A leaf on the wind

[sigma7]

Saw Serenity, enjoyed, as did the audience. A few jolts, much laughter, a few audible gasps. But I'm interested in the reactions of non-fans to the flick, either you or a friend who've seen it without the luxury of any of the series. Does it stand on its own merits? Call it idle rumination on the gentle art of moviemaking. (Warning: spoilers in comments.)

Comments

The reaction of a fan rather than a non-fan...

[ember-burn.livejournal.com]

I saw it... I watched the series when it originally came on, and I've been watching the reruns on Sci-Fi... I had a hard time getting into it at the beginning because I had a sense that they weren't into character, or perhaps I should say that they characters that they were portraying were different from those in the original series... They weren't speaking in the same patterns and the writing was different from the series...

All that being said, I thoroughly enjoyed the movie after I got into enjoying who the characters were as opposed to who they had been. I liked it enough that I'd watch the movie again, and I VERY rarely watch movies over. I also would love to see them put the series back into production.

Re: The reaction of a fan rather than a non-fan...

[sigma7.livejournal.com]

"Intense" is a word that's popped up that I think describes it pretty accurately. I think Simon was quite a bit off -- he wasn't in space-nerd mode and in full-bore protect-sister mode, so I dunno if that accounts for it.

But from all I've read from Joss, the crew won't be confined to TV ever again -- it seems to be silver screen or no screen.