'Firefly', Josh Weedon's alternative science fiction and almost-but-not-entirely space adventure, with a lot potential was cut and left bleeding, just when the seeds became to grow and develop into flowers. 'Serenity' is a sequel movie to this Firefly show. I think it was made to show in a 'forced' way what the potential of the series could have been. Unfortunately, Weedon had to grow the characters artificially fast. I think this movie should have been positioned after about 26 episodes (my guess). The 'modified' or enhanced capacities of 'River Tam', one of the main characters, should become quite obvious by then. Actually, Serenity seems to be a compressed version of a theoretical second season, without the first was ever completed. That's a shame, but it was Fox decision to cancel, and not Weedon's, so I can't blame him for this jump-in-evolution, as cinema has other needs than a television show. Seen in that perspective, I found Serenity (which I saw before I knew Firefly) to be a very amusing, pretty intelligent SF movie that was a real blessing for this genre, due to the immense human factor that is present, rather than bleeping robots and horrible monsters. Well... this latter not entirely true, but hey... I won't take away every surprise :-)
Koen - Belgium
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