Serenity is my favourite film of all time (or at least my the top ten) thread

POSTED BY: chrisisall
UPDATED: Friday, January 13, 2006 13:00
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AMPHIPOLIS

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 5:20 PM

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Originally posted by Amphipolis:
Nice to meet you to. It seems to be that typ of movie that if you see it as a kid you're hooked for the rest of your life, ya know? Reply to The Somnambulist.

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HAYWARD79

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 9:10 PM

"Reason 1: The grand scale and look to TMP
Reason 2: Jerry Goldsmith's music on TMP
Reason 3: The science fiction story of TMP (as opposed to the action/soap of WOK)"

The grand scale? They spent almost the entire movie exploring a freaking cloud!

The music in TMP was fair at best, aside from the main title theme. The score of WOK is musically far superior, and it fits better with the pacing of the movie.

WOK had science fiction elements as well - e.g. the Genesis device (a pretty highly developed subplot). TMP also spent hardly any time on character development. I guess a show or movie with well-developed main characters and interpersonal relationships qualifies as a "soap" in your book.

TMP is just a boring, plodding film with absolutely horrible secondary actors (I cringe every time Stephen Collins has to speak!). They took a potentially cool sci-fi concept and ruined it. Ugh.

CHRISISALL

Thursday, January 12, 2006 12:40 AM

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Originally posted by Hayward79:

I guess a show or movie with well-developed main characters and interpersonal relationships qualifies as a "soap" in your book.

TMP is just a boring, plodding film with absolutely horrible secondary actors (I cringe every time Stephen Collins has to speak!). They took a potentially cool sci-fi concept and ruined it. Ugh.

I didn't say that soap was bad; I like Buffy, don't I?
I just felt TMP was a pure science fiction movie like 2001 was, and was a mature piece. If you were over 25 you'd probably be able to see it (

age jab- 1 point haha)
And while I disagree with you, I'll defend with my life your right to be horribly mistaken (

perception jab- 2 points haha)

Just kidding around, H.
I like some stinkers, who am I to say you're wrong? BTW, I like WOK, I know it sounds like I don't from what I said...
But I worship on the altar of Robert Wise's vision of ST, and that was the way Roddenberry wanted to see it. Live Long and Prosper, Hayward79.

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CHRISTHECYNIC

Friday, January 13, 2006 1:44 AM

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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
The CROW is a totally unique film in my mind. I must have watched this twenty or so times now and each time the power and poignancy of the plot hits me with the same forceful effect every time I watch it! I adore this film!!Saddens me to the extent I have to go to bed directly after watching it, but it's great!!

There is a movie that I have not seen in too long. Some people just don't understand, it isn't about action, or revenge, or even justice, it's about love.

The Crow is a love story, not about finding love, but about the power of that love. That's what makes it different from so many other movies that include revenge, it is revenge but it isn't about revenge.

It's also sad, not only in the movie itself, but in the fact that a talented actor's life ended in the making of it.

THESOMNAMBULIST

Friday, January 13, 2006 11:38 AM

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Originally posted by Amphipolis:
Nice to meet you to. It seems to be that typ of movie that if you see it as a kid you're hooked for the rest of your life, ya know?

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oh sooo true Amphipolis. I saw it when it came out on video with my brother, and directly after it we were sat at the table drawing our very own 'Light Cycles' :D It's a beautiful film to look at too, and all these years later, as I'm now a cartoonist, I still look at this film and marvel at it's vision and concept :D It is a sheer visual wonder.

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Somnambulist

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THESOMNAMBULIST

Friday, January 13, 2006 11:47 AM

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Originally posted by christhecynic:
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Originally posted by TheSomnambulist:
The CROW is a totally unique film in my mind. I must have watched this twenty or so times now and each time the power and poignancy of the plot hits me with the same forceful effect every time I watch it! I adore this film!!Saddens me to the extent I have to go to bed directly after watching it, but it's great!!

There is a movie that I have not seen in too long. Some people just don't understand, it isn't about action, or revenge, or even justice, it's about love.

The Crow is a love story, not about finding love, but about the power of that love. That's what makes it different from so many other movies that include revenge, it is revenge but it isn't about revenge.

It's also sad, not only in the movie itself, but in the fact that a talented actor's life ended in the making of it.

Good words Christhecynic. Very good words.

Brandon Lee said one of the most poignant things in an interview once that stuck with me all these years. He said:

"The key to immortality is living a life worth remembering"

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CASSIUS

Friday, January 13, 2006 1:00 PM

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2. Princess Bride
3. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
4. Amores Perros
5. City of God (aka Cidade de Deus)

I totally agree with having those in my top 20 (and Monty Python and C.o.G in my top 10)

For me it is too soon to say whether Serenity is on my all time top 10, because it's only been out since october, whereas Star Wars: A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back have been out for years.
Serenity is definitely my fave film of the last few years though.

I hardly ever do top 10 lists though, because I always remember other films/songs/books later, which push other off.
See above, I've got Monty Python: Holy Grail and C.o.G in my top 10, but later today I'll probably think of other films which will push them out.

So I generally just give things marks out of 10 (or a percentage, if I'm in one of those arkward moods

), and Serenity gets 10/10, 98%.
No movie has ever got 100%. EVER!
(However, things can get higher or lower marks on subsequent viewings.)

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