There were quite a few additional reviews of Serenity posted by bloggers over the past 24 hours. Here’s a recap of the ones I’ve found thus far:
- Citizen Smash would pay $10 to see it again, even though he was a “Firefly virgin”.
- The Powerline guys thinks it’s destined to become a cult classic.
- It reminded Captain Ed of the best of the classics, although he warns against bringing the kids to the theater.
- little green colloquium calls it a libertarian polemic, which is evidently intended as a high compliment.
- PDB calls it better than anything Lucas has done in the last 10 years.
- Comic Book the Blog calls it better than Star Trek, which he readily admits is a fairly low target.
- Bill Roper calls it space opera and a magnificent success.
MORE:
- Fat Steve gives it 4 out of 5 stars and plans on paying to see it again.
- Mindless Bit Spew kindly suggests that you go see it when it opens near you.
- robot guy compares Revenge of the Sith to fast food and Serenity to a seven course meal, complete with other gastronomical analogies.
- Justin Buist says what a ride!
- Jason Kuznicki reckons that he’d readily sell his journalistic integrity for tickets to a movie this good. (He also aptly describes it as a “cowboy-space opera-orientalist-monster movie set inside a dystopian political fable”.)
- Sun Comprehending Glass promises to see it again.
- Ann liked it but doubts that Firefly novices will do the same.
- VOLuntarily Conservative calls it the most well-rounded movie he’s seen all year.
- L&N Line compares it favorably with Transformers: The Movie.
Like so many others , I’ve seen Joss Whedon’s Serenity. Actually, I saw it Friday night. My reaction right after: Bravo Zulu. For a deeper reaction and spoilers. . . Deeper reaction. Way better than Star Wars. It still had the sense of wonder of, something new. The
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I cogitate that it was pretty good.
[…] I am a self admitted Browncoat, that is a HUGE fan of Joss Whedon’s Firefly series, so I was disappointed in the factual errors of Power Line’s review of Serenity.John Hinderaker says:Everything considered, I think Serenity is likely to be a sleeper hit, and may become a cult classic. The film is well suited to the internet marketing scheme that Universal has apparently decided on. What have they got to lose? The industry is in the dumpster, the movie is based on a TV series, Firefly, that lasted a mere seven episodes, and no one has ever heard of anyone in the cast. So where do you go to generate buzz? The web.Whedon filmed 14 episodes and 11 were aired before FOX pulled the plug. Then Sci-Fi played all the episodes in order running up to the release of the film. Since the boxed DVDs have been released they have consistently been in the Amazon top 50. True most of the cast would get a huh? who?, but I think this media nation would recognise Ron Glass at least.I know you aren’t a big movie guy or a sci-fi guy, but please get the numbers right, it niggles at me. (yes I know I’m being retentive) As far as generating buzz on the web, keep in mind that is where the fans gave the series a new lease on life. The sudio would be blind to ignore fans who make “conversions” to the series that generate DVD sales and generally drive message with the same muscle that resurrected Star Trek. Only now the fans have the might of the internet, the ultimate “word of mouth” powerhouse, the sudio would be mad indeed to ignore blogs, podcasts and forums which will drive sales. Like Peter Jackson who harnessed the fan base for Lord of the Rings, to drive the Extended Edition of DVD sales, Joss Whedon can use fans like myself to creat buzz to get folks into the theater.Offered over at Basil’s Blog.(ht: Literalbarrage and thanks for the link.) […]
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