"This is gonna get pretty interesting." "Define 'interesting.'" "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die."

I saw 'Serenity' yesterday. It's very good. Go see it. Don't let it pass you by the way it did on TV. For all you people watching 'Smallville' or 'The OC' and liking them, it's the same deal: stories told a with a different framing device. Overlook the space/western/action stuff and keep an eye out for a story about loyalty, belief, and love. With space. And guns.

Ah hell, it's just good over all, and it's about space and guns and all the other stuff too. But it's good. Imagine 'Star Wars' like you actually cared about what happened to characters.

And Joss Whedon has stones. Always been a good writer/producer, becoming a very good director, but what he does to/for fans in the movie that THEY helped get greenlit... he's got stones. Actions have consequences.

The DP is Clint Eastwood's DP Jack Green. He does all the Eastwood flicks, as well as 'The 40-year Old Virgin.' C'mon, that's a fairly diverse resume, and it shows. The movie looks great.

And they don't have the theme song from the show, so that's a plus too. Can't be all praise.

*** Well, apparently the theme song is at the end of the movie. It's still damn good, even with the theme song.