Reviews

I would have never, ever watched this movie. I passed it by many times without every giving it a second of a chance. I mean, I was 10 and this movie really held no interest for me. Then, one day, while scanning through the channels I came upon this movie when Nicollette Sheridan is running around in her underwear... well, that got my attention. That one thing held my interest long enough for me to get pulled into the story of the movie and by the time the movie was over... I loved it.

Even at my age this movie had me rolling with laughter. But now 11 years later, I caught the movie again and it was even funnier. The characters were great and were acted well by the all star cast. Christopher Reeve getting a nose bleed at the slightest sign of violence, John Ritters jealousy, Michael Caine's frustrations at trying to deal with the antics of his cast were all hilarious. Watching as the cast is arguing and fighting while trying to act out the scenes and keep Selsdon (Denholm Elliot) from alcohol was hilarity defined. I REALLY loved Marilu Henner as Belinda in this movie. I really fell in love with her character as I watched her run around trying to keep the peace. She always seemed to know what was going on and was always perky and her smile rarely waivered. Overall, the whole cast was great and it is one of my most unexpected favorite movies.

I am surprised how much I liked this movie. I was never a fan of Firefly... actually, I never watched an episode. I went in to the theater expecting the same old sci-fi story and action. But the story was good, the characters were great, and it had some really good action scenes. The snappy one-liner comments made by the characters actually made me laugh at times, and the movie had its humorous moments while not detracting from the intensity of the movie. It really made me want to watch the show because the characters were very interesting to me.

I've never felt the urge to come on here and post a comment on a movie, but I have the feeling this movie will slip beneath the cracks and not get the attention it deserves. I would recommend, if you like the Sci-fi genre at all, you watch this movie. Even if you don't the characters in the movie should be enough for most people to enjoy the movie with little effort. Most definitely in my Top 5 movies of 2005.

And River is effin' awesome.