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karohemdGot out of work in time and to the cinema where after a quick exchange of text messages met up with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cryx and emilydongray.
Erm, yeah, Serenity. I won't say much until the general release, just two non-spoilers.
I liked the new-look, more intricate Serenity but I really missed the organic, acoustic music of the TV series.
Something else: I don't think it'll do well at the box office, sadly. They set the scene enough to get the plot (i.e. why the Alliance are after River) but there are quite a few things that don't quite make sense if you don't know the characters and their backgrounds well. Two people actually left the cinema about half-way through muttering darkly. Oh, and it was at a small screen which was only about a quarter full...
On our way out, I lost sight of the girls but met up again and then I gave them lifts to home and the station.
cryx and emilydongray.Erm, yeah, Serenity. I won't say much until the general release, just two non-spoilers.
I liked the new-look, more intricate Serenity but I really missed the organic, acoustic music of the TV series.
Something else: I don't think it'll do well at the box office, sadly. They set the scene enough to get the plot (i.e. why the Alliance are after River) but there are quite a few things that don't quite make sense if you don't know the characters and their backgrounds well. Two people actually left the cinema about half-way through muttering darkly. Oh, and it was at a small screen which was only about a quarter full...
On our way out, I lost sight of the girls but met up again and then I gave them lifts to home and the station.
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Date: 19/9/05 08:40 pm (UTC)Also, many people didn't know what the film was going to be. It was a 'surprise' preview and no name had been attached to the screening. Sure, with a little bit of investigation we pretty much knew for certain it was going to be Serenity but I know from comments from others in the cinema they didn't have a clue what the film was they were about to see. The group in front of me when the board came up saying Serenity said 'oh, I think this is a sci-fi one'.
Sci-fi isn't in everyone's tastes so I'm not 100% surprised you had a couple of people leave the screening. There was a couple of girls who left the one we were at about 20 minutes in to it.
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Date: 19/9/05 08:41 pm (UTC)It'd be a shame to spoil it for the less fortunate than ourselves! :p
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Date: 19/9/05 08:54 pm (UTC)Blimey, I just checked imdb and it's rated at 8.9, the same as Return of the King. I expect that to drop when it's on general release, though.