Posted by Jason N on 10/06/05 20:32

Angus Manwaring wrote:

> ....I think I'll have to go and see the movie.

I managed to get myself and a mate into a press screening of the movie
back in August. Top quality movie. I'm going with a few work-mates to
see it again tomorrow.

Anyone disappointed by the last three Star Wars really should see
Serenity. I am a Firefly fan but you don't have to have seen the show.
The first few minutes of the movie give you everything you need to know.

Jonathan Ross' review from the BBC website reads:

'In an age when almost any television programme can have a cult
following, the passion of hard core fans for the short-lived television
programme on which Serenity is based is not necessarily a reliable
indicator that this series was worth reviving in film form.

However, on the evidence this feature their enthusiasm was entirely
justified. This is a huge and pleasant surprise - hip, smart, funny and
exciting, topped off by outstanding special effects.

Joss Whedon directs his own splendid script with appealingly breezy
panache - I'm already looking forward to seeing what he does with the
'Wonder Woman' film currently on the stocks - and he draws uniformly
excellent performances from a cast in which Chiwetel Ejiofor is
particularly strong.

My overriding thought as the credits rolled was: "Why on earth couldn't
the three most recent Star Wars films have been a third as good as
this.?" With its swashbuckling fun and occasional moments of intelligent
heroics this film has the qualities which the early instalments in
George Lucas's saga possessed, and which the later ones so horribly lacked.

Serenity is a guaranteed crowd pleaser. If you like sci-fi movies it's
unmissable, and even if you don't, it's still well worth checking out
when it hits cinemas on Friday.'

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