Reviews Written by Laura

Serenity

Pros: Some questions were answered

Cons: I do not like to see main characters get killed off.

I am an absolute fan of the series Firefly and still carry the torch for it's reinception with the original cast and Joss Weldon of course! Anyways back to Serenity. Serenity, in my opinion,was meant to statisfy the fans of Firefly who found Fox's cancelation of the series after half a season very unsatisfactory. There were so many things we all were wanting to know. Like what would become of River? What had they done to her and why? Would the Doc and Kaylee ever be able to have a relationship or would he continue to only think of keeping his sister safe(honorable to a fault he is, and cute too!)? Would Mal and the "ambassodor-ess" get past what ever was keeping them apart so Mal could stand up and admit he loved her? There were a lot of other questions too and it is just awful to get hooked on a show, come to identify with the characters in some way and then have the rug pulled out from under your veiwing pleasure by the network and their idea of what makes a buck. I still beleive they killed a real money maker when they were too afraid to continue firefly. The movie does answer some questions but there just is not enough time for them all and in my mind it opened up many new questions. I enjoyed the movie as it seemed the actors were able to just pickup like only a little bit of time went by on Serenity(the ship they all live on) since they left off in the series. They are all excellent in their respective roles and play off each other in such a way that makes for a satisfyingly disfunctional but loyal family. The last part of the movie was very far from what I would have chosen to write. Jeeze you dont kill off part of the family! This is entertainment, it serves to let us escape "reality" for a short time and observe a world that exists to distract us from real lifes worries and such. There is pain and death of those we care about in real life I dont want to see real life in a sci-fantasy movie! So Joss "why kill off a main character?" Too sum it up I did enjoy the movie. It was well done, well acted, and it was visually intense. Ending was good but it had to end which all good things do....unfortunately. I imagine it would be nessasary to buy the series on DVD and watch that first howerver before watching the movie. ...