UK_Melia

I won't write a synopsis because you can see that elsewhere. I rented this mainly because I like Nick Brendon and wanted to see his work outside the Buffy realm. I was pleasantly surprised by this little gem. It's a bit of cheesy beach movie with a dash of slasher flick and comes complete with a dance-off to some band playing beach music.

It reminded me greatly of movies like 'Hairspray' and 'Cry-baby' - it's sort of in that genre. You know, over the top acting and hilarious one-liners that leave you wondering if they really said what you think they just said.

I'd recommend this if you dig anything by John Waters. Nick Brendon had a good part and it was fun to play 'Hey I recognize that actor' with some of the cast. Seven out of ten stars from me.

When I say Serenity is worth the effort, I mean it was worth me driving 40 miles to the nearest theatre that had it playing. For the record, yes I am a great fan of Firefly and have been looking forward to seeing a new adventure with my beloved crew at least one more time. So that was the reason for the drive.

If I had never heard of the show or the movie, maybe I wouldn't have made the effort. It's hard to say. Unless maybe I read a review that said it was worth the effort because there certainly isn't anything else out at the time of this writing that I'd want to see.

So, I'm a fan and I was probably going to love Serenity no matter what. But I just want to say that the film exceeded even my expectations. It went beyond the beyond and succeeded in telling a riveting story filled with richness of character and absolutely wonderful dialog. And then came a sucker-punch that left me in shock.

I think Serenity will surprise a lot of people who dismissed it out of hand because how could a movie made from a failed TV show be any kind of success? Because it's good, that's why.

I'm going to see it again. And probably one more time after that for good measure. Serenity is worth the drive.