Saturday, October 08, 2005
serenity
verdict: skip it
over-hyped. thats the first word that comes to my mind. ok, granted the fight sequences are good. and sure some of the spaceship war scenes are good. but honestly i was expecting more. for one i thought the lead actor was so-so. not that he wasnt trying hard. i think he was trying too hard. didnt leave an impact at all. the rest of the actors were ok, each trying to find a niche for their character, but mostly failing to do so. the dude-with-no-name who represents the alliance, tries desperately to fit into laurence fishburne's shoes as the suave morpheus, but alas ... see the movie and you'll know what i mean!
this seemed like a long movie. or maybe it was slow. or both. either way, not worth a second viewing. and only if you have the time, and dont plan on doing anything better for 2 or so hours, you might want to see it the first time.
if youre a die hard star wars fan and expect something remotely close, youre about to be disappointed. if you think youre going to be impressed with the reevers attacking the protagonist and his crew, youre in for a rude shock. personally, i know why it didnt blow my socks off. blame it on that master director, super-imaginative, genius of a director, peter jackson. his depiction of the orcs in the lotr series set a standard for those kind of scenes. kind of a hard act to follow, let alone beat :-)
the thing most irritating about the movie is the repetitive attempt at humor. both by the actors and the story. out of place, and very, very corny, i thought serenity would have appealed to me more, if it lacked that misplaced comedy.
over-hyped. thats the first word that comes to my mind. ok, granted the fight sequences are good. and sure some of the spaceship war scenes are good. but honestly i was expecting more. for one i thought the lead actor was so-so. not that he wasnt trying hard. i think he was trying too hard. didnt leave an impact at all. the rest of the actors were ok, each trying to find a niche for their character, but mostly failing to do so. the dude-with-no-name who represents the alliance, tries desperately to fit into laurence fishburne's shoes as the suave morpheus, but alas ... see the movie and you'll know what i mean!
this seemed like a long movie. or maybe it was slow. or both. either way, not worth a second viewing. and only if you have the time, and dont plan on doing anything better for 2 or so hours, you might want to see it the first time.
if youre a die hard star wars fan and expect something remotely close, youre about to be disappointed. if you think youre going to be impressed with the reevers attacking the protagonist and his crew, youre in for a rude shock. personally, i know why it didnt blow my socks off. blame it on that master director, super-imaginative, genius of a director, peter jackson. his depiction of the orcs in the lotr series set a standard for those kind of scenes. kind of a hard act to follow, let alone beat :-)
the thing most irritating about the movie is the repetitive attempt at humor. both by the actors and the story. out of place, and very, very corny, i thought serenity would have appealed to me more, if it lacked that misplaced comedy.
