Serenity

Jeigh saw "Serenity" last Sunday. That Joss is a genius, she thought. That first shot in the ship was a 4 and a 1/2 minute oner!!! He introduced all the character in one shot. Granted it took them forty-some takes, but it was beautiful. The only thing she had a problem with was that her favorite character died. This wasn't one of those instances where one is following a series and then their favorite character dies in the next episode. There is a difference because there had been over a year between the last episode of Firefly and the release of Serenity. She had come to love this character over that year by watching the same episodes over and over. The character was static inside the Firefly DVD boxset, never changing. Now that the characters could change on the big screen, it was scary because once they change (or DIE!) one sees them differently than in the last year of no change. However, she did see, as a writer, why Joss did this. If her favorite character wouldn't have died then and in that way, she wouldn't have been so tense for the rest of the movie. Suddenly all bets are off. All the characters are getting wounded and no one really knows who will surivive.

She loved the part on Miranda. The mystery. She honestly tried to figure out what was going on, but couldn't. That was a really cool feeling. When the audience found out, it wasn't disappointing. It was really cool, actually. No one saw it coming.

Jeigh decided that everyone should go see Serenity right now...or at least before it leaves theatres. It's worth your money. Trust her. She knows these things.