The opening was really good and creative, but that's it... No other part of the movie came remotely close.
Gotta disagree with that too. Once we board Serenity, we're treated to a several-minute long uninterrupted tracking shot. We follow Mal from the cockpit, through the hallway, kitchen, engine room, medical quaters, into the main cargo bay, and up the catwalk.
Along the way, we meet Wash, Jayne, Zoe, Kaylee, Simon, and River. With each character, we learn who they are and what their roles on the ship are, ie. pilot, doctor, etc. We get not only a tour of the ship and its two main floors, but we get a tour of the characters.
Objectively, that's a well done and composed scene because the audience is shown who the characters are and not told. We're not told Kaylee is a mechanic, we see her working on the engine, for example.
Also, River's fight scene includes some creative editing. When it starts, it's dreamlike to show something is wrong with River. The takes are longer. Then when it intensifies, the takes become faster. As the scene reaches its climax, we get faster intercutting between River attacking everyone and Mal frantically searching for his gun. This gives urgency to the scene.
No, it was silly in my opinion.
Ahh, but that's not objective. In my opinion, it was brilliant. The dancer would fight with more grace. The scoundrel would fight using cheap tactics.
I don't feel the dialogue is cheesy at all. It demonstrates character. Mal as a scoundrel. The Operative as a cold calculating assassin.
I take no issue with the Power Rangers comparison because those scenes were very well choreographed. They often included over a dozen characters on screen. With the five main power rangers themselves having a variety of fighting styles and the fights being able to display them. At least the original series. I never watched any of the follow up series.
It's a little confuse and bad edited, but objectively better than Serenity in terms of fighting (waaaay better), special effects, acting, coherence of the plot and lore.
This also is not objective. I feel the special effects in Riddick were lacking. Particularly the CGI cat-thing. As well as the acting. Very hammy. Far worse than anything in Serenity.
As for the coherence of plot and lore, as I pointed out, Serenity did a very effective job of explaining both right at the beginning through a very creative series of scenes. And without the voice-over narration in CoR.
Seize the moment, 'cause tomorrow you might be dead.
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