the time has come.
Sooooooo, Serenity is... out. Now. Uhm. I just saw it again. Here are my thoughts from when i saw a screening three months ago, in all their handwritten glory. (i wasn't around a computer at the time. It was like being a caveman! Having to write on notebook paper!)
Click the thumbnails. This is an extraordinarily inefficient way to post my reactions, but you get EXTREME HANDWRITTEN CAPSLOCK. Fun stuff, right?
Not much has changed in three months. Let me check... oh, yep, STILL TRAUMATIZED.
I was so, so, so excited to be seeing it again, though. I remembered it all, but it was like... fresh! I noticed a lot of the music being different, and there were a coooouple shots that were maybe new (i didn't remember the wide exterior shot of the temple when Mal went and got Inara. And there may have been something else. I don't know. I'm probably just not remembering right.)
I... i didn't cry this time. But, like, the whooole scene before Wash (i think the whole movie is actually just Before Wash and After Wash to me) when they're flying through the Reaver ships, my heart was literally POUNDING OUT OF MY CHEST knowing what happens next. I actually thought something was wrong with me and i was going to have a heart attack. It was bad. And then afterward... SHAKING. SOME MORE. I was freaking out when Simon got shot too, even though i knew he makes it. It's just really upsetting, because he wants to keep helping everyone but he can't and River's telling him he can't go, and at that point i remember thinking THEY'RE ALL GONNA DIE OH HOLY FUCKING SHIT THEY'RE GONNA DIE and it is very STRESSFUL.
WASH. NO. WASH.
I had almost kind of forgotten how gorgeous it all is, the colors and lighting are absolutely amazing. And, seriously, the funeral scene is the prettiest EVER. River and the rocket and Jayne with a cigar (LOVE.) and all of them standing there at dusk looking so pretty and sad and it's SO SAD OHMYGOD SAD.
I love the first scene between Mal and Book at Haven. Book looks so awesome, too. I love Mal and River together, i know i was thinking that especially during a specific scene, but now i can't put my finger on it. Piloting the ship, though, is so great, and him carrying her after Simon puts her to sleep at Maidenhead. (btw, i love that frickin candybar commercial, what was the name... Oaty bars! YES. The happy little song and the big-eyed octopus, it's both funny and kind of creepy when it sets off River.)
I love Mal. A lot. When he and Inara first talk to each other, they're both so PRETTY and hilariously awkward! And when Simon and River are getting dropped off and Kaylee's telling them how to pick out a ship and Simon is looking at her kind of amused and sad and AWWW! SIMON AND KAYLEE!
I love the beginning of the movie, with the abrupt stops and... i don't know, for some reason i kind of enjoy the exposition. WEIRD, right! And, oh man, the last last last shot, with the piece flying off, it's hilarious. The movie is TRAUMATIZING, but at the same time, so damn funny. There's so much humor even when it's all horrible and depressing, and it sends you back and forth so much. Aw, Firefly.
I think i've talked about this movie way more than is sufficient, but there's so much to SAY! And i can't remember things. I was so happy to get to see it again i practically ran into the theatre, but now that it's over i'm kind of numb and depressed again. IT'S A VERY DEPRESSING MOVIE. And it also just sucks that it has to, you know, end.
SEQUELS. THERE HAD FUCKING BETTER BE SEQUELS. YOU BASTARDS.
edit: I was just thinking about how Joss has had absolutely devastating character deaths on ALL his shows. He's really... proficient at that. You know, COMPLETELY RAPING OUR EMOTIONS. Actually, three months ago i was thinking about how Wash's death was so much like Anya's death. The freakishly sudden and horrifying one that tells us we should REALLY BE WORRIED. Yeah. Joss is the cruelest genius there ever was. He's even meaner than JJ, and JJ is pretty fucking psycho.
edit 2: It's WEIRD how Objects in Space kind of foreshadows the movie! Obviously with the River storyline, but specifically the things Jubal does, when he's on the ceiling above Simon, and when he points the gun at Simon without looking at him, those are exactly things that River does in the movie. It's just really interesting how it enhances the parallels between River and Jubal even more. AND Jubal starting to believe River and trying to address her as "Serenity", like Simon asking River if he's talking to "Miranda". (i remember the first time i saw OiS, i really did think that maybe she had become Serenity. You NEVER KNOW with her. And Joss is very convincing!) And Simon getting shot! Mal warning him at the beginning when River has the gun, what would happen if the doctor got shot, and Jubal telling him he should be shot. (btw, i love how everyone- even people who had already seen the movie and know what happens- still got freaked out by Simon getting shot. At that point you just... really fucking believe it, because it's after Wash and they're all dying and he can't fix himself! GAH. STRESS.)
Click the thumbnails. This is an extraordinarily inefficient way to post my reactions, but you get EXTREME HANDWRITTEN CAPSLOCK. Fun stuff, right?
Not much has changed in three months. Let me check... oh, yep, STILL TRAUMATIZED.
I was so, so, so excited to be seeing it again, though. I remembered it all, but it was like... fresh! I noticed a lot of the music being different, and there were a coooouple shots that were maybe new (i didn't remember the wide exterior shot of the temple when Mal went and got Inara. And there may have been something else. I don't know. I'm probably just not remembering right.)
I... i didn't cry this time. But, like, the whooole scene before Wash (i think the whole movie is actually just Before Wash and After Wash to me) when they're flying through the Reaver ships, my heart was literally POUNDING OUT OF MY CHEST knowing what happens next. I actually thought something was wrong with me and i was going to have a heart attack. It was bad. And then afterward... SHAKING. SOME MORE. I was freaking out when Simon got shot too, even though i knew he makes it. It's just really upsetting, because he wants to keep helping everyone but he can't and River's telling him he can't go, and at that point i remember thinking THEY'RE ALL GONNA DIE OH HOLY FUCKING SHIT THEY'RE GONNA DIE and it is very STRESSFUL.
WASH. NO. WASH.
I had almost kind of forgotten how gorgeous it all is, the colors and lighting are absolutely amazing. And, seriously, the funeral scene is the prettiest EVER. River and the rocket and Jayne with a cigar (LOVE.) and all of them standing there at dusk looking so pretty and sad and it's SO SAD OHMYGOD SAD.
I love the first scene between Mal and Book at Haven. Book looks so awesome, too. I love Mal and River together, i know i was thinking that especially during a specific scene, but now i can't put my finger on it. Piloting the ship, though, is so great, and him carrying her after Simon puts her to sleep at Maidenhead. (btw, i love that frickin candybar commercial, what was the name... Oaty bars! YES. The happy little song and the big-eyed octopus, it's both funny and kind of creepy when it sets off River.)
I love Mal. A lot. When he and Inara first talk to each other, they're both so PRETTY and hilariously awkward! And when Simon and River are getting dropped off and Kaylee's telling them how to pick out a ship and Simon is looking at her kind of amused and sad and AWWW! SIMON AND KAYLEE!
I love the beginning of the movie, with the abrupt stops and... i don't know, for some reason i kind of enjoy the exposition. WEIRD, right! And, oh man, the last last last shot, with the piece flying off, it's hilarious. The movie is TRAUMATIZING, but at the same time, so damn funny. There's so much humor even when it's all horrible and depressing, and it sends you back and forth so much. Aw, Firefly.
I think i've talked about this movie way more than is sufficient, but there's so much to SAY! And i can't remember things. I was so happy to get to see it again i practically ran into the theatre, but now that it's over i'm kind of numb and depressed again. IT'S A VERY DEPRESSING MOVIE. And it also just sucks that it has to, you know, end.
SEQUELS. THERE HAD FUCKING BETTER BE SEQUELS. YOU BASTARDS.
edit: I was just thinking about how Joss has had absolutely devastating character deaths on ALL his shows. He's really... proficient at that. You know, COMPLETELY RAPING OUR EMOTIONS. Actually, three months ago i was thinking about how Wash's death was so much like Anya's death. The freakishly sudden and horrifying one that tells us we should REALLY BE WORRIED. Yeah. Joss is the cruelest genius there ever was. He's even meaner than JJ, and JJ is pretty fucking psycho.
edit 2: It's WEIRD how Objects in Space kind of foreshadows the movie! Obviously with the River storyline, but specifically the things Jubal does, when he's on the ceiling above Simon, and when he points the gun at Simon without looking at him, those are exactly things that River does in the movie. It's just really interesting how it enhances the parallels between River and Jubal even more. AND Jubal starting to believe River and trying to address her as "Serenity", like Simon asking River if he's talking to "Miranda". (i remember the first time i saw OiS, i really did think that maybe she had become Serenity. You NEVER KNOW with her. And Joss is very convincing!) And Simon getting shot! Mal warning him at the beginning when River has the gun, what would happen if the doctor got shot, and Jubal telling him he should be shot. (btw, i love how everyone- even people who had already seen the movie and know what happens- still got freaked out by Simon getting shot. At that point you just... really fucking believe it, because it's after Wash and they're all dying and he can't fix himself! GAH. STRESS.)