Serenity - "Sheer, joyful entertainment" - Firefly&Serenity

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August 22 2005

Serenity - "Sheer, joyful entertainment". A short but very positive review from The Telegraph (UK). (Not Safe For Work pic on this page).

The reveiwer thinks that Serenity 'deserves to be a huge hit when it's released next month.'

purplehazel | Firefly&Serenity | 17:50 CET | 23 comments total | tags: edinburgh, telegraph, review

I've added Serenity to the subject just so people know what the review is of. Tonight's the gala premiere in Edinburgh. Will probably do a thread sometime tonight and hopefully posters who were going to it will post about what it was like.

Simon | August 22, 17:53 CET

This is excellent! Here we go...

newcj | August 22, 18:03 CET

I've seen a pre-screening and know how good this movie is. I am just praying that the rest of the world (of non-browncoats) will give it chance.

MySerenity | August 22, 18:04 CET

Whoa...that's very big, if not quite huge...but the momentum continues to build...I saw the 2 screenings in DC and totally concur with MySerenity.

Chris inVirginia | August 22, 18:07 CET

Now that is a great review. It pretty much nails the fact that the movie is great, nerve-shaking, Hollywood-style entertainment done with intelligence and emotion. I pretty much think people are sick of big and brainless action thrillers that deliver on the dumb and explosion-y. Serenity absolutely delivers and deserves to succeed.

It also piqued my interest in MirrorMask, so it's all good.

dottikin | August 22, 18:14 CET

Very exciting!

I also saw the pre-screening (Phoenix), but there was no schwag left and no BDHs at ours. You guys are getting the red carpet! I think that's so terrific, you all are in for such an amazing evening! We want details, please!!

Willowy | August 22, 18:16 CET

Woohoo, very nice to see the broadsheets getting behind Serenity. What we really need is the tabloids though as sadly they have a much larger readership and a readership that is probably more likely to go to the cinema.

Paul_Rocks | August 22, 18:19 CET

Oh I'm thrilled, I'm still hoping that the Foreign Press will be nominating 'Serenity' for some Golden Globes (which always raises the stakes with the press in the USA). It sounds like our BDM is getting the kind of reception that we were hoping for!

embers | August 22, 18:33 CET

First the Sunday Times and now the Telegraph - this is great. Wish I were going to Edinburgh tonight with all my browncoat mates, they are going to have a blast.

Perhaps the tabloids will enjoy the action aspect of Serenity Paul_Rocks, and 'sell' the movie to it's readership on that alone. I hope so.

The Do That Girl | August 22, 18:35 CET

Great review...I agree, they nailed it! And...to the person posting the article, "thank you for the scenery as well"!!

Calledon | August 22, 18:41 CET

Calledon - you're most welcome (took me a while to realise what you meant). Perhaps we should buy her a whedonesque T shirt!

purplehazel | August 22, 19:21 CET

Ohhhhhhhh, I get it now. Boy, that took me a while.

newcj | August 22, 20:12 CET

Perhaps a NSFW picture tag is needed for this, hm?

flashofgenius | August 22, 20:30 CET

Actually, while I think she should have a Whedonesque T shirt, I'm fine with her simply carrying it for now!

Calledon | August 22, 21:10 CET

NSFW bit added. I dunno if it's a good or a bad thing that I scrolled down to read the review and completely missed the pic the first time I clicked on the link.

Simon | August 22, 21:23 CET

I think you are ok, Simon. Others will probably disagree, but I thought it was kind of androgynous looking, myself. I started to scroll past it, then went back because it looked kind of odd and I wasn't sure whether it was a woman at first glance. Then I promptly forgot about it, leading to my confusion at Calledon's comment, and my continuing conclusion that I am indeed, straight. ;-)

newcj | August 22, 21:41 CET

The pic makes me wonder: if Firefly had aired on HBO, would Joss have opted for nudity or not? Anyone have a notion? I guess if he had, NSFW could be redefined as Nude, Sexy Firefly Women. Love the review.

jaynelovesvera | August 22, 21:49 CET

If Firefly had aired on HBO, we would have gotten to see more of Mal! FFF = full frontal Firefly

flashofgenius | August 22, 23:00 CET

Humm, "wasn't sure whether it was a woman"...I feel much better about my powers of observation now, maybe I'm not that old yet?!

Calledon | August 22, 23:40 CET

Lol. Well it was a quick glance as it went speeding by in my haste to get to the word "Serenity" at the bottom of the article. Once I went back and looked, it was obvious even to me, that she was female. ;-)

That said, thinking about it, I suppose an intriguing argument could be made that I am not all that used to seeing nude women from that angle since I don't have a mirror on the ceiling above my bed and most other women I see nude are in movies or changing their clothes in a locker room. I wonder if there are angles of nude men that would look odd to straight men for the same reason. Just a thought. (Looks innocent and walks away whistling.)

newcj | August 23, 00:36 CET

Holy crap! Joss just got compared to Howard Hawks! Sweet!

[ edited by bobothebrave on 2005-08-22 22:39 ]

bobothebrave | August 23, 00:38 CET

If Firefly had aired on HBO, we would have gotten to see more of Mal! FFF = full frontal Firefly

Not to mention Inara and the Counselor.

Um, I'll be in my bunk...

tehipite_tom | August 23, 03:20 CET

Having just read the review in Variety, this one leaves me with a warm fuzzy feeling to end the day. The reviewer not only "got" the movie, but enjoyed it.

And I'm with newcj, I scrolled past the picture, looked to see what it had to do with Serenity and continued on to the important parts of the article :)

samatwitch | August 23, 07:48 CET

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