Serenity Reviews Review

Over lunch I've been checking out the reviews for Serenity. For the most part people love it.

One hated it because it 'wasn't like the tv series', which is cool, but somewhat short-sighted. From what I've read the events in the movie were due to take place in the tv-series had it not been cancelled. And anyway, there's only so much you can do with a bunch of looser thieves and pirates. At some point they have to do something that makes their tale worth telling. Serenity is a good start. Hopefully, the next two movies (yes, it's part of a three picture deal) will get the green light and we'll see more.

One reviewer not only didn't like the movie but proceeded to rip into Joss Whedon for using nazi references. It makes me wonder how closely they were paying attention to the Firefly dvds the reviewer 'bought and watched twice'. It's brown coats not brown shirts, numbnut.

It has been a long time since I've heard this sort of word-of-mouth buzz about a film. Usually it gets drowned out by the studio, but apart from a couple of ads a few days before the opening Universal has been mostly silent - at least on this side of the planet. In fact, I dare say I haven't heard this sort of buzz from the 'fans' since a little SF movie opened in 1977. Big call? We'll see. An avalanche always starts with a single pebble.