Everyone, please go to Slashdot and vote - the current poll (right side of screen, a little ways down) is on Serenity

The poll:

Serenity

• will rule my world
• will dominate my thoughts
• will be ignored
• will be shown with acts shuffled
• now

Although there's no option that really says that the movie is bad, but if more people vote for "rule," that might help.

On Slashdot polls, you may vote once per IP address. (Not to say that anyone here would try to vote more than once.)

The LA Times gives a good review, with no spoilers and a proper ranking of Zoe:

The crew and Capt. Mal share a love-hate relationship built on loyalty and self-preservation that is tested at every turn. The next in command is Zoe (Gina Torres), who served alongside Mal in the war and is Serenity's military tactician when they get into scrapes (which is often). Her husband, Wash (Alan Tudyk), is the ship's pacifist pilot. The heavy artillery comes in the form of Jayne (Adam Baldwin), a mercenary always on the lookout for a better deal. Sensitive Kaylee (Jewel Staite) keeps Serenity running with her gift for all things mechanical.

The comic exchanges among the crew initially seem like mere banter until you realize that Whedon is presenting well-developed relationships involving rejuvenated archetypes — something that will not surprise Whedon fans, who will be the ones in the theater laughing the loudest. Don't worry, the rest of us soon catch up.

There's an 11:35 showing 3 miles away from me.

I think I'm going to be celebrating my last day of unemployment by taking in the matinee...

I like this from the times (I never thought of Summer as being like Barbara Steele, but, except for the eyes, I can kinda see it):

Mr. Whedon sketches his characters with quick brush strokes, leaving his appealing cast to fill in the holes with banter and serious-looking busywork. Everyone takes to their task well, though only Mal and a fierce Whedonesque creation called River (Summer Glau, a pint-size Barbara Steele) take root. Hot-wired to kill and on the run from her government masters, this spooky beauty floats through the ship in a series of fetching shifts that make her look like an errant Martha Graham dancer, every so often going entertainingly berserk and wreaking Michelle Yeoh-style damage. Underlying River's murderous power - and perhaps her government-induced psychosis - is a lost little girl trying to carve out a place and a self to call her own.

Wired liked it:

As a writer of dialogue, Whedon is a superstar, and, unlike other genre screenwriters, he does more than provide a few good catchphrases. Wisecracks, playful banter, metaphor, irony, double entendres, even quiet, emotionally weighted moments -- Whedon does it all.

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And it's those human elements -- the undeniable chemistry between the crew, the tense standoffs between good guys and bad, Mal wrestling with his conscience -- that make Serenity work. This film is intended for grown-up adults and smart teenagers, and the story never seems dictated by what might be called the action-figure imperative -- the need for a movie to drive toy and video-game sales.

eta: and I forget the link again: [link]

I swear, I must have a blood clot in my brain too.

Warning: Fairly big-ass spoiler in the very last paragraph of the Wired review.

Sorry. I thought we weren't warning about spoilers anymore.

Oh, shit, I forgot. It opens TODAY! For reals! All blackfont, all the time! I'm clearly having trouble believing it.

But, anyhow, warning for anyone who's seeing it this afternoon or tonight and is unspoiled thus far and wants to remain so for the next few hours.

But, anyhow, warning for anyone who's seeing it this afternoon or tonight and is unspoiled thus far and wants to remain so for the next few hours.

Yeah, good point. Might as well not spoil people until we have to.

eta: Or, NSM spoil people, but fill this thread with spoilers.

Yeah, good point. Might as well not spoil people until we have to.

Aw, but it's FUN!

t /kidding