and if wishes were horses we'd all be eatin' STEAK.
Saw Serenity for the third time tonight. It's possible i'll just keep posting about it until i've talked about every single minute of film. Twice.
I mentally noted stuff i love that i may not have mentioned before (or that simply needs to be reiterated). In vaguely list-ish form:
Simon's "SON OF A WHORE" when he and Mal are yelling at each other. The way he says it! It's PERFECT. Words cannot describe how much i love that moment. (or, you know, the entire movie, but that's neither here nor there.)
When Mal pins Simon to the table in the dining room. Oh man. It's both awesome and HOT. And hotly awesome.
Mal, just, like... moving. There are two specific instances i am thinking of. When he's climbing up the stair railing to get to the guns in the Maidenhead, and when he climbs and leans over the railing on Serenity to unscrew the one panel to get up to the bridge and get River. He just... looks... hot. You know how sometimes there are moments when a person just moves in a really awesomely hot way? That's what this is!
Shirtless Mal with his pants down to THERE. I swear, you guys. I could look at that all day. And also Simon's back. And... arms. But MAL. And the PANTS. And the SCAR.
Oh! Simon's coat! His coat! I love that coat. Honestly, not everything i love about the movie is this entirely superficial, but sometimes it's just the shallow, simple things that make me happy.
"I mean to say." His VOICE, and the LOOK on his face. GAH. SIMON AND KAYLEE HAD SEX.
Mr. Universe's "i cried, like a baby. A hungry angry baby." That's such a Joss line, and it cracks me up every time.
Mal and Book's relationship, how Mal used to act very bitter and annoyed toward him but now looks to him for advice and guidance.
Mal's speech before they go to Mr. Universe's planet to broadcast the Reaver message, when he talks about the Alliance thinking they can make people "better" and looks specifically at River. The idea that they're not good enough, they need to be improved and human flaws are unacceptable and that's what Mal's fighting against, he's not a good man but he is good enough. I wish i could explain it better, but i love that concept. And Mal giving a speech just makes me think of Tracey in The Message- "his stories and his homilies, of glory and honor". SARGE! :(
Uhm, the entire first half of the movie i was pretty much grinning ear to ear just to be watching it again. It all brings me great, great joy, every single line and look and... everything, i could sit there filled with Firefly love forever. And then by the time Serenity is crash-landing (NO NO NO NO NO) i am curled up in my seat grimacing and panicking and holding my breath, completely filled with dread. As soon as the cockpit goes red... it will never, ever get easier to watch. It's like a bad dream. And then Zoe's scream of "NO!" right when Mal tackles her to the ground and the other spears come through and hit the wall- THE PAIN. IT'S HORRIBLE. And i swear, i've gotta stop being shocked by Simon getting shot. I know when it happens, when he stands up to get his med kit! And STILL, i'm not expecting it. He just... stands up! And it happens right then! There isn't a second of breathing room, it's terrible. And his "i can't..." kiiiiiiiills me. SIMON.
When Wash first starts his fancy maneuvering among the Reaver and Alliance ships, i get so HAPPY because, Wash! Genius pilot! And then that feeling makes me think of what happens next, so i'm happy and proud mixed in with BONE-CRUSHINGLY DEPRESSED. I hate this movie.
"She is starting to damage my calm." JAYNE! He gets so many great lines, man. (freaking out when Simon starts to say the safe words! AHAHAHAHA. "Well, now i know that.")
River's fighting style, how she's so graceful and it really is almost like she's dancing. (i mean, it helps that Summer is a dancer, but still!)
Zoe saying Mal made it, and then the cut to him falling down almost dead. HAH. (HOW are there still funny moments? HOW?!? Mal facing The Operative with a screwdriver! Ahhhahahahah.) "Right now, i'm gonna go with wrath." !!! MAL.
I really, really love The Operative. I don't think i talked about that before, but i do. He's so calm and cordial ("young miss!") and he knows exactly what he's doing, he has purpose and belief (Book!). I completely adore the idea that The Operative's story is Book's story, because it fits so well. And, of course, it's a connection i probably never would have made, because i'm practically retarded. (same with the Alliance sending out the trigger code in order to have River cause a commotion and flush her out. NEVER WOULD HAVE REALIZED THAT.)
The utter gorgeousness of the funeral scene actually, like, pains me. I can't get over it.
Serenity in the rain is so pretty. Mal's speech to River gets me completely teared up, there's so much hope even when they have almost no reason to be hopeful. It reminds me very much of the end note of Serenity (...the pilot. It's now very confusing to reference that.) "That's not much." "It's enough." Mal called River "little Albatross"!!!! I never even caught that the first two viewings, but oh my GOD. I got very teary. Some more. LITTLE ALBATROSS!!! (and the lighting and the profile shots in that scene are SO! PRETTY! MAL AND RIVER!)
The credits! The music in the credits! The theme song part! (not quite, but SO CLOSE! those first notes, man.)
It is such a ridiculously satisfying movie. Once you've kind of gotten used to... the things that happen, and mostly just sit back and enjoy it and go along for the ride- it's SO GOOD. It's happy and sad and horrifying and hilarious and pretty and kickass and cohesive and so fucking emotionally effective and I LOVE IT.
FIREFLY.
I mentally noted stuff i love that i may not have mentioned before (or that simply needs to be reiterated). In vaguely list-ish form:
Simon's "SON OF A WHORE" when he and Mal are yelling at each other. The way he says it! It's PERFECT. Words cannot describe how much i love that moment. (or, you know, the entire movie, but that's neither here nor there.)
When Mal pins Simon to the table in the dining room. Oh man. It's both awesome and HOT. And hotly awesome.
Mal, just, like... moving. There are two specific instances i am thinking of. When he's climbing up the stair railing to get to the guns in the Maidenhead, and when he climbs and leans over the railing on Serenity to unscrew the one panel to get up to the bridge and get River. He just... looks... hot. You know how sometimes there are moments when a person just moves in a really awesomely hot way? That's what this is!
Shirtless Mal with his pants down to THERE. I swear, you guys. I could look at that all day. And also Simon's back. And... arms. But MAL. And the PANTS. And the SCAR.
Oh! Simon's coat! His coat! I love that coat. Honestly, not everything i love about the movie is this entirely superficial, but sometimes it's just the shallow, simple things that make me happy.
"I mean to say." His VOICE, and the LOOK on his face. GAH. SIMON AND KAYLEE HAD SEX.
Mr. Universe's "i cried, like a baby. A hungry angry baby." That's such a Joss line, and it cracks me up every time.
Mal and Book's relationship, how Mal used to act very bitter and annoyed toward him but now looks to him for advice and guidance.
Mal's speech before they go to Mr. Universe's planet to broadcast the Reaver message, when he talks about the Alliance thinking they can make people "better" and looks specifically at River. The idea that they're not good enough, they need to be improved and human flaws are unacceptable and that's what Mal's fighting against, he's not a good man but he is good enough. I wish i could explain it better, but i love that concept. And Mal giving a speech just makes me think of Tracey in The Message- "his stories and his homilies, of glory and honor". SARGE! :(
Uhm, the entire first half of the movie i was pretty much grinning ear to ear just to be watching it again. It all brings me great, great joy, every single line and look and... everything, i could sit there filled with Firefly love forever. And then by the time Serenity is crash-landing (NO NO NO NO NO) i am curled up in my seat grimacing and panicking and holding my breath, completely filled with dread. As soon as the cockpit goes red... it will never, ever get easier to watch. It's like a bad dream. And then Zoe's scream of "NO!" right when Mal tackles her to the ground and the other spears come through and hit the wall- THE PAIN. IT'S HORRIBLE. And i swear, i've gotta stop being shocked by Simon getting shot. I know when it happens, when he stands up to get his med kit! And STILL, i'm not expecting it. He just... stands up! And it happens right then! There isn't a second of breathing room, it's terrible. And his "i can't..." kiiiiiiiills me. SIMON.
When Wash first starts his fancy maneuvering among the Reaver and Alliance ships, i get so HAPPY because, Wash! Genius pilot! And then that feeling makes me think of what happens next, so i'm happy and proud mixed in with BONE-CRUSHINGLY DEPRESSED. I hate this movie.
"She is starting to damage my calm." JAYNE! He gets so many great lines, man. (freaking out when Simon starts to say the safe words! AHAHAHAHA. "Well, now i know that.")
River's fighting style, how she's so graceful and it really is almost like she's dancing. (i mean, it helps that Summer is a dancer, but still!)
Zoe saying Mal made it, and then the cut to him falling down almost dead. HAH. (HOW are there still funny moments? HOW?!? Mal facing The Operative with a screwdriver! Ahhhahahahah.) "Right now, i'm gonna go with wrath." !!! MAL.
I really, really love The Operative. I don't think i talked about that before, but i do. He's so calm and cordial ("young miss!") and he knows exactly what he's doing, he has purpose and belief (Book!). I completely adore the idea that The Operative's story is Book's story, because it fits so well. And, of course, it's a connection i probably never would have made, because i'm practically retarded. (same with the Alliance sending out the trigger code in order to have River cause a commotion and flush her out. NEVER WOULD HAVE REALIZED THAT.)
The utter gorgeousness of the funeral scene actually, like, pains me. I can't get over it.
Serenity in the rain is so pretty. Mal's speech to River gets me completely teared up, there's so much hope even when they have almost no reason to be hopeful. It reminds me very much of the end note of Serenity (...the pilot. It's now very confusing to reference that.) "That's not much." "It's enough." Mal called River "little Albatross"!!!! I never even caught that the first two viewings, but oh my GOD. I got very teary. Some more. LITTLE ALBATROSS!!! (and the lighting and the profile shots in that scene are SO! PRETTY! MAL AND RIVER!)
The credits! The music in the credits! The theme song part! (not quite, but SO CLOSE! those first notes, man.)
It is such a ridiculously satisfying movie. Once you've kind of gotten used to... the things that happen, and mostly just sit back and enjoy it and go along for the ride- it's SO GOOD. It's happy and sad and horrifying and hilarious and pretty and kickass and cohesive and so fucking emotionally effective and I LOVE IT.
FIREFLY.