Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Shame on Foxx for doing such a disservice to this series. Shame on SYFY for missing the boat on picking it up. Too bad Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon wasn't going strong yet when this series was around to save it. This movie brought my attention to the series and I love both. Though it has begun to show some age, the fun dialogue, the great chemistry of the actors, and the overall premise are still worth a watch. The people who give this bad reviews obviously don't get the premise. Its the old west in space, and the dialogue is meant to sound a bit campy. I have one small criticism of the movie, in that all the planets involved are located so close together to the point of making space seem small. In the show they always took a while to get places because its one massive solar system and of course they don't travel at Star Wars or Star Trek speeds. I thought that was a good decision in the show to keep the series technology limited in reflection of its wild west type atmosphere. In the movie they unnecessarily keep referring to how close everything is. I think the better choice would have been to leave it ambiguous.In reality this is more of what you might think a Solo movie should look like, not what we got from Ron Howard.Last, Joss Whedon's passion for this project is what drives it. He did a good job on the Avengers also. I get some of the criticism of his style, and Justice League was terrible (maybe not his fault), but he didn't do anything to save it at least. Give it a watch, maybe you'll get hooked too.

Serenity was originally a television show on the FOX network back in the early 2002-2003 era. It was created by Josh Whedon. It ran for one season before stupid executives for FOX cut it from their lineup. One of the dumbest, moronic things I've seen from executives who have their heads up their asses.The show is original and provides a fantastic cast. It has great writing for the scripts of the television show and as well, the movie. The special effects are good enough, but not the best. The plots are solid. The dialog filled with one liners. Minor love interests. Action. A conclusion which is left unfinished and unfortunately will never have a proper ending.The movie does have some issues but them are minor and don't break the viewers ability to suspend reality to enjoy the show or movie. Space cowboy/rebels left over from a Civil War attempting to make a living on the outskirts of space away from the government which is corrupt and dominating.There is a lot of unsolved and resolved issues in the story but with this movie and the series you get enough of the picture to know what is going on with the characters and their past.Eveyone should enjoy this movie except for the kids. There is some violence and blood in the movie and there is also a lot of adult themes.Overall I rate this as one of the better movies in my collection. It makes my top 25 movie list.

Ladies and menfolk, we have ourselves one hell of a good movie!If you don't feel motivated to do something with your life after you watch Serenity, then you need to watch it again. This is THE movie for Firefly fans that encapsulates the energy, feel, witty humor and total badass-ery that is the Firefly universe. The story fills in some of the mystery left from the TV show, and although there are 2 extremely sad parts of the story, it still makes you want more. The interaction of the characters and the movement of the story lead you through twists and turns with Captain Tight Pants Mal's good humor to accompany your journey. Nothing can take the sky away from these characters. Not even Reavers. Serenity is the religiosity that all us fuzzie-wuzzies need to complete this epic adventure, filled with thrilling heroics. The special effects are as good as the TV show times 10. We FINALLY get to have a look at the Reaver ships up close, and at the inside of what the Alliance did to poor River. This movie will make you want to be manly and impulsive and write nasty letters to Fox for cancelling the show, even thought it's been more than 10 since they killed it. It's just that gorram good.In essence, watch Serenity. Then keep your next 2 days free and clear so that you can binge watch all of Firefly. If you've already watched Firefly, watch it again. You'll never get tired of this shiny story, the ship, the characters or the universe.Keep flying and stay shiny browncoats!

SERENITY is a spin-off movie from the sci-fi TV series FIREFLY. I'd never watched the latter but decided to watch this because – well, I was just in the movie for some decent science fiction. I got it. The good news is that you don't need to be knowledgeable regarding the series, because this film is designed to appeal both to serious fans and newcomers alike. I was slightly worried about this being the brainchild of Joss Whedon, having never been a big fan of BUFFY, but I needn't have worried as it's clear Whedon's developed plenty of experience and skill when it comes to directing, and this is never less than a polished and efficient movie.The story is fairly predictable, but the scenarios are kept fresh and consistently engaging. A bunch of misfits pilot a little ship around the universe and have to contend with a sinister evil corporation and a bunch of cannibal types. Much of the film is a chase scenario, with a heavy focus on the action. I like action films whether either a) the action is so great that you don't need story, acting, or a decent script – see Tony Jaa movies in general, or b) the characters are engaging enough for us to go along with them for the story. Well, they didn't skimp on the characterisation here, which makes a refreshing change from the usual throw-money-at-the-screen-in-the-hope-something-sticks attitude of many Hollywood producers.Nathan Fillion is great as the tough-talking captain, a thinly veiled Han Solo but deeper than that, too. He's supported by an attractive cast of familiar faces (Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk) in strong roles, kooky Summer Glau who steals many of her scenes, and Chiwetel Ejiofor playing another multi-layered, eminently likable bad guy. Although I'm sure this had more budget constraints than plenty of similar fare, the special effects look pretty darned good with only one scene – a chase between two hovering ships – feeling unrealistic. There are the requisite space battles and martial arts interludes that don't disappoint, as well as an exciting siege-focused climax that nods to ALIENS in an effective way, and some other effective set-pieces (the interlude on the planet full of corpses was very unsettling). This is the usual sci-fi adventure film with a sheen of intelligence to lift it above similar lunk-headed fare.