Best movie of the 21st Century.
POSTED BY: chrisisall
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So far...Serenity, hands down for me.
Anyone got a better one?
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Nope, that about sums it up.
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Yeah I will probably get flamed for this but I think Serenity is a little over-rated, I loved seeing the Firefly characters again I loved the humor by Joss. The movie has some great moments, Whedon certainly has the talent and imagination but it was not nearly as good as I expected like our great Firefly series. Characters like Kaylee behaved out of context, and Mal threatening to kill his crew was silly. The deaths of Wash and Book were just shock jockery and unnecessary
IMHO there are at least 15 movies this century which are better than the Firefly movie
21st cent Movies which are better than Serenity
IMO are:
Hotel Rwanda
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Tideland
Brotherhood aka Taegukgi
Ridley Scott's Gladiator
Wong Kar-Wai's in the mood for love
Martin Scorsese's the Aviator
Downfall
Spirited Away
Memento
V for Vendetta
Oldboy
Amélie Poulain
Zhang Yimou's House of Flying Daggers
Lord of the Rings part 1
21st century film which are almost as good as Serenity, they come close but get beat are
Movies like :
Transformers
Sin City
Crouching Tiger
Bourne Ulitmatum.
Sunshine
300
Secuestro Express
Black Hawk Down
Volver
Spidermans
Children of Men
2046
Batman Begins
Frida
Walk the Line
Collateral
Kung Fu Hustle
the rest of the LOTR movies
Monsoon Wedding
Dancer in the Dark
Letters from Iwo Jima...
they all come close to Serenity but Serenity is probably better
The Serenity movie was dumbed down for mass public consumption
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Quote:'Serenity, Kaylee's nude adventure' in 2012.
Originally posted by chrisisall:
So far...Serenity, hands down for me.
Anyone got a better one?
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Serenity, for me, was like eating at Chili's after a season of fine dining at a 5 star gourmet restaurant. It isn't bad, but....it ain't Firefly.
My favorites are Pirates of the Caribbean, Finding Nemo, Cars, the Incredibles, and Meet the Robinsons. Yeah, I know they are all Disney movies. I got kids.
And God, lest I forget, Constantine. (Looking at Keanu does it for me, ok?)
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I hope you're a fireman....
Quote:None, NONE of the films you listed (and you listed some damn good ones)had the heart or the message power of Serenity. What more important statement can be made (especially in these times)other than that evil is actually a personal misconception, and not solely the thing of inhuman 'monsters', and that the hero is possible in all of us?
Originally posted by JaynezTown:
The Serenity movie was dumbed down for mass public consumption
Take this, Jayne!
Course, it's friendly fire
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Quote:For me, it was like eating at a NYC pizza place after a season of fine dining at a 5 star gourmet restaurant; God I love pizza!
Originally posted by canttakesky:
Serenity, for me, was like eating at Chili's after a season of fine dining at a 5 star gourmet restaurant.
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A lot of people here think Joss is some kind of spielberg or hitchcock, unfortunately he is not
He make great tv shows but when it comes to movie making he is often below par.
Firefly IS the best tv show out there, I loved every episodes, every plot, every character and I believe it will continue to be the best for a long time to come
but the Browncoat fanbase are very active like Starwars fans - perhaps overly active
Just look at Serenity's inflated rank on the websites, the Browncoat support has elevated Serenity to sit on some sort of divine Throne where the greatest film of all time sits
a Throne IMHO which it should not be sitting on
If Serenity was to stand on its own feet, without the support of the extremely active Firefly fans, the movie would be ranked a lot lower IMHO
Like I was saying Whedon makes great televsion but I just don't think he has what it takes to be ranked above some the greatest film makers of our time
Joss produced magic in the Firefly tv series but he has also helped make some very average stuff like Alien 4 Resurrection, episodes of Roseanne and Atlantis:Lost Empire
I didn't like they way Joss just killed of Wash and Book for shock jockery, and River/Summer suddenly started doing an impression of Buffy the Reaver slayer. Serenity wasn't really unique or ground breaking, if you look back through history of scifi films you will find there are many movies superior to this Serenity movie and Serenity was definitely below average when you compare it to Firefly
I also feel movies like Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down which covers oppression extremism and dropping U.S. soldiers into war on foregin lands or movies like Tsotsi which deals with Johannesburg gangs and abandoned AIDS orphans have far more relevance in today's society. I don't necessarily think all these types of movies are more entertaining, its just they are more thought provoking and relevant to our lives today.
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Not surprisingly, I'm with Chris on this one.
And not because I'm a Joss Whedon fan but despite the fact that I'm a Joss Whedon fan.
Being a fan of Firefly and Serenity and Joss and even Nathan doesn't cloud my judgment about what is good and what is not.
Serenity tells a tale of heroism and redemption and friendship and family that is rare these days and tells it with bravery. No sugar coating, no flinching from what is real. I don't like the deaths of Book and Wash any better than the next person here, but good storytelling, the kind that grabs you by the throat and becomes classic is usually brutally honest.
Browncoats aren't the only ones who have a great appreciation for Serenity. It won a Hugo award and the actors, both Nathan and Summer were up for numerous awards. At the time it was released critics, not genre fans were pleased with it. To the tune of more rave reviews than not.
It's not a film for only us... it's a film for all time.
Oh and Chris... thick crust Veggie... better than caviar anyday!
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