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Okay, the Serenity post
You knew it was coming. Expected it.
Yes. The Serenity Post.
Okay. That movie, granted, did have parts that were trite or contrived, but overall I was not dissappointed. Now, of course, this is from a person who has already gotten herself so emotionally invested in these characters and that ship that I don't think I could help but love it, but I still think it was an amazing movie. It was beautiful and painful and heartfelt, full of honor and anger and secrets and love and agony. I loved it.
I'm kind of hating Joss right now, because I pride myself on never crying at movies (I know, weird thing to be proud of, right?) but this one had be crying more than once. That rat bastard killed Book and Wash! How could he do that to that little family? I sort of saw Book coming, knowing what I know about Joss. Someone had to die, and Book made the most sense. And I can reconcile myself to that. But Wash, too? Did he really have to kill two in one movie? If he keeps this up and gets his trilogy, there won't be any crew to speak of when he's finished.
Oh, Wash. I keep thinking of poor Zoe. I think Wash was sort of the thing that bound her to the realm of mere humans. She can be such a mechanical person sometimes, calculating and emotionless, and I think Wash brought out a warm side in her, something no one else could really bring out.
But that's life I suppose. Still not fair.
Oh, but that thing with the pax, creating the reavers, that was too cool. And how that finally gave Mal that higher mission that he seemed to be searching for, something to keep him going (besides his ship and the crew he seems to be alienating one after the other because he doesn't know how to deal with his emotions or with theirs). It was good to see him with a mission again.
And River! Holy crap lions, that girl was scary. Backlit, surrounded by dead Reavers, Reavers she killed, and holding an ax dripping blood as a whole squad of alliance soldiers stood there, waiting for an order, guns pointed at the little girl who just did something no one else had ever even dreamed of attempting. I half thought she was going to let them have it, too, kill them all like she did the Reavers.
Some of Kaylee's lines were flat or silly, and I felt like, for part of the movie, some of that spirit that I remember from the series was missing from her, some little spark. I still loved her, of course, in all her two-headedness, I still thought she was adorable, even if it felt like she wasn't exactly the Kaylee from the series.
And can I just say that Stealth!Simon, from the beginning of the movie where he rescues River, was so hot. With that flare bomb, oh yeah, that was awesome. I felt like some of his lines, also, especially those in relation to Kaylee, were a little flat as well, like Joss felt like he had to make them happen in this movie, in case he doesn't get another. But that's okay, I still thought the exchanges were sweet, if a little off.
Who haven't I talked about? Oh, Inara. I love her so much, she is my favorite person ever for having a stun bomb that looked like insence. That was the greatest thing. Also, I just love Inara for not making a decision at the end, for looking like she might stay. And, that little detail where, when the rest of the crew was rebuilding Serenity, she was repainting the name in the hull.
And Jayne. He was a little darker, a little meaner than I like my Jayne at some points, but I still can't help but love him. He makes me laugh, even if he scares me a bit.
And the ship. I nearly cried when that crashland tore her all apart, because she was just as much a part of that show as any of the characters (cough*Wash*cough*Book) and to see her engines torn off and her feet broken to bits made me very sad. But the sequences when they were putting her all back together again were funny and sweet, everybody pitching in, even River.
But oh my god, that movie was beautiful in a way movies have forgotten how to be. So pretty and witty and heavy. Now I need to get that dinosaur shirt. And the dvd. With commentary, deleted scenes, outtakes, and more special features than can fit on one disk.
Okay, I've accomplished my mission, and gotten all that out of my system. Til tomorrow, when I see it again . . .
Yes. The Serenity Post.
Okay. That movie, granted, did have parts that were trite or contrived, but overall I was not dissappointed. Now, of course, this is from a person who has already gotten herself so emotionally invested in these characters and that ship that I don't think I could help but love it, but I still think it was an amazing movie. It was beautiful and painful and heartfelt, full of honor and anger and secrets and love and agony. I loved it.
I'm kind of hating Joss right now, because I pride myself on never crying at movies (I know, weird thing to be proud of, right?) but this one had be crying more than once. That rat bastard killed Book and Wash! How could he do that to that little family? I sort of saw Book coming, knowing what I know about Joss. Someone had to die, and Book made the most sense. And I can reconcile myself to that. But Wash, too? Did he really have to kill two in one movie? If he keeps this up and gets his trilogy, there won't be any crew to speak of when he's finished.
Oh, Wash. I keep thinking of poor Zoe. I think Wash was sort of the thing that bound her to the realm of mere humans. She can be such a mechanical person sometimes, calculating and emotionless, and I think Wash brought out a warm side in her, something no one else could really bring out.
But that's life I suppose. Still not fair.
Oh, but that thing with the pax, creating the reavers, that was too cool. And how that finally gave Mal that higher mission that he seemed to be searching for, something to keep him going (besides his ship and the crew he seems to be alienating one after the other because he doesn't know how to deal with his emotions or with theirs). It was good to see him with a mission again.
And River! Holy crap lions, that girl was scary. Backlit, surrounded by dead Reavers, Reavers she killed, and holding an ax dripping blood as a whole squad of alliance soldiers stood there, waiting for an order, guns pointed at the little girl who just did something no one else had ever even dreamed of attempting. I half thought she was going to let them have it, too, kill them all like she did the Reavers.
Some of Kaylee's lines were flat or silly, and I felt like, for part of the movie, some of that spirit that I remember from the series was missing from her, some little spark. I still loved her, of course, in all her two-headedness, I still thought she was adorable, even if it felt like she wasn't exactly the Kaylee from the series.
And can I just say that Stealth!Simon, from the beginning of the movie where he rescues River, was so hot. With that flare bomb, oh yeah, that was awesome. I felt like some of his lines, also, especially those in relation to Kaylee, were a little flat as well, like Joss felt like he had to make them happen in this movie, in case he doesn't get another. But that's okay, I still thought the exchanges were sweet, if a little off.
Who haven't I talked about? Oh, Inara. I love her so much, she is my favorite person ever for having a stun bomb that looked like insence. That was the greatest thing. Also, I just love Inara for not making a decision at the end, for looking like she might stay. And, that little detail where, when the rest of the crew was rebuilding Serenity, she was repainting the name in the hull.
And Jayne. He was a little darker, a little meaner than I like my Jayne at some points, but I still can't help but love him. He makes me laugh, even if he scares me a bit.
And the ship. I nearly cried when that crashland tore her all apart, because she was just as much a part of that show as any of the characters (cough*Wash*cough*Book) and to see her engines torn off and her feet broken to bits made me very sad. But the sequences when they were putting her all back together again were funny and sweet, everybody pitching in, even River.
But oh my god, that movie was beautiful in a way movies have forgotten how to be. So pretty and witty and heavy. Now I need to get that dinosaur shirt. And the dvd. With commentary, deleted scenes, outtakes, and more special features than can fit on one disk.
Okay, I've accomplished my mission, and gotten all that out of my system. Til tomorrow, when I see it again . . .