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Serenity has taken out three IGN Movies awards for 2005. It has won in the following categories.
Why It Rocked: The trailer for Joss Whedon’s Serenity is as fresh and original as the film it teases. It’s well-paced, tightly edited and it fleshes out the movie’s story enough to capture the viewer’s interest, while managing to save the good stuff for the movie itself. For a film that doesn’t rely on “money shots,” the preview is pretty visually impressive. Serenity might not have performed as well as it should have at the box office, but that’s no fault of the trailer.
Why It Rocked: Joss Whedon’s Serenity might have been based on a TV series, but you wouldn’t have to know a single thing about it going into this film… that’s the beauty of it. You’re brought in during the middle of the action, but within minutes you’re completely immersed in the story as if you’ve know the characters forever. And that’s the film’s real strength… the well-written characters. Much like the old Star Trek, which is an obvious influence, Whedon overcomes the lack of eye-popping special effects by creating genuine tension and emotion via the time honored tradition of actually scripting interesting, intriguing, and real characters, characters you not only identify with, but end up caring a great deal for.
Why It Rocked: Serenity, Joss Whedon’s big-screen version of his defunct series Firefly wasn’t exactly a run-away hit at the box office. But we have a feeling that this underappreciated gem will become a sci-fi classic in time. The film is light on the kind of special effects that are typically plentiful in films of this genre, but it’s big on heart, integrity and character development – something sorely lacking in too many mainstream films of any kind. To say that Serenity is an exciting, emotional rollercoaster of a film – one that has plenty of action – is not an overstatement in the least.
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