Serenity review by the one, the only, Orson Scott Card!

[mhalachai]

A extra shiny review of Serenity by Orson Scott Card (no spoilers). Review!

He makes a very good point in his essay -- the movie has been out and around for months, now, and no one's ruining the ending. No one. All I keep hearing is OMG SO GOOD. Even today, everyone on my flist is very nicely putting all comments behind an LJ cut. I love you all.

I get to see the movie this evening, so I'm trying very hard not to click on those links! (So please don't tell me what's in the movie plz thanx)

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Comments

[houses7177.livejournal.com]

That review was spot on- particularly related to the spoiling and the language. The linguistic shifts that Joss pulled off was the thing that completely convinced me that these people were *real*. No one stumbled over the strange phrasing, it just was how they spoke. No jolting out of it, they pulled it off completely. I was so very, very impressed.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

The mix of "old" language with conventional speaking made it very understandable, no matter how odd it was, I think. I was never at a loss to understand what they had just said.

And after my last little fic exercise, I find myself thinking in Mal-speak. Ack.