It's Today!

"Serenity's" sneak preview is tonight!

I don't think I demonstrated how excited I am about this movie. It comes close to Star Wars how much I enjoy these characters and stories. Joss Whedon, IMO, reached a nadir with this series when he got this cast and crew together for the television show and I do have high hopes that the good juju will carry over into this film.

More later...

Since I've Found Serenity...

"Joss Whedon, the Oscar® - and Emmy - nominated writer/director responsible for the worldwide television phenomena of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE, ANGEL and FIREFLY, now applies his trademark compassion and wit to a small band of galactic outcasts 500 years in the future in his feature film directorial debut, Serenity. The film centers around Captain Malcolm Reynolds, a hardened veteran (on the losing side) of a galactic civil war, who now ekes out a living pulling off small crimes and transport-for-hire aboard his ship, Serenity. He leads a small, eclectic crew who are the closest thing he has left to family –squabbling, insubordinate and undyingly loyal."

I've been a huge fan of Joss Whedon's "Firefly" series while it aired (intermittently) on Fox (and while Fox gave it a slow pointless death), and found a new appreciation of it when the series was released on DVD a while ago. I honestly think that it's one of the best things Joss ever created (Angel would be my favorite- sorry Buffy) with some wonderful character interaction, of course, great dialogue and some fun special effects.

Well, now the wait is over, this week marks the opening of SERENITY- the film version of the tv show (thank those wonderful people at Universal for breathing new life into this story).

I'm slated to sneak the movie tomorrow, so I'll give my non-spoiler) review afterwards. This fanboy is PSYCHED!

The Movie In My Mind

I've been tracking the theatrical release films I watch this year on the home theater forum as a way to actually gauge how many movies I see in a year and rate them accordingly. It's pretty surprising. To wit:

September
9/3- The Brothers Grimm **1/2
9/18- Just Like Heaven 1/2*

August
8/1- Charlie & The Chocolate Factory ****
8/9- Must Love Dogs **
8/12- The Aristocrats ***
8/15- The Fantastic Four *1/2
8/19- The 40-Year Old Virgin ***
8/20- Red Eye **1/2
8/28- Junebug **1/2


July
7/1- War Of The Worlds (2005) ****
7/2- March Of The Penguins ***
7/3- Land Of The Dead **1/2
7/8- Sisterhood Traveling Pants ****
7/15- Cinderella Man ****
7/16- Star Wars Ep 3: ROTS ****
Happy Endings **1/2
7/17- Charlie & The Chocolate Factory ****
7/22- Bad News Bears (2005) ***
7/24- Murderball ****
7/26- Wedding Crashers ***
7/30- Me & You & Everyone We Know 1/2* - it was pathetic


June
6/3- Crash (2005) ****
6/5- Madagascar **1/2
6/6- Howl's Moving Castle *****
6/11- Mr. & Mrs. Smith ***
6/18- Howl's Moving Castle (2nd time) *****
Batman Begins *****
6/26- Mysterious Skin ***


May
5/7- Hitchhiker's Guide (again) ***
5/10- Kingdom Of Heaven **1/2
5/19 & 5/20- Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith (3 times) ****
5/25- The Sea Inside ***
5/30- Ocean's Twelve **


April
4/2- Sin City ****
Fever Pitch **1/2
4/8- Beauty Shop 1/2*
4/24- The Interpreter ***
4/26- Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy ***1/2


March
3/1- Be Cool **1/2
3/4- The Merchant of Venice (2004) *
3/6- Inside Deep Throat ***
3/7- Millions ****
(this time with a Danny Boyle Q&A after)
3/12- Robots **1/2
3/19- Bride & Prejudice ****


February
2/5- The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou ***
2/6- The Wedding Date **
2/18- Being Julia ***
2/21- Constantine * 1/2
2/23- Millions ****
2/26- Hitch ***

January
1/7- A Very Long Engagement *** 1/2
1/15- In Good Company ****
1/16- Bad Education *****
1/21- The Aviator **** 1/2
1/23- In Good Company ****
Closer **
1/28- Million Dollar Baby ***