Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I am convinced of two things, one that Serenity is a very good, unique, competent film, and the other that general audiences are so saturated with their junkfood diet of meaningless, shallow Avengers and reboot films that they are no longer able to interpret the art of filmography. The choices the director Steven Knight made to merge the two parts were integral to why this film succeeds. On its face a story of a kid playing games on his computer to escape reality is derivative and boring (ahem, Ready Player One), but changing the main character around and sitting that broader story around a Noir character drama that is telling the story of that child was a creative and genius move. Knight made this film as non-pretentious as possible, even given the ending reveal. Everything clicks into place and feels necessary because the focus is always on the characters. The Noir drama also helps to blur some fictional liberties the script needs to take to make the character drama work. On top of that Benjamin Wallfisch's score is great, the cinematography is great, including very limited use of CGI in favor of real open waters. The acting is great. That Aviron destroyed this film and did nothing to standup for it is pathetic. The critical slamming and dog piling on this film is completely unwarranted and makes me embarrassed for those partaking. The claim that this is some great 'bad' film has to be one of the dumbest analytical take aways I have ever heard in film, next to the claim that Frozen is a good movie. If you care about a real film where the cast and crew actually tried something interesting, this movie is a must watch. If you want to eat nachos and watch computer generated space monsters blow things up while quipping nostalgic lines to your favorite pop/rock music, nothing can save you.