2005 • Director: Joss Whedon The director would like to thank: The studio boss who fell for the one-line pitch below One line pitch: “Hey, let’s make a film out of that TV show that flopped!” Why it’s great: Great characters; great dialogue; lots of fun reinventing Western clichés for SF; genuinely heart-rending death scenes; River going from freaky emo chick to ass-kicking femme fatale; deliciously sadistic villain; just a hell of a lot of fun… Not to be mistaken for: Serendipity, Serena Williams, Blake’s Seven, an attempt to get the series recommmissioned The alternative view: “Serenity is so like TV that it ought to come with a clicker so we can switch over to the next movie at the multiplex.” Kyle Smith, The New York Post, 2005 Click on the link for more : |
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