Movies
A few comments on Serenity, which I loved, cut-tagged for your protection, as I realize many who are going to see it haven't yet.
Overall, superb. Clever writing, interesting characters, striking visuals. Not your run-of-the-mill science fiction film, or your run of the mill film, period. I thought bits of it were rushed, and Kaylee and Inara were woefully underdeveloped. Everything else was fine. That's the objective moviephile talking. Nathan Fillion was just superb. He totally owned this movie, and his role as Mal, beyond anything he's done in the tv series so far. Maybe the large screen was necessary to see how he does interesting things with his chin and his eyebrows and his mouth. He's a fascinating actor to watch. Summer Glau once again proves she's probably the best actor in the cast. Beyond those two--who really are the focal point of the film--Adam Baldwin is the best out of the Serenity crew performance wise.
Talking as someone who has seen, and liked, Firefly, I'm still traumatized. Preknowledge of the characters turns this from a decent movie into a blow-your-mind movie.
Still. Traumatized. OMG.
[ETA: putting The Outsiders in a separate post, so if you want to discuss that movie, you don't accidentally get spoiled for Serenity. Sorry about that.]