Movie Review: Serenity

Back again with a review on a lovely little Sci-fi flick called Serenity! Some of you may now (and fewer of you may care) that this movie is a direct descendant of a short-lived show on the SciFi Channel called "Firefly". Unlike Farscape (pause for a moment of silence)..................."Firefly" didn't get any real chance at survival at all. Unless I'm mistaken, they got one season. One. I'll rant about this type of bull on a later date. Unfortunately, I did not get to see the show for whatever reason, so I thought I'd catch Serenity to make up for it, and boy-oh-boy am I glad I did!

I'm not going to give much of the story line away, just to say that the main characters are a band of inter-stellar thieves who have been together long enough to establish a very comfortable and zippy rapport. In other words, the dialogue is seldom dull. The crew of the Serenity find themselves in deep doo-doo over a couple passengers they have taken on. The history of the mysterious brother and sister unfolds, and then things REALLY get interesting.

The special effects are fantastic, the fight scenes impressive, the characters rich and very familiar (to me, at least), and the tender moments are...well...tender.

If you are a SciFi Channel fan, then you have probably seen this movie already, but if not, go spend the money for the big screen. If you are only a so-so sci-fi lover, go ahead and wait for the DVD, just make sure you watch it on a big T.V. TRUST ME ON THIS: Serenity is a winner.