| Serenity (Collector's Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Joss Whedon
Actors: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin
Studio: Universal Studios
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1439 reviews
Sales Rank: 455
Format: Ac-3, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time: 187 minutes
Number Of Items: 2
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.7 x 1.1
MPN: 61101072
UPC: 025195008938
EAN: 0025195008938
ASIN: B000Q9IZ5C
Theatrical Release Date: September 30, 2005
Release Date: August 21, 2007
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 Love it! August 18, 2008
Love it love it love it. Glad to finally add it to the collection.
Firefly fans only August 17, 2008
The decision on this movie is simple. If you are a fan of the Firefly TV series, you must see this movie. It brings to conclusion several (but not all) of the long-term sub-plots introduced in the series. If you are not a fan, this movie is just so-so because you won't understand why certain events and interactions are significant without knowing the character development of past episodes.
If you have never seen the Firefly series, consider getting into it. It's that good. For just under $20 I bought the entire series as a collector set from Amazon in late June, 2008. On four DVDs it's the entire single season that aired and was tragically cancelled before anyone knew it had begun. The Firefly series and its conclusion movie Serenity are a wonderful combination of the action-packed sci-fi/space and western genres - all presented with witty conversations, wonderful characters, and hilarious situations that have viewers literally laughing out loud again and again.
To better understand this recommendation, pick a favorite TV series with funny characters. For illustration, I'll pick Everybody Loves Raymond. Now imagine the charcters buy the space ship equivalent of a yacht and travel together to remote planets so early in their settlement they resemble western frontier territories. Even if the plot, special effects, and action made a first-rate movie, it's the funny characters playing it out that would make this hypothetical movie tremendously entertaining. Using my example: when Marie and Debra Barrone argue about cooking in the ship's galley, and then Raymond gets a larger slice of pie than Robert, it's a lot funnier if you already know those characters from the TV series.
The Serenity movie is similar to the example above. It's OK in its own right, but tons better if you know the characters from the Firefly series. It's a little worse in the case of Serentiy because the setting requires some Firefly background to make sense. A Star Trek movie wouldn't make complete sense if you hadn't watched the series enough to understand that Klingons are always war-like, Romulans routinely use cloaking devices, and the Federation is guided by the Prime Directive. Firefly similarly creates a universe setting with its own "rules", and the Serenity movie just can't take the time to explain it all again.
In conclusion:
1. If you've watched Firefly, buy the Serenity movie.
2. If you haven't watched Firefly, buy the Firefly series and then watch the Serenity movie. You'll be glad you did, on both counts.
3. If you haven't watched Firefly and won't follow #2 above, then don't buy the Serenity movie.
Superior August 11, 2008
Excellent Sci-Fi Movie!
I can recommend this one very, very much!
One of the best Sci-Fi Movies, I have ever seen!
The series "Firefly" is as good.
All 14 episodes are very good!
But unfortunately the series is not in Dolby Digital 5.1,
just Dolby Surround.
Other very good Sci-Fi movies, which I can recommend are (for example):
Aeonflux
Alien (Quadrilogy)
Aliens vs. Predator Requiem (unrated)
Battlestar Galactica (Almost every episode is good)
Battlestar Galactica Razor (Unrated Extended Edition)
Bladerunner - Final Cut
Doom
Species
Starship Troopers
Kind regards,
Mark-Stephan Wendt
An Amazing Film August 10, 2008
This film is pretty much perfect, it acts as a stellar conclusion to Firefly. I want more Firefly, but if this is the true end, then I have no qualms.
 Another Soap Opera Masquerading As Sci-Fi August 5, 2008
0 out of 20 found this review helpful
If you like Stargate Atlantis, Battlestar Galactica, and other soap operas masquerading as Sci-Fi, then you'll like this movie. If however, you like REAL Sci-Fi (Alien, 2001, War of The Worlds, Predator, The Time Machine, etc.) where the focus is on the story and the action involving monsters/aliens and not on a bunch of "emo" crap, then you WILL be disappointed. I hope that "sensitive" types go back to the drama arena where they belong and stop polluting the SciFi arena with this kind of crap.
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