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[astralis]

Well, I haven't cried that much over a movie in, like, ever. It was being emotionally attached to the characters before I went in that did it. I held it together through the destruction on Haven and Book's death, and even Zoe's initial reaction to Wash's death, but lost it at "Where's Wash?"/"He's not coming." Just the way Zoe said it, and the look on the others' faces as they realised Wash was dead - I was gone. Spent the rest of the movie in tears. It was probably a good thing I went to see it alone!

It didn't feel like Firefly. That's probably the biggest gripe I have about it. I realise the format of the show probably wouldn't transfer to the big screen, but even the music was wrong, it didn't sound like the world of the show. Mr Universe just didn't seem to fit in that world, although I have absolutely no objections to David Krumholtz (once I stopped thinking of him as Charlie Eppes, that is). It also felt like there was a fair gap between Objects in Space and Serenity. There was no explanation of why Book had left the ship. Mal seemed harder and tougher, Kaylee just didn't feel right, Simon seemed to have changed. The humour seemed to have pretty much disappeared, and there was none of that sense of comraderie that made Firefly what it was.

Other than that, I liked it. I don't usually forget the time in movies, but I was totally tied up in this one. How much of that was emotional investment in the characters - including the ship - I don't know. I thought the memorial scene near the end was very well done, especially Zoe - more tears from me. I thought the best touch was Wash's dinosaurs in the bridge, round where he used to sit. It showed that Wash was gone but not forgotten, that he was still a part of Serenity and her crew. It was something you had to have seen the show to fully understand, but I loved it, anyway.