Serenity named 8th Best B-Movie Ever by Empire
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UPDATED: Saturday, May 6, 2006 18:50
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"B" Movie?? 
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Well, I wouldn't call it a B movie but it is a low-mid budget cult classic, and there's been so many awesome B-movies that I'm quite happy for Serenity to be number eight in that listing.
They should have included 'Targets' in the list by Peter Bogandavich though. That's an awesome 60's film about a young Ron Howard look-alike who's very quiet and very nice, and then picks up a sniper rifle and shoots people. Boris Karloff's last film, and his best.
And as for Empire, sure they're wrong half the time (apart from the Godlike Kim Newman) but didn't they hype Serenity for months in the lead up, with massive articles, interviews and then a solid four star review, and then with the DVD coming out ran another couple of articles too.
They ARE browncoats, there was nothing disrespectful about this article, and I hope every one learns to cool it a little before getting out the knives as it makes us a little less 'funky ass cool weird' and a little more 'creepy starey weird'.
Empire are our friends.
Storymark you a God of reason and I salute you and feed your children.
Oh, and more work for Chiwetel, you out there!
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Some of the best flix out there are B films so I would not overly concern myself about this article. It is after all just one article. The more press we get the better. We keep her name up in lights & new fans will keep flocking in. 
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jpstargazer wrote, in part:
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I didn't like Brad Pitt for the longest time because of his pretty boy image, but when I started watching his movies, I became a fan. Snatch is great...
I'm a Brad Pitt fan. "Legends of the Fall", "A River Runs Through IT" (network admin joke), "Se7en", "Twelve Monkeys": a fairly extensive list of capable and memorable performances by Mr. Pitt.
But the pinnacle of his career thus far is "Fight Club". The first time I heard the expression "space monkeys" was in that film, so I believe it's reasonable to assume that even JW admires the film.
And come on guys, who amongst us doesn't love "Snatch"? I mean, I even know some women whose tastes it fits, who do not normally go in for that sort of thing. Maybe just because it's got Pitt and Jason Statham in it simultaneously?
Cunningly,
zoid
P.S.
Okay, so "Troy" was horrible. So were the Star Wars prequels, and I don't think any less of Ewan McGregor (another fine actor, imo). I reckon Brad was only doing something to keep himself busy while Angelina was off doing Colin Farrell, er, I mean "Alexander"...
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And here I thought the defining characteristic of B movies was their budget. Sure, some B movies are cult hits, but many more aren't. I had always heard B movie defined as having a budget of like, 1-digit millions or less. So, say "The Blair Witch Project" which made some disgusting amount of money, is still a B movie because the budget was nothing. Serenity had a fairly low budget, but it wasn't a B budget.
That's just how I've heard it defined, though.
I suppose there's no such thing as bad publicity.
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$40 million is not a B movie, it's like A-.
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I don't think Serenity is a B movie, but it is a cult classic or will be when it catches hold throughout the population.
Like Bladerunner before it.. it will become something prized and copied.
"You hold. Hold 'til I get back." Mal
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