Serenity and more

[levertovfan]

So I saw Serenity last night and it was--to risk sounding like Tom Cruise--magnificent. The sets, the characters, the heartbreak, the dialogue, the fact that Joss did even manage to insert some Ideas. It was certainly much, much darker than the series. It was a lot more violent than I like my movies and the fact that it was only PG-13 is a lousy commentary on our standards for violence on the screen. I won't see it again today because the violence and the emotion were overkill, but I'm definitely going tomorrow.


At work things have been gearing up for me because I will be going to the Girl Scouts National Convention in Atlanta from the 6th through the 9th (it will be a cultural experience) and then the next morning taking the train from Washington up to New York City, where I will spend some time with my father and step-mother, who will be in town for my second cousin's Bar Mitzvah.

Comments

[phoenix-talon.livejournal.com]

"I won't see it again today because the violence and emotion were overkill, but I'm definately going tomorrow."

LOL, damn that's one of the funniest things I've heard in two months.

[duckie.livejournal.com]

i'm guessing the lower rating comes from the surprisingly small amount of visible blood. they tend to judge violence by blood a lot. and, while the reavers are really very scary, and the whole miranda thing is...ugh...can we say nightmare fodder?...there's very little blood.

still, you're right. it was far more violence than i'd expect in a pg-13 movie. i had no idea what the rating was until you mentioned it. i just knew i had to see it. :) i am immensely thankful to mr. whedon, though, for having a sense of humor that helped ease the distressing/scary/sad bits. it cleared your mind for the next incidence.