LaFountaine

“Serenity” Movie

Monday-October 03, 2005

Today I saw the movie “Serenity”, which starred: Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Adam Baldwin, Summer Glau and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

The storyline involved the following: “For the uninitiated, Firefly's 26th-century final frontier resembled the wild, wild West, with gunslingers shooting up mining towns on far-flung worlds. The show playfully chronicled the criminal endeavors of Serenity's motley crew of smugglers, captained by the glib but principled Mal (Nathan Fillion). The ship also serves as home to passengers Simon (Sean Maher) and his sister River (Summer Glau). Serenity swiftly but awkwardly recounts how Simon risked his promising career as a doctor to rescue River from scientists working for the nefarious Alliance, the victors in a cruel war against freedom fighters known as Browncoats (yes, our good captain was a Browncoat). The Alliance turned River, a young psychic, into a killing machine. Now the siblings are on the run. Serenity opens with the Alliance dispatching its harshest operative, known only as--yes--the Operative (Chiwetel Ejiofor), to capture River. So Mal must put on hold his illicit dealings to protect the increasingly violent River. And that means putting Serenity--and the crew Mal regards as family--in harms way. So does it help if you have partaken of Firefly's 14 episodes? It certainly does. Whedon makes few concessions to those unfamiliar with Firefly or its crew and passengers. But if you can grasp the gist of Firefly's intricate political machinations, then the flight's somewhat enjoyable.”

I would rate the movie a “B”, and it is the worth of an admission ticket, a medium popcorn and a medium soft drink. The film was a good science fiction movie.

posted by Frank LaFountaine @ 1:36 PM