Serenity

AKA:
Firefly (USA) (working title)
Firefly: The Movie (USA) (working title)

Written by:
Joss Whedon

Directed by:
Joss Whedon

Made in:
USA in 2005

Actors:
Nathan Fillion .... Mal
Gina Torres .... Zoe
Alan Tudyk .... Wash
Morena Baccarin .... Inara
Adam Baldwin .... Jayne
Jewel Staite .... Kaylee
Sean Maher .... Simon
Summer Glau .... River
Ron Glass .... Shepherd Book
Chiwetel Ejiofor .... The Operative
David Krumholtz .... Mr. Universe
Michael Hitchcock .... Dr. Mathias
Sarah Paulson .... Dr. Caron
Yan Feldman .... Mingo
Rafael Feldman .... Fanty

Plot:
River Tam and her brother Simon are hiding out from the totalitarian government that experimented with River's brain aboard the space-freighter Serenity. Captained by a down on his luck, no faith soldier, the crew of Serenity must take jobs (legal or not) while avoiding the Alliance, and keeping the Tams safe. But when things get out of hand with the true extent of River's powers, the Alliance sends a new Operative to make sure what River knows doesn't get out. How will the crew of Serenity deal with this new threat? And what exactly does River know that the Operative is willing to kill for? IMDB

Review:
I was very sceptical of this movie when we rented it. And while we were watching it, I was SO tired that I kept falling asleep.. But in and out of sleep, I was able to see some of the movie, and what I did see - I really liked.

We finally bought it a little while ago, and I got a chance to see the entire movie - and it was fantastic! A mix of The Matrix and Equilibrium. A great plot, great effects, great acting.. everything was perfect.

It was a serious movie, but still had that good, dry humor in it.
Everyone even needs to see it, even for the subtile message of what happens when trying to make a perfect world.

The Ghost

Original title:
Ryeong

AKA:
Dead Friend (International: English title)
The Ghost (International: English title) (Singapore: English title)

Written by:
Tae-kyeong Kim

Directed by:
Tae-kyeong Kim

Made in:
South Korea in 2004

Actors:
Ha-Neul Kim .... Min Ji-won
Sang-mi Nam .... Su-in
Bin .... Eun-seo
Yi Shin .... Mi-kyeong
Hie-ju Jeon .... Yu-jeong
Yun-ji Lee .... Eun-jeong
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ran Choi .... Su-in's mum
Ju-bong Gi .... Detective
Hae-suk Kim .... Ji-won's mum
Grina Park
Jin Ryu .... Park Jun-ho

Plot:
A teenage girl suffering from amnesia discovers that she is somehow connected to a group of people who are being killed off one by one by a vengeful ghost. IMDB


Review:
We bought this with the hope that it would be a decent movie, and it was! It has the typical Asian "scary" objects, like: water, long, black hair, etc...
But for some reason, this over-play of these movie characteristics aren't tiring me. Not like bad teen-movies.

This movie is very confusing. Not with flashbacks, but by plot. And it isn't too bad until the very end, like the last 10 minutes or so - it gets very confusing. If you are confused by the movie ending, e-mail me or check out the Internet Movie Database. But the movie is much easier to understand the second time watching it. So if you watched it once and wasn't convinced, I suggest to see it again!

It wasn't a perfect movie, there are some questions within the plot structure. But all-in-all I think this was an okay film.