If you've seen it at a screening, please rate Serenity as compared to...
POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Sunday, September 4, 2005 05:24
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The original Star Wars, Blade Runner, Raiders of the Lost Arc, the new Battlestar Galactica, and/or anything else you might think of.
Is as good as or better than the ones I've listed?
(no spoilers, please. Thanks)
The countdown has begun Chrisisall
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I would have trouble rating them...
I was blown away the first time I saw
Star Wars and
Raiders of the Lost Arc
and I was similarly blown away by Serenity,
but I carried a lot of that excitement into the theater with me,
would I have found it as exciting if I had never watched Firefly? I'm not sure.
maybe....
I enjoyed Blade Runner a lot, but I wasn't blown away by it....
and Battlestar Galactica isn't even in the same ball park (IMO)
so I would place Serenity far above those
I think any movie goer can really enjoy Serenity, I'm just not sure that they'll see it as a revolutionary new way of looking at Sci-fi....
of course I don't think it HAS to be.
I think it has to be about the best most exciting film that has come out lately,
and believe me, it beats out ANYTHING you've seen this Summer!
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So, like, it's better than Catwoman, right?
BWAHAHAHAHAAA
Thanks for the rating, embers.
My most favourite recent movie was Pirates Of The Caribbean, and I fully expect to like Serenity a lot more.
ARGH Chrisisall
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Serenity was MUCH better than Pirates of the Carribean, if that helps you.
It's hard to rate it against movies like the Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark, since I saw those when I was 7-8 years old and have lived with them my whole life. I can say that I enjoyed it more than any other sci-fi movie in the last decade - probably since Terminator 2.
"I have never understood why it should be necessary to become irrational in order to prove that you care. Or indeed, why it should be necessary to prove it at all." -Kerr Avon
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yeah...LOL
better than:
Catwoman
The Hulk
The Fantasic Four
Electra
I think it is way better than Spiderman
(I felt the stories were weak and the special effects were a little cartoony)
I'll admit that I didn't get around to seeing
Batman
War of the Worlds
The Island
I saw The Sith...
and I didn't find it exciting at all,
I did think it was better than I expected,
but humorless (R2D2 got ALL the good lines)
and predictable, with soap opera dialogue.
Believe me: Serenity has got the unpredictable excitement, humor, and even a little romance....
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I think it's just too different a movie than those to really compare. Serenity is the most intense of any of them. Star Wars is a great adventure film and more epic in my opinion. The others are not on the same level really, if you ask me. They just don't have the same impact on me. That's probably only because I've seen Firefly though.
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Quote:Hollywood has been crying lately, the box office has slowed (bad movies -Duh), you thinking like me that Serenity'll show 'em what GOOD movies can do for a change (and not even having seen it, I can guarantee it'll do more than enough for sequels...)?
Originally posted by embers:
Believe me: Serenity has got the unpredictable excitement, humor, and even a little romance....
Let's be moneymakin' guys Chrisisall
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I'm actually a little worried about how Serenity will do. Especially since the trailer has only really been showing nowish and no one's going to the movies to see it. There are many other reasons I worry about how Serenity will do, but I'll just try to be confident that the majority of people will be intelligent and enjoy the movie. 
Also romance? I don't see where you got that from exactly.
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I feel it is too soon to say how I will be rating Serenity. I liked it more the second time I saw it, and I would bet I'll like it more the third time too. And the fourth, etc. The best movies can hold up to that type of scrutiny.
My top five favorite films have held steady since 1988, when the fifth of them was released. At this time I have to say I don't think Serenity will make it higher than fourth on my list, if that high, but it is always possible I will change my mind.
Here's my top 5:
Dr. Strangelove
Citizen Kane
2001: A Space Odyssey
Ran
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The second half of my top ten list varies from time to time, but at this time the only one you mentioned that could possibly fit into the 6-10 positions would be Blade Runner.
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Forgive me CHRISISALL, I am not trying to hijack or diminish your thread because it is a valid request.
But, I can't do this. There is something about this movie that transcends the whole "which is better?" thing for me. I love Joss's writing. I love every one of the BDH's. I love the set's ,the story, the music, all of it. I yelled shouted, hollered, & cried. But I can't rate this movie.
The value of this movie is what it means to me. I'm a Browncoat & even if my name is nowhere in the credits. I am a part of this movie & it is a part of me. George Lucas never thanked me for believing in him. Harrisson Ford never said I was the reason he did what he did. But Joss did & Adam did. They all did. Those nine BDH's are my BDH's on & off the screen. I can't put a rating on a piece of my heart.
If you're a Browncoat you have to see this movie & you have to love it because you are the reason it was made. If you don't, well then.... you're not.
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