Serenity Reviews

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Three Movie Buffs Serenity Review  **1/2

Slant Magazine Serenity Review **1/2

 

(Still waiting for actually recognizable names to review -- though Variety has a quasi-article/review on it from August.)

 

And TVGuide.com's TV Columnist Matt Roush's comments on it:

http://www.tvguide.com/tv/roush/review

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ROUSH RIFF

Don't get me wrong, I had a good time at the movies watching Serenity, Joss Whedon's rollicking sci-fi/Western follow-up to his short-lived Fox series, Firefly. Unlike bigger-budgeted space epics (like the last few Star Bores— er, Wars), it has genuine humor and heart amid the adventure, as ragtag mercenaries — led by Nathan Fillion as Capt. Mal Reynolds — outwit and outfight their foes. But I couldn't help feeling I was seeing an overblown, exposition-heavy episode of a TV show. Movies may have a bigger screen, but TV provides a grander canvas for Whedon's storytelling. Maybe Sci Fi Channel can do the next sequel.

Comments

[queenofattolia.livejournal.com]

Heh. I knew it wouldn't play amongst the "uninitiated."

Still sending bad vibes Joss's way. [eg]

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

I'm still waiting for the normal movie reviewers to weigh in like Roeper(?) and Ebert. I