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I never saw SERENITY, mostly because I hated FIREFLY so much. Great concept that utterly failed in execution in every way conceivable. I didn't only hate FIREFLY. It actually made me angry, because so many fellow nerds kept telling me how great that steaming pile was.
I fell asleep during Serenity. That's all I need say.
Ditto. I actually really enjoyed BLADE RUNNER 2049. But I think only me and five other people went to see it.
I liked Blade Runner 2049 so much that I went to see it a second time by myself the next weekend--and that was the first time I've ever gone to a theater twice to see a movie when I wasn't accompanying someone who hadn't seen it themselves.
I fell asleep during Serenity. That's all I need say.
I like Firefly because I accept it for the quirkly, snarky nonsense it appears to be.
Getting through Serenity was a tour de force of audience tolerance, up to the end when we finally got to see what we were there to see: River doing her deadly thing without hindrance.
LOL I see I am not the only one who found Serenity and Firefly insufferable. I remember when that TV show (and subsequent film) flopped, the few fans the property had were so stubbornly convinced that neither the TV show nor the film had truly flopped and that the film would eventually get a sequel!!!! It was sad and funny at the same time. Heck, I remember how much they hated on Jodie Foster because her film Flightplan opened at # 1 the week that Serenity opened, and it not only became the box office hit that Serenity did not, but it completely stole all the buzz and attention from audiences and from the industry. Heck, Serenity hasn't even become a cult favorite (like Showgirls, Shawshank Redemption, and Donnie Darko). It simply is a forgettable (and forgotten) non-starter.
The way Villeneuve handled Blade Runner gave me a lot of confidence that he will understand how to handle Dune. Blade Runner is as much about world building, tone and atmosphere as it is about plot. Villeneuve understood this and created what I consider to be one of the best movies of the decade.
Dune the book is mystical, psychedelic and nightmarish. Its desert backdrop is tonal, moody and minimalist. Past adaptations of Dune focused too much on plot and character develop at the loss of the mood and atmosphere.
The best commendation for as director of this movie, in his own words: "As much as I deeply love the book...."
It's not that often we get directors doing a film of a book they deeply love.
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