Remember that episode of The Simpsons where the teachers (I think) put on a show, and Bart said that although he "didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows." Well Serenity is the exact opposite of that remark
I went along with a friend who had never seen any of Firefly before, was totally unfamilar with this whole 'verse, but after the film she's heading out to buy the DVD.
It's got everything in it. Crime, violence, death, guns, love, comedy, shocks and surprises, spaceships and a whole lot more.
"Been more'n a year since I had anything twixt my nethers didn't run on batteries!" (Kaylee in Serenity)
The great thing about Whedon's work in Firefly and Serenity is that he is prepared to go to some dark places, and there are quite a few in this film. Suffering and death are not absent here. But always he somehow manages to get a laugh out in the middle of those dark moments, and yet without losing the emotional impact of that darkness.
There were a few things that I was a bit "hmmm" over, but they were mainly how the film related to the series, and aren't major problems anyway. I've since read that the storyline in the film was originally going to take two years of Firefly, and however much I adored, loved this film I wish Whedon could've had those two years, and then some more.
I went along with a friend who had never seen any of Firefly before, was totally unfamilar with this whole 'verse, but after the film she's heading out to buy the DVD.
It's got everything in it. Crime, violence, death, guns, love, comedy, shocks and surprises, spaceships and a whole lot more.
"Been more'n a year since I had anything twixt my nethers didn't run on batteries!" (Kaylee in Serenity)
The great thing about Whedon's work in Firefly and Serenity is that he is prepared to go to some dark places, and there are quite a few in this film. Suffering and death are not absent here. But always he somehow manages to get a laugh out in the middle of those dark moments, and yet without losing the emotional impact of that darkness.
There were a few things that I was a bit "hmmm" over, but they were mainly how the film related to the series, and aren't major problems anyway. I've since read that the storyline in the film was originally going to take two years of Firefly, and however much I adored, loved this film I wish Whedon could've had those two years, and then some more.