Serenity [Blu-ray]

Serenity [Blu-ray]
by Joss Whedon

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Actor: Alan Tudyk, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Gina Torres, Morena Baccarin, Nathan Fillion
Director: Joss Whedon
Brand: FILLION,NATHAN
Cinematographer: Jack N. Green
Writer: Joss Whedon
Editor: Lisa Lassek
Producer: Alisa Tager
Producer: Barry Mendel
Producer: Christopher Buchanan
Producer: David V. Lester
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); French (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); German (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Japanese (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Mandarin Chinese (Subtitled); Korean (Subtitled); Dutch (Subtitled); Swedish (Subtitled); Norwegian (Subtitled); Greek (Subtitled); Finnish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 119 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-12-30
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios

DVD Reviews of Serenity [Blu-ray]

DVD Review: DONT MISS THIS
Summary: 4 Stars

I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and the series.
Shame it was cut off so soon.

DVD Review: Great ending to Firefly!
Summary: 4 Stars

This is a great continuation/ending of the TV show - Firefly. The same cast is back and it's great to see them all together again! The chemistry is still there! Fans of Firefly, you won't be disappointed (well - maybe, you will be disappointed since this is the end of Firefly and some of the incidents that happens in the movie!). If you are a true fan of Firefly, you can't miss this.

If you have a Blue-Ray Player, by all means, get the Blue-Ray version. Picture quality is excellent. I first watched this as Video on Demand (not the best way to watch it as video kept on buffering (and I don't think I have slow internet connection)). It was on TV afterward on SyFy. Finally, Blue-Ray of this went on sale and I snatched it up. I am glad I did.

Only one complaint is the sound quality of the blue-ray. The background music is louder than the people speaking. If you turn it up to hear the actors/actresses better, the background music is even louder. (Hence, the 4 stars.)

Overall, would I buy Serenity Blue-Ray version again? Yes. It's a great movie. Yes, the audio quality isn't the best but the great video quality overrules it.

(Here comes my plug for Firefly.)

Firefly is even better. Just head over to the "Firefly" Amazon page and see for yourself the great reviews it has on it. I was somewhat hesitant b/c of the great reviews but they are all well deserved (if you are a Sci-Fi fan)! If you haven't seen Serenity, Firefly gives you a brief background and history of the crews of Serenity. If you haven't watch Firefly, you will still understand the movie but only miss the great storyline of the show!

Cheers~
Joei

DVD Review: Unable to play the DVD on a HD player
Summary: 1 Stars

This product does not work on a HD player. We have played it several times and it will never start.

DVD Review: Serenity
Summary: 5 Stars

I'm so glad they finished the series to tie up loose ends. So many times (Surface and those other 2 weak SciFi shows last year or so) they just end the series and the actors go off to other shows, so this was a nice change of pace; to actually finish the series. Love the show! The movie won't disappoint.

DVD Review: A great movie made even better on BluRay
Summary: 5 Stars

I've watched this movie in the theater many, many times. I'm a huge FireFly fan, and I attend "Can't Stop the Serenity" events every time I can. This gives me a chance, at least once a year, to see this movie again in a nice theater with great sound.

The DVD really did the picture quality pretty decent justice, but the SOUND in this film is a big part of the experience. The DVD just doesn't compare to the BluRay version in the sound department. I finally really hear and feel those initial explosions in the film (during the "Earth-that-was could no longer sustain us .." part), all that great music, the battle with the Reavers just beyond the Ion Cloud ... WOW.

This movie really forced me to finally get a BluRay player. I can't watch the DVD after watching this on BluRay. It's so much closer to that movie theater experience for this movie.

I'm no BluRay fan-boy yet, but if I see more movies like this, I might become one. I'd give it more stars if I could! :)

Description of Serenity [Blu-ray]

Genre: Action/Adventure
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 30-DEC-2008
Media Type: Blu-Ray

Serenity offers perfect proof that Firefly deserved a better fate than premature TV cancellation. Joss Whedon's acclaimed sci-fi Western hybrid series was ideally suited (in Browncoats, of course) for a big-screen conversion, and this action-packed adventure allows Whedon to fill in the Firefly backstory, especially the history and mystery of the spaceship Serenity's volatile and traumatized stowaway, River Tam (Summer Glau). Her lethal skills as a programmed "weapon" makes her a coveted prize for the power-hungry planetary Alliance, represented here by an Operative (Chiwetel Ejiofor) who'll stop at nothing to retrieve River from Serenity's protective crew. We still get all the quip-filled dialogue and ass-kicking action that we've come to expect from the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but Whedon goes a talented step further here, blessing his established ensemble cast with a more fully-developed dynamic of endearing relationships. Serenity's cast is led with well-balanced depth and humor by Nathan Fillion as Captain Mal Reynolds, whose maverick spirit is matched by his devotion to crewmates Wash (Alan Tudyk), Zoe (Gina Torres), fun-loving fighter Jayne (Adam Baldwin), engineer Kaylee (Jewel Staite), doctor Simon (Sean Maher), and Mal's former flame Inara (Morena Baccarin), who plays a pivotal role in Whedon's briskly-paced plot. As many critics agreed, Serenity offered all the fun and breezy excitement that was missing from George Lucas's latter-day Star Wars epics, and Whedon leaves an opening for a continuing franchise that never feels cheap or commercially opportunistic. With the mega-corporate mysteries of Blue Sun yet to be explored, it's a safe bet we haven't seen the last of the good ship Serenity. --Jeff Shannon

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