Serenity

Sep. 30th, 2005 06:26 pm
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Saw it. Loved it.

Not a perfect film, but one I could watch again. It's a typcial Joss-verse with unlikely (but entertaining) glibness, twist-yer-gut ironies, and character DEATH. But what I loved most were the action sequences. There's a rawness to the fighting that takes the tension up about 20 notches. And guess what happens when you combine martial arts with classical ballet? Summer Glau. *happysigh* What a beautiful, beautiful person. I could watch her move all day.

Some reviewers complained about the lack of special effects and the choppy cutting. Didn't bother me a bit. The special effects were just fine, thanks, and the choppiness felt stylistic. Along with bobbing frames and weird angles (I'm sure there's a non-layman's word for this), the choppiness gave the movie an immediacy, a realness that Star Wars sorely lacked.

In fact, it's a lot like Star Wars, (The original three, that is. I've heard rumors of others being made??) and in a good way. It's space opera at its finest, but with a clever script and less discernable morality. Star Wars all grown up.

The sound editing is fantastic.

Go see it. It's worth the ten bucks.

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