FULL DISCLOSURE: This post is influenced by a blogger perk offer: free screening of Serenity for bloggers.
Sarah and I just got back from watching the early screening of Serenity. As mentioned before, part of the obligation in accepting the free tickets is to talk about the movie, now that I seen it. Let me first say that I can understand why they wanted people to get there early, we showed up about 40 minutes before the movie was to start and it was already packed, with only a few seats left. I think the comment about not guaranteeing was just to cover themselves, it was full and I wouldn’t be surprised if people were turned away.
Although the email confirmation contained strongly worded warnings about bringing in cell phones, cameras, etc. we were never even asked about it. We walked up to the front entrance, told them we were there for the preview screening of Serenity, they asked for my name and found me on the list (under Joseph Scott’s Blog). That person instructed another person to escort us in, indicating that were there under the “Blogger” category. Some of the seats were roped off and/or reserved and we were told those weren’t for us. It all went very smoothly.
I’m kind of familiar with story line already, having watched a few of the episodes of Firefly when it was on. Like others have already mentioned, you don’t have to be familiar with the story line to enjoy the movie. The first few minutes do a great job of establishing who the characters are.
If you were a fan of the TV show I think you’ll really enjoy this movie. However, this is not a kids movie. I’ll be lucky if I don’t have nightmares tonight, so please don’t subject little kids to this. It isn’t a horror flick, but it has a few scary spots. With that warning out of the way I give the movie a thumbs up. It is a well written, nicely paced and packs a couple of surprised along the way.
Score: 4 out of 5 stars
3 replies on “Movie Review: Serenity”
So were the “blogger seats” the good seats or the crappy ones?
Except for the reserved seating it was first come first serve.
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