Sure the visual effects are stunning, but even the unfinished effects I saw meant nothing to me because it was the characters I cared about (and note that the digitally created ship itself is one of them, and I cared just as much for that than any of them). This movie takes you on such a journey I didn't know if I would leave the theater at all. In my opinion, the one thing that makes for a truly GREAT movie is if you walk out of the theater a different person than when you walked in. The movie captures that beautiful feeling but takes us on a ride that there's no turning back from. So you understand why so many are so excited about this dinky little scifi flick. Finding freedom and a home, and that's what the ship represents to them, and to the fans. The point of the name Serenity is the name of the ship, though in a deeper sense that's what our characters are in search of. It's something folks can relate to, although most of us won't be in a space battle or fighting psychotic creatures anytime soon. There's just a band of fugitives trying to make their way in a dangerous sky. There's no grand theme or clear cut good and evil. The best way to describe it is to take the best aspects of the Han Solo elements of the original Star Wars, and build a world around that. The Firefly world introduced a fantasy home for many of us, with characters we truly cared about and dilemmas we could get behind. Sure we're fans and bound to like the movie more than the usual fare, but those looking for an original and thrilling movie experience, this will shock and amaze. The others do a good job gushing about the movie.
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