Serenity
Oh, my goodness, that was a phenomenal movie. Joss Whedon brings back Firefly back to the big screen in a two hour romp that kept my eyes wide open the whole time.
After my ride this afternoon, I picked up Daniel and his buddy (Casey?). We headed over to Shoreline Century Cinema 16 in Mountain View to meet up with the rest of the group. Bill was there, along with Cyn. Lots of Daniel’s friends showed up. By the time the final moments before they started letting us head into the theater got here, the line to see Serenity was out the door and down the sidewalk. Getting to the theater early is a good idea.
The movie was really spectacular — better than anything I’ve seen in a long time. The special effects didn’t interfere with the story. It was significantly more action-packed and faster-paced than the Firefly TV episodes were, but with a $40 million budget, Joss did what George Lucas couldn’t do with three times that amoung (Attack of the Clones)—tell an intelligent story with great characters. All of the original TV cast are back in this movie and I’m not going to give any plotlines away, but I will say that I enjoyed every moment of this spectacular picture.
As a die-hard Browncoat, I have to do my part to see that more Serenity/Firefly movies are made. I have tickets for tomorrow night and I’ll go see it on Sunday and probably next weekend a couple of times as well. I have to do my part, after all, just because I want more. Can’t stop the signal.
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