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Subject: Serenity review...
Posted September 30, 2005
Lisa and I just got back from Serenity, and we give it all four thumbs up. Some points, without spoiling anything:
1: It is kind of like two episodes of Firefly in a row; there is a definite dividing line in the middle of the movie. The second half is The Business.

2: If you've never seen Firefly, you're still going to like Serenity. Firefly provides all the backstory of the characters, of course, which the movie couldn't do in two hours. But I didn't see one thing that I thought someone that didn't see the series wouldn't understand. The obverse is also true; the movie won't spoil anything in the series.

3: There is only one change from the story the series layed out; it is minor. Otherwise, the movie pretty much picks up where the series left off.

The special effects are really quite good for what is a relatively low-budget sci-fi movie. This movie cost about a tenth as much as Phantom Menace to make, and it is easily ten times better.

So, run, don't walk, to the theatre and check that shit out. Highly recommended.

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