Post by Sue on Oct 17, 2005 9:58:13 GMT -5
lolam said:
rubberbandwmn said:
Went for the second time, probably won't manage to get to a theatre again. There were only a few people when we got there, but it pretty much filled up.The people in back of us brought their kid, who spent the first two-thirds or so of the movie asking "Who's that? What is he doing? Why did she do that?", and, when Mal was looking at the record of Inara, "Is that Miranda?". Some people need to teach their children manners.
The couple in front of us was silent, until Wash, when the woman was so shocked she said "Oh, no, Wash!". My feelings exactly. They stayed until the end of the credits, then went out ahead of us, saying, "Wow, that was intense".
As for me, the second time around was even better, as I had more time to notice small things. I also noticed that in many of Wash's shots the light shone directly on his face, and he got a lot of the good lines, also that Zoe maintained physical contact with him, even if it was just a hand on his shoulder, whenever possible.
I was okay until Wash said "I'm a leaf on the wind", at which point I lost it, quietly. Rachael, could you give me a few tips on despining? I require a spot of violence.
Zoe going all cold and machine-like was another emotional wallop - I really think she was hoping to go out there, take out as many Reavers as she could, and get herself killed. Afterwards, well, she's alive, but she's not really living. That will take time, and support from her Serenity family.
This has probably been mentioned, in fact I'm sure it has, but Mal and The Operative are two sides of the same coin. At the beginning, Mal has no faith, nothing to believe in (or so he tells himself), and The Operative has faith in the better world he's working to build. At the end, Mal is beginning to find something to believe in, and The Operative has lost everything, including, I think, faith in himself. "There is nothing to see", I think he says.
Anne, headachy again from the not-crying, gorram Joss making us care so much
**nods nods nods to all of this**
On this fourth viewing, I really really noticed what an excellent acting job that Nathan Fillion and Gina Torres do throughout the movie. The scene after the vault job where the Reavers attack is one amazing example. Nathan is so good at making you feel the despiration that Mal is feeling by this point. They really are "on the raggedy edge" with everything about to fall apart - largely due to the Tams. Gina is so perfect at walking that fine line between her total loyalty and commintment to Mal and the questions she has about his behavior. Even as she is honest with herself about not him not actually being wrong . . . it still just feels wrong to her that they left that man to the Reavers.
Man! All soooooo good.
Then when Jayne asks why they are still here when the plan was to leave them on the planet....and Mal and Zoe just exchange looks and you know he did it because of the conversation about leaving no one behind.