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| Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel, boldly goes where many have gone before in this film. A Star Trek-lite sci-fi western forged from the scrap metal of his late tv series Firefly (cancelled mid season in the US) Five hundred years hence, Captain Mal Reynolds (Fillion) and the crew of the transport ship Serenity, orchestrate small-scale thefts as a galactic civil war rages. When Reynolds takes on 2 new passengers, Dr Simon Tam and his unstable telepathic sister River - the captain finds himself caught between the ************ and the *************. Danger is everywhere, but the greatest threat comes from *********. Serenity is a fast paced, convoluted romp that would make Captains Kirk and Picard proud. The dialogue is Whedon's trademark hot-potch of pop culture references and one-liners (like tomboy mechanic Kayleee telling her comrades "It's been more than a year since I had anything twixt my nethers that didn't run on batteries!") If you haven't seen Firefly (me neither), the film has a few narrative holes, and some clumsy special effects. However, Serenity does entertain, with thrilling fight sequences and the shock ****************** |
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| Five hundred years in the future, mankind has colonised outer space and now the alliance is calling the shots. But somehow the battered old transport craft-cum-pirate ship Serenity just gets by. However, when it picks up a telepathic 17-year old girl, the alliance moves in for the kill....... The Good The futuristic, pared down dialogue, an abundance of Oriental imagery, the anthopomorphic spacecraft, a peerless villain (albeit with an English accent) and an underlying black humour. The BadA lack of suspense and the 'wow' factor. The presence of a hunky white male as the ship's captain is disappointingly retrograde. The Verdict There has been much favourable buzz surrounding Serenity. While the Fox TV series from which it was taken (Firefly) was cancelled mid-season, the subsequent DVD attracted positive reviews and a huge cult following. And the resultant film is a blast. With a sensational pre-credit sequence (setting a new benchmark for delivering exposition), the film cuts to the chase with aplomb. |
| QUOTE (jamiearmour @ Oct 6 2005, 12:32 PM) |
| I wouldn't put money on there being applause Alex :ph43r: Lots of punters suffering from shock perhaps. People too stunned to stand up and leave the halls. Cinema cleaners sweeping people out of the fire exits, that kind of thing. |