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POSTED BY: reginaroadie
UPDATED: Monday, October 3, 2005 23:14
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REGINAROADIE

Thursday, September 29, 2005 11:57 PM

Hey all

I just checked over at rottentomatoes.com (a really good review database website). For the uninitiated, the way the Tomatometer works, is that they take all the reviews of a movie, check to see how many are good and bad, and give it a percentage. If 60% or more of the reviews are positive, then it's demmed fresh. Anything below that is considered rotten.

At the beginning of the week, SERENITY was hovering around the 60% area, and had even dipped to a 57%. But right now, it is at 80%. It's only 7% behind A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE (the new Cronenberg movie) as the best reviewed movie ofthe week.

Here hoping it can climb to a 90% or more.

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THRAWN

Friday, September 30, 2005 12:28 AM

But what's more important is what the reviews are saying. This is getting exactly the reviews I was hoping for; I couldn't be happier.

GTHING

Friday, September 30, 2005 1:39 AM

I think the critics are complaining too much about the "cheese" aspect. They don't even consider that it takes some artistic effort in these days' movies to make something look cheesy. I am damn near certain no one else is making science fiction or action movies that look anything like Serenity. The Matrix and Lord of the Rings screwed the genre in that idea. Too many movies these days try to look like them. Get me The Road Warrior man!!!

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HAKEN

Friday, September 30, 2005 1:43 AM

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Originally posted by reginaroadie:
Here hoping it can climb to a 90% or more.

FYI, it's hitting 89% for the "Cream of the Crop." Woohoo!

SWITCHY

Friday, September 30, 2005 2:09 AM

This is awesome! I just checked RT and all the positive press had me smiling from ear to ear. I think this thing may really happen. What numbers have to happen this weekend to snowball to the magic numbers Universal said they wanted?

SOKOLOV

Friday, September 30, 2005 2:30 AM

I haven't seen the movie or anything, but just read those reviews.

Many of the reviews note the lack of screentime hurt character development. Unlike "normal" films that feature only a couple of leading roles, Firefly/Serenity actually has such a robust cast that it is really made more for TV, in my opinion. There is really no way around it unless multiple movies were already planned but it still makes me a little sad. I think one of the charms of the series was the slowly unveiling of each of the characters done in such a way that you can't help but love them all nearly right from the start. Scenes like Simon and Kaylee talking in her room in Jaynestown and the end of Shindig with Mal and Inara, and the scene which houses my favorite line in the series with River talking about the cows. Hopefully scenes like that appear in the movie, but I am not sure there really is time to do that sort of thing and still play out a full story in 2 hours.

The whole character development issue, of course, isn't an issue with us devoted fans ;)

One of the other things I loved most about the series was the camera work. Every episode watches like a movie. None of it looks like TV to me.

In a way, I wish the story was more of an "episode" than a feature film (similiar to Star Trek: Insurrection), but I suppose that would've been less engaging to newcomers who are likely looking for a more epic experience.

NEVAKEE

Friday, September 30, 2005 7:40 AM

Sounds quite good - but remember what Joss said in his last post - it is not enough that Serenity does good during the first weekened (though it is important, too), but it needs some staying power - so, get people to see it in the next few weeks, too.

RIVERSGUY

Friday, September 30, 2005 8:51 AM

Now at 83%, still, looking good.

Argh I've got to wait till Thurs for a preview over here in sunny ol England. Seen it twice already at other previews, but I need more!!

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FLAMETREE

Friday, September 30, 2005 8:54 AM

I saw the movie last night in Sydney. There were about 20 people there.

The good news for serenity is that there was a positive review, which was the featured review with a picture of river and mal, in a free newspaper which is handed out to the people on the trains here.

"through it has been highly anticipated by fans, buffy creator joss wheadon's first foray as a feature director demands some contextualising for the uninitiated. Wheadon's follow up to buffy was the sci-fly firefly, which gained a small, loyal following but was a commercial failure. It lasted only 15 episodes, the victim of poor marketing and scheduling decisions. three years later serenity picks up where firefly left off. continuing whedon's usual genre-mixing serenity is a space opera shot in the style of a western. Set 500 years in the future, in the wake of a galactic civil war, it follows a space crew, led by the hardened Mal (nathan fillion), who are on the run from the alliance, the imperialistic victors of the war. These cowboys are protecting river (summer glau), the young escapee of a program of scientific experiments that has given her surprising powers. With the sort of grammer-destroying dialog that made buffy so great, mixed with the full-throttle action, serenity is an intelligent, must see science fiction."

FLYINGTAMS

Friday, September 30, 2005 6:34 PM

And, theve changed featured reviewer to someone who actuall likes it. Probably the best non spoilry review so far:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/click/movie-1151889/reviews_viewer.php?r
id=1440627&fb=no

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