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I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

I'll review this film as someone who has seen the sole Firefly season, a show I did like and appreciate like I do with every Whedon creation at some point, for amazing dialogues and great character interaction, as well as the great stories. I particularly liked the wild space frontier aspect and the presence of Morena Baccarin in a deep, subtle role. She doesn't have much to shine about here, alas.This movie represents Whedon's passage from TV, where he mastered all tropes, to cinema, where he was a relative newcomer, and it shows in the rather harduous work of tempo, and compression of events. After the series, there must have been a hundred subplots lying here and there, that ended on the cutting floor, and for which quick decisions have been taken. As a result, the movie is lacking in relation with the season's subtility and pace, ending up more butter than bread.Action scenes, better visuals and fast relations (that doesn't make make obvious sense to those who didn't followed Firefly) have taken over slow personality tuning and unspoken feelings, while the scope of the their world is also quite reduced. It is a pleasant experience, by all means, but I personally would have preferred an extre season, obviously.Just another comment to say how Nathan Fillion, who I thought was miscast in Firefly, litterally carries the whole show on his shoulders here, playing a character that's hard to like and yet for which we care about - that's no small feat, and all to his credit.

Some films are just utterly sympathetic. This is one of those. It's a great adventure flick. Not pretentious or deep, but most certainly not ahallow or cheap. Well made, well acted a perfect balance between style and substance. I love this film. When I forst saw it, it charmed my butt off, and now, ten years later, having seen it for the second time, it is just as amusing and nice. If you want to be entertained by quality, this is your movie.

This is a continuation of what is regarded as one of the best TV shows ever made, "Firefly". It's a true pity that it was cancelled before its first season was even over! Luckily, they were nice enough to give us a movie afterwards. I admit that one main reason why I love this film so much is because it stars Nathan Fillion, one of my favorite actors! I guess I can regret not seeing him at that Atlanta Con. Anyway, I never watched the original show.Of course, there wasn't much of an original show to watch. From the very first three minutes of this movie, I was hooked. It's mostly because it starts out by giving the audience a fakeout and then a fakeout for the fakeout! It's kind of like "Mad Max: Fury Road" where the action just keeps on going and going. It's of course helped by wonderful acting. I also love all the haunting nightmarish imagery in the film.My only complaint is that it does kind of drag on in the middle. I feel bad for not knowing anything about these characters because I could have associated with them more. Of course, a movie this good makes it so that you don't need to watch the show to truly love it. I never saw a single episode of "Star Trek" and I still loved those movies. This is the best movie I have seen for TV Month! I'm just that much a Nathan Fillion fanboy. ****

This is a good space adventure movie. The world in which this movie takes place is a very interesting world, somewhat akin to Star Wars. An evil empire, renegade protagonists on the run from authorities. The different settings and characters explored in this movie complement each other like in any good sci-fi, reminding us we're a product of our environment and there's no absolute truth and no good or bad people. This is exactly what was great about the original series, and this movie explores many more parts of this world and provides explanations for its riddles.Character development lacks a little bit in my opinion, as the transition from reclusive survivor to hero is a little too rushed. But there are many characters and many of them evolve in interesting ways.If it was a standalone movie I think I'd rate it 8 or 9, but for a fan of the original series it was such a great experience to go back to the characters and their world, so I give it 10 stars.As a side note, I believe it's OK to watch the movie before the series if you can't commit to the series before seeing what they're about in a focused 2 hour session. But better watch the series first.