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Serenity (2005)

Format: DVD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,800 customer reviews) |

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Region 2 encoding (This DVD will not play on most DVD players sold in the US or Canada [Region 1]. This item requires a region specific or multi-region DVD player and compatible TV. More about DVD formats.)

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Product Details

  • Format: PAL
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1,800 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000BLJGBC
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #361,094 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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1,156 of 1,230 people found the following review helpful
Even better than the series September 30, 2005
This is one incredible movie. No, you don't have to be familiar with the series to enjoy it, but the familiarity will make several moments in the movie that much more tragic. The action here is incredible, and unlike several of the Star Trek movies, the characters don't deviate from their series personnas. The emotional impact of several scenes is so intense it was hard to stay seated (a crash landing sequence can almost give you motion sickness). This brings a satisfying end to the storyline the original series had started. It's a shame the show never got to tell this story in its entirety. You can see where some parts of the movie are rushed in a way. Something that could have been stretched over weeks in a series had to be handled in minutes, and that robs it a little. But you have to applaud Whedon for being able to tie up all the loose ends he started with just two hours. Shame on the network for cancelling this, but congratulations to Whedon for giving the fans--both old and new--the ending the show deserved. Heroes will shine, and some will fall, but Serenity will live on.

Now bring the show back!
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231 of 244 people found the following review helpful
You Can't Stop the Signal November 2, 2005
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It wasn't suppose to happen like this...

Back in the summer of 2001, Fox announced that "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" mastermind Joss Whedon would be creating a new television show that was a cross between Science Fiction and the Western Genres... For months Fox spent millions of dollars promoting the one "sure fire series of the season" but then the problems started... the pilot was too slow, Executive Heads Clashed, and Baseball season all got mixed into the mixing pot... and in the end fans where left with an out of order, mixed up, tale of identitify (which is ironic if you think about it).

But the fans of Joss Whedon and of the character he creates would not let this be the end of the "firefly" universe, and after much fanfare, petitions, and literal Bitching; Universal Pictures did something rather uprecidented: they green lite a "big-screen' movie which Joss Whedon describes as "a thank you to the fans."

And that is exactly what the film version of "Serenity" is. On the exterior it is a fast-past, character driven, science fiction blast for everyone to enjoy, and the people that did see it did enjoy it alot. It has survived over a month on IMDB's Top 250 Movies of All Tilme List, and has recieved glowing reviews from THE NEW YORK TIMES, EBERT & ROBERT, THE SAN FRANSISCO CHRONICLE, and more... I distinctly remember a quote from the New york Times saying "George Lucas eat your heart out."

But on the interior the movie was about the salvation of people, and it was a political commentary on big brotherism, and how if things in our society today keep going down the same road are future generations won't be much different from mal and zoe.

If your a fan of science-fiction or just good storytelling this is a movie for you.
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711 of 767 people found the following review helpful
Outstanding Space Opera September 30, 2005
A wonderous vision of the future started in the all too short run of the TV series Firefly continues in the big screen version of it, Serenity. The TV show and movie is about the crew of a star ship that is as much unlike the USS Enterprise as it can get. It's a ranshackle freighter skippered by Mal Reynolds, a man part Han Solo, part Jesse James. He was on the losing side of an intersteller civil war against the Alliance, a buraucratic, oppressive government that seems to consists of people who believe quite fervently they know better than other people how they should live their lives. Captain Reynolds and his motley crew, including his former second in command from the war, her husband the pilot, an engineer who is as cute as she is sharp with the hyper drive, a muscle bound mercenary in a constant state of mutiny, a preacher, a courtesan, and a doctor and his troubled (to say the least!) sister eck out a thin living doing odd jobs out on the frontier, some of them not exactly legal. They bicker and at times almost come to blows. Especialy due to the fact that the doctor's sister is wanted by the Alliance government for having been "enhanced" and damaged by a top secret government labortory.

Oddly enough, this crew might well save the human race among the stars. The story is a paean about how the unlikeliest people can become heroes and how the right of individuals to live free if an absolute. I hope there will be many more films in this "verse."
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
One of the Best Sci-Fi Movies
If you're a Firefly fan, you have to see Serenity. If you're not a Firefly fan, you have to see Serenity. Read more
Published 2 days ago by A. Horowitz
If you like the show
This movie is a must for anyone who loved the show. Considering how many few episodes there were, you really do have to get this.
Published 9 days ago by Rusty ShackleFord
The best sci-fi ever
I loved the series. Of course it was cancelled--it was too good. The movie seems to have been re-done. In the version I remember, everyone dies. I could be wrong. Read more
Published 10 days ago by International Man of Mystery
Good Science Fiction, But Not the Best
I understand this is a movie that started with a TV series called "Firefly," and therefore it's probably not surprising that I didn't understand everything that went on. Read more
Published 12 days ago by Barbara Frederick
Love the movie, love the deal!
I already knew I adored this movie. Love the deal, the quality of the disc and box... I couldn't have been any happier with this purchase unless it came with Nathan Fillion... Read more
Published 13 days ago by Cherie Hiles
Outstanding continuation of an unfinished tale
Outstanding continuation of an unfinished tale
The continuation (but hopefully not the conclusion) of Firefly - The Complete Series. Read more
Published 14 days ago by Matthew S. Eskuchen
A perfect cast & perfect cinema
WOW! I'm not a push-over for any movie...I usually find myself overly critical on many aspects (acting, cinematography, story, effects), but this movie had such a chemistry, all... Read more
Published 15 days ago by C. Overman
Always a good one
"I take it you were all watching just now? Did you see us fight? Trap!!! Awesome movie, Blu-ray was not a disappointment and I could tell the difference as I watched the first half... Read more
Published 17 days ago by Johnny O
Great Sci-Fi Movie
Kind of along the same feel as cowboys and aliens. Love the story line and they could have made several more movies off of this. Read more
Published 1 month ago by N. Flake
Excellent Movie.....For Die-hard Firefly Fans
Whether or not you are a fan of Joss Whedon's prematurely cancelled Firefly series you will love this movie which updates us on all of the characters from teh TV series. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Lord Vader
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