Serenity (Single Disc Edition) reviews

My humble opinion: This is one of the best SciFi movies ever made! I was a loyal fan of the TV series “FireFly” … and this DVD is a fitting tribute to Joss Whedon's master­piece. The movie satisfyingly ties up many loose ends that were left unanswered in the TV series. I always felt that the character of River Tam was very undeveloped in the TV series (because they were hoping for further seasons of Firefly being made I suppose). Anyway, Serenity certainly delivers on that score, River is finally revealed to be something very special indeed.

Great story, emotionally involving, great character development, action, special effects (not overdone either). The movie is a great adventure from start to end.

5 stars from me.

I wish there had been many more seasons of this show it was fantastic but this movie manages to tie up some of cliffhangers left from the series and has a great action story to tie things together.

If you loved the movie Serenity then you have to get the Firefly collection. It is a great buy. It gives you all the background of the crew on Serenity and who they are and why they do what they do. I just wish there was a whole other season.

Happy viewing

A great addition to your DVD collection

I really enjoyed the firefly series. However in the movie I felt they ruined the link to it in a few points.

For example in the series for most of it Simon has no idea what the academy did to River. Almost right at the start of the movie it shows Simon being told exactly what happened to her. This dosn't make sence to me since Simon spent over half the series trying to find out what they did to her

Also near the end of the series Simon was growing close to the crew. In the movie it's almost like that bond never happened.

Another thing – they got rid of the yellow quad bike! the one they used as on planet transportation. Sure it dose get upgraded to a SciFi transport but in the series I just got so used to it, it was really weird without it

These things ruined the movie for me. If I watch a great series and theres a movie (or movies) baised on it the movie has to be completly true to the series otherwise I cant watch it.

It was a shame when Firefly was cancelled, but at least they let them make a movie to finish it up.

Loved it

This went into more character depth than in the series and everyone has worked out their place on the ship. Must watch the series first to understand many of the little jokes and banter between the crew. Wonderful movie and as soon as I watched it I wanted to see it again straight after!

Awesome show one of the best sci fi shows ever, it ended way too soon.

Great

Best watched after Firefly series. Great stand alone movie.

This movie was a nice conclusion to the TV series and to be fair, does not really need to be followed up (although as a true fan it would be nice). If you haven't watched the TV series first, you should not spoil it by watching this movie. I had family members who saw this movie before watching the TV series and they had no clue what was going on and had no emotional connection to any of the characters. Please don't make the same mistake.

Lost in space meets the Wild West! Witty & deep writing with complex & complete characters… & just a trace of whimsy.

Great movie. Excellent end to an excellent series.

Have watched the series on TV, enjoyed it (FireFly). Have purchased the FireFly series, so as to watch again & also bought the Serenity edition.

This is a great movie and it helped put a little (just a little) bit of closure to the firefly series.

What a movie.....Edge of your seat stuff

Great story, it explains the story behind the TV series