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Serenity (2005)
"Can't Stop The Signal" & you Wouldn't Want to
"Serenity plucks out a Captain and his crew from a place that's not so hott, until they're together--annoying--and loving again, Serenity it is not." By TRiXnLOX
I wasn't sure how the film will be for non-Firefly viewers, as the people who are familiar with Firefly (the series Serenity is based on/continued from) may have a more 'I understood all that' type review. Many questions will be answered for the existing fans, but possibly more will be asked by others.
Some of the original depth, richness, and 'humour in the face of death' of its characters--Firefly--were lost in the movie, possibly because of its fantastic fast-paced progressional plot. However the effort to sustain the basic and important aspects of each character--together with much fantabulously shockingly surprising existing and new information--made this movie quite satisfactory to absorb.
The crew is brought together by the extremities of love, death, life, good, bad and anything else you can squeeze in between, which is a classic trademark of Whedon's works. SFX, acting, futuristic 'gadgets', and martial arts are worthy adversaries for other Sci-Fi movie hits, even Star Wars. Although surprisingly, there was a particular scene that felt a little melodramatic (enough to notice), and lacked the real, full-seeded emotions I would otherwise have felt.
Went in with Serenity stuck on my back (true), gripped my seat, widened my eyes, jaw-dropped a few times, and walked out with Serenity in me.
DON'T Stop the Signal.
Walk the Talk (2000)
Move in that other direction
The protagonist in a movie as arrogant and selfish as this - among several other characteristics of a jerk to the core - is not a desirable, nor is it a common approach writers are keen to take. However like most quirky-like films, we are set up for something more. The suspicion of something significant happening is subtly fed throughout the film and bonus points are awarded for its not-so-typical protagonist, and when the storyline comes to a full circle. Although the fact that the movie finally ended could have been bonus points itself!
Unless it's for personal entertainment, would not recommend any writers approaching a story in film this way again though. We can only be irritated so much by a character that some people may be pushed to the brink of acting in the most insulting way possible: watching something else.