Serenity Reaction
I can’t write a full review right now, mostly because I’m still stunned. I’ve never had a movie so effectively play with my emotions. I’m still sorting out my feelings about it.
Ont thing though – if you know me you are probably aware of the primary reason I’ve been down on LOTR as really not a very good story at all. Mostly because none of the main characters really pays a price to reach the goal. Sure, Frodo loses a finger, but that’s really about it. And the three hour death scene or Boromir. But when you set out to change the world, you should pay a high price for the task.
There are prices many times over in Serenity. There are prices I wasn’t prepared to witness. I’ve now seen the movie I’ve always wanted to see, and it made me reconsider what I’ve always wanted. At the end, I’m forced to ask if the final goal was really worth it. I wonder if the characters will look back on this in a few months time within the story and wonder the same thing.
When I do get a proper review written, it will be spoiler free. I urge you to avoid other reviews like the plague if you have any intention of seeing this film. Moreover, take two hours and go rent the first disk of the TV show and at least watch the pilot. You only get one ‘first reaction’ at this movie, and you really should get a feel for it. Sure, it is watchable without the TV experience, but it won’t have the same impact.
I want to keep the site spoiler free for at least a week. Then there are potentially hours of conversation about the specifics of the film.
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I must concur with Todd’s admonition to avoid other reviews (except for mine!) like the plague until you have seen both Firefly and Serenity. Unless of course you are a shallow, worthless human being – in which case go ahead and read all spoilers and refuse to see the film or the series.
I knew Todd would love this movie. I knew it in my soul after I saw it myself. It has the perfect Todd-ending. Well, not quite as good as Arlington Road but prett close. What makes it better is that people are still alive at the end to appear in (hopefully) many many sequels. Yet they are not the same as they were when the movie, or the series, began. This is what fiction is all about. This is what I want to experience, to share, and some day perhaps participate in creating. This is not my review, ut some initial thoughts on the film. Writing a review will not be easy, and I think it needs time to mature in my mind, and a second viewing to better absorb the content of the film. Watch both Todd and my website for reviews of Serenity.
In the mean time, go buy Firefly on DVD and watch it all. Only by doing so can you decide if you are worthy to watch Serenity.
I’ve got to think that the characters will look back and think it was worth it. Granted, I don’t know them well as I’m new to the series, but this was BIG STUFF and my impression was that the decision to head out to that planet through Reaver space and (even more) to head back with the intent to broadcast were huge decisions for these guys. They weren’t made on a whim and they knew what they were getting into, even though everyone will always think “I might” survive even the worst circumstances.