Saw Serenity the other night. Excellent all around.
One problem with most action movies, and I know I'm not being original here, is that there are too many explosions and not enough characterization or dialogue. Die Hard had both -- and a great villain, too: Alan Rickman's Hans Gruber damn near stole the entire show from Bruce Willis.
Serenity rates up there as well. Excellent dialogue, well-crafted characterization, and explosions! And with The Operative, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, it has a Gruber-worthy villain. He's got a Les Miserables quality to him, too, if you remember your Inspector Javert and his motivations...
Posted by Craig Ceely at October 2, 2005 03:32 PM