So much average

From my favorite movies..

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

I stay late tonight to watch this. I really regret now. If I have a time machine, I will go back to tell me that I should go to bed at 8 PM. and don't waste my time for this one. The plot is none sense. It does not suit people who love Nolan's films. The action scenes and CG are not good.

I'll be honest. I never liked Firefly. I found many of the episodes dull and lifeless, the characters caricatures of old western characters. The best episode was the finale where the bounty hunter tries to get River. Then came Serenity. It's one of my favorite movies. The cast really puts it together, the story is great. The enemy, the nameless agent is one of the best semi-villains ever on cinema. I regret the deaths in it and still wish for a sequel, but this movie hits it out of the park. Fruity-Oaty bars, Jayne wishing he HAD SOME GRENADES, River kicking ass in the bar (look for a hand weapon from Babylon 5), the entire finale battle AND Joss's wink at the fans, C-57-D (the cruiser from forbidden planets registration number) shows up quite often. And lets not forget Mr. Universe. Just a great movie from what to me, was a very average TV series.

At first I was put off by the trailer - to watch it is to believe that "Serenity" is full of martial arts and punches to the face. That's actually just a part of this. This is a smart, funny and campy sci-fi space opera that can touch your heart. Loved it all except Mal's enunciation - had to rewind over and over again because he mumbles so badly. It's probably a low-budget thing, and I get it that the "outlander" rebel speak some 19th-century dialect. But the dude just plain mumbles his lines. Otherwise, a stellar film! Sci-fi classic.

This has been called everything from a "Space Western" to "1984 in Space". It borrows well from many concepts and is indeed better than a few of the grandiose overblown Star Trek Movies. A critical success that barely broke even at the box office. Outstanding in almost every category. Acting, script and dialog, EFX, costumes, sets, photography, you-name-it! Based on the 14 episode Fox Series "Firefly" using (some of) the same cast. Capt. "Mal" Reynolds and his "rag-tag band of pirates and thieves" fight and die hard (Yes, some die) and become involved in the plight of a 17-year-old girl, completely raised and programmed by the Alliance, in an effort to control her amazing psychic abilities. She can "hear" thoughts."River Tam" is saved by her brother, Dr. Simon Tam, and they end up as passengers and participants on an amazing space adventure. A bank robbery on a planet and a "kick-Ass" fight in an alien bar. Along the way we are given "hints" about River's other fighting talents. Untimately, it's all about a terrible secret that the Alliance wants to keep hidden. After "terraforming" an entire solar system, on the planet "Miranda", a special gas released into the atmosphere killed off most of the population and turned the rest of the inhabitants into flesh-eating monsters. A most unusual plot twist has the good captain almost fighting-to-the-death and then creating an uneasy truce with "The Operative". I enjoyed it and so did Roger Ebert, way back in 2005.