Sunday Night

Hope everyone is having a good weekend. I'm extremely exhausted and instead of posting something frivilous, I'll just bring you promises of beer, women (or men if that's your thing), Clydesdales, guitar solos that scream really high up on the tiny string, and a soundbitish review of Serenity. There aren't any real specific spoilers here, but if you haven't seen the film, I recommend you read this after you see it.

In short, Serenity was a fun film. I'm a fan of movies in general and am not married to any genre in particular.

Serenity had a few Hollywood cliches that Science Fiction films seem to be incapable of escaping (extended fights with lots of walking around and preachy dialog between hits & some interpersonal relationship dialog). However, there were only a few, and the suprisingly cheesy, but funny, one-liners made up for them.

The CGI was really good. There is one battle scene towards the end that I wish was a little longer, but in the context of the movie, was played at just about the right length.

What the film did supurbly well was understating and creating a more realistic future universe. Contrasting with Lucas, in his latest prequal turds, goes so far overboard with the CGI that it is too hard to understand what is happening in a given scene. Combine that with the worst dialog in the world, you have something that is barely video game worthy.

Serenity did just the opposite. The CGI played a supporting role and the dialog was above average (for Sci-Fi). The characters were developed well, and I thought they did a great job with the villian in particular.

Anyway, overall it was a fun movie. I recommend you see it.