Serenity

Let me tell you about a little movie called Serenity.

I haven’t been more excited about seeing a movie in years. For godssake, I saw the movie two hours ago and I’m even more excited about seeing it again than I was about seeing it in the first place.

It was a work print; although the special effects seemed to be in place, the image quality was bad, the sound mix was crude, and the music was all temporary. But I couldn’t have loved it more. The thought of seeing what I saw tonight in real THX digital surround with a color-matched print and a David Newman score gives me the shivers.

I can’t think of another movie I’ve seen that has as satisfying a blend of adventure, humor and heart. Suck it, Star Wars.

Movie contents:

• Badassery.
• More badassery.
• River being a fucking NINJA.
• Some more badassery.
• Massive space battles (with badassery).
• No Kasabian.
• Mal being a badass.
• Jayne being a badass.
• Serenity being a badass.
• Pretty much everyone saying funny things.

And then, just for good measure:

• SOME MORE BADASSERY.