Reviewing the reviews: 'Serenity'
Reading today’s reviews of Serenity, Joss Whedon’s adaptation of his short-lived Fox sci-fi western Firefly into a feature film, I was surprised not to see more headline writers echoing Seinfeld‘s Frank Costanza, with his blood-pressure-reducing chant: ”Serenity Now!” Only a handful went for that easy pun; the rest set themselves the more difficult task of trying to riff on the words ”Serenity” and ”Firefly.” Or else they went further afield and ended up light-years away, as you can tell from the samples below.
- Akron Beacon Journal: `Serenity’ not serene sci-fi fare for `Firefly’ fans
- Cleveland Plain Dealer: Failed TV series hardly serene in laudable big-screen effort
- Winston-Salem Journal: Not Serene: Space adventure makes move to big screen in style
- Bismarck Tribune: At peace with Serenity
‘Now’ and again
New York Sun: Serenity Now
The Weekly Standard: Serenity Now
Toronto Globe and Mail: Joss Whedon: Serenity Now, and Then
Boston Herald: For spaced-out fun, you’ll want ‘Serenity’ now!
Village Voice: Serenity Now! Whedon Flips Off Fox in Clever Space-Western
What other old movie/TV show did this remind me of?
The Journal News (N.Y.): Back to the future
Buffalo News: Final Frontier
Dallas Observer: Have Gun, Will Space Travel: Serenity spins a classic tale way out west
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Space cowboys
- The Oregonian: Space cowboys
- Detroit Free Press: Space cowboys lasso the big screen
- New York Times: Scruffy Space Cowboys Fighting Their Failings
- Philadelphia Inquirer: ‘Firefly’ flits brightly to big screen
- Salt Lake Tribune: ‘Serenity’: Solid sci-fi, with a ‘Firefly’ buzz
- San Bernardino Sun: A successful re-entry?
- Christian Science Monitor: On big screen, ‘Serenity’ loses gravity
- Portland (Ore.) Mercury: A Whole New ‘Verse
Speaking of science fiction…
Charlotte Observer: Intelligent design makes a winner of daring ‘Serenity’
No, this isn’t the same critic who thought last week that Bow Wow should win an Oscar for Roll Bounce:
San Francisco Chronicle: ‘Serenity’ earns director Whedon spot on sci-fi’s Mount Rushmore