Serenity (guest)
January 10, 2010 at 9:07 pm Leave a comment
MOVIE: Serenity
GUEST: Whiffle McMalfie
NUTSHELL: Nine people try to make a home on a somewhat decrepit space freighter, while steering clear of the long arm of the Alliance.
GOOD THINGS: Writing. Cast. Dialogue. Characters.
BAD THINGS: That the superb TV series on which it was based was cancelled after less than one season.
FEATURES: A largely unknown cast lovingly delivers performances that convey Joss Whedon’s fine sense of misdirection and unexpected happenings.
UNCOMFORTABLE MOMENTS: When they make you leave the theater before you can come back in to see it again.
NOTABLE: The frontier patois, interspersed with Chinese cursing, takes a while to grow accustomed to, but grows on you
BEST PART: The chemistry between the cast and the sense of actually caring what happens to the characters.
BEST LINE: My turn.
CROWNS: 5 out of 5
Entry filed under: Guest Review, Whiffle McMalfie.
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