It's a great movie, with a high degree of symbolism, metaphors and good acting. Don't expect a comedy and ignore all the bad reviews. You need to have a fucked up childhood or compassion to appreciate this movie.
Ok I loved this movie despite the bad reviews.... and well Matthew is not hard to look at. The story has a lot of twists and turns that still somewhat confuse me but the movie was good. Past and present, reality or game.... this has it all! Will watch again I loved it so much!
I don't know why this is rated so bad.
The description is a bit missleading, but the story and the acting is actually pretty good. Which is more than I can say about most movies these days.
P.S.: The ending was near perfect, but i guess most ppl didn't get it because they were too busy being fucked up about the fact, that this wasn't about a totalitarian island full of imortals like the description suggested...
Serenity is a surprisingly good mystery: how in the world did anyone get Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway to sign up for this sci-fi fantasy thriller that mixes genres as well as spaghetti and sushi ice cream?
Only Jason Clarke escapes from this boat wreck in one piece, thanks to his strong showing as an abusive husband. Everyone else should've followed the audience and abandoned ship.
Full of mystery and intrigue, Serenity is a dark and provocative film. The story follows a fisherman on the verge of bankruptcy who’s approached by a former girlfriend to help kill her abusive husband. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Djimon Hounsou, and Jason Clarke, the film has a pretty strong cast; but none of the characters are all that likable. However, the plot takes a really interesting, surreal turn and tackles some controversial issues. Also, the writers do a good job at building suspense and tension. It’s kind of a mess at times, and there are some tonal problems, but Serenity is a unique and daring film.
Great cast, intriguing story. Watch out though, it's definitely not a crime or action flick, not recommended after a tiring day. It's a tense drama about obsession and abuse, mental issues and the purpose of our lives. It requires some effort, but it's worth a shot if you like a movie which gives you something to think about. I really liked the analogy between the repetitive nature of everyday tasks vs. videogame quests, also obsessive tendencies vs. failing in a game but still trying again and again.
Another waste of Djimon Hounsou. When is Hollywood gonna do you right, Brother?
Oh, and this movie is trash, don't bother.
High-concept movie strives for greater significance than it possesses. I guessed the mid-film twist early on - the clues are in plain sight - and while I applaud invention, the unfolding events really do stretch the bounds of credibility.
I am so, so curious how this D-grade, movie length Black Mirror episode wannabe attracted such a great cast, who are given so little to do.
My comment won't spoil the movies major twist, though I actually reckon knowing about it would make zero difference to enjoying this movie. Quite a few people seem to think this movie is so-bad-it's-good, I think I'm more in the camp of it's simply a bad movie.
Some of the locals are cool, there are some gorgeous shots, and a few fun noir tropes, but overall there are just much better ways to spend 2 hours - watching a better movie, for example.
Are you the type of viewer who listens to what the "experts" think, or are you comfortable enough with yourself to see something through to the end, and make up your own mind? What do philosophy, chaos theory, quantum entanglement, the multiverse, and "The Matrix" have to do with what the best type of lure is to catch an elusive monster tuna called "Justice"? Well, the writers and cast of "Serenity" have made a bold attempt to answer those questions. I think they have made a pretty good job of it.
Matthew McConaughey is brilliant as a veteran, possibly suffering from PTSD, who has escaped to an idyllic island, where everyone knows your name, and your business. He has become consumed with catching the proverbial "big one", and trying to find his former life. Spectral memories from his past haunt him. The supporting cast does a stellar job of doing just that, that is, being there for the character Baker Dill to interact with and unwittingly guide him on his journey. I can't say much more without giving away the twist(s), but, suffice it to say that if like non-superficial movies that "make you go Hmmmmm", and you stick with this one through it's slow simmer, then I think you'll be pleasantly surprised at the reveal.
The "happy ending" feels a bit tacked on for those who may have needed things spelled out for them, or a reaction to screening audiences needing more finite "closure", but all in all I found it to be an enjoyable movie.
This was a really great movie about a young boy's grief and the effect of domestic abuse on children. It was a little confusing at times, but it came together in the end. A little sad when you realise how psychology damaged the boy is and how he created the game in order to cope with reality
Don’t be fooled by the great cast. This movie is a complete mess. A completely ridiculous twist does nothing to make an already poor plot any better. Avoid.
Plot is mediocre but cast is great and their performance is excellent. Ending is okay so its worth watching if you have the time to spare.
The twist is absolutely nuts. So many wtfs were said while watching this. I can't believe this actually got made. How did this get two Oscar winners? This feels like a bad mix of The Truman Show, Black Mirror and a Lifetime movie. Plus it seems like Steven Knight doesn't know what a video game is. Still it's worth a watch.
Truman Show… Hold my beer!
Decent movie that I think would have been better without the uber twist at the end.
PLS don't let the bad reviews influence you. These honks ultimately didn't understand the movie °!° believe...
If the movie triggers a personal feeling in you or makes you think, then it has achieved exactly what it set out to do!
interesting cast, genius plot and all good acting... Anne is generally a bombshell and Diane acted a lot of great movies... [8/10]
This movie starts as the tale of a perpetually unlucky fisherman who is obsessed about catching 'the big one'. To this stable setup arrives his ex-wife who offers to pay him a lot of money if only he kills her current husband because of the abuse she and the fisherman's son suffer at the hands of her new husband. But then the movie changes. It no longer is a story about a fisherman tempted to evil. It becomes an allegory about the mindset of a troubled child who is planning to murder his abusive stepfather, with the story of the fisherman taking place completely within a computer game his mind created as a wish-fulfillment fantasy, in which the restraints against the murder are slowly being fought against, and are ultimately overcome.
I generally do not like movies that end up being little more than vapor --- dreams, wishful hallucinations, alternative realities, etc. I find them manipulative. And the significance of the events that happen in the screen end up being reduced to meaninglessness: for whatever the consequences, the lessons, the gains and the losses depicted, they are made to be naught, even within the universe of the movie. What is the point of saving the princess in an alternate reality if the real princess in the original reality still got thorn to pieces? Of what value is a hope that never was?
Nonetheless, I was actually moved by this movie. It brought up feelings of sadness, compassion, and sympathy for the boy who created the game --- for the boy whose very real emotional pain has made him sought out a refuge within his own mind where he can trap himself within imagined happy endings. I think this is what makes this story be more than vapor: because it is not about the sailor at all, but about the mindset of the criminal child who just shot his abusive stepdad.
One more thing: the movie does fail in one respect. The story of the fisherman and his island --- where no one ever dies --- is supposed to be the moral fight happening in the mind of the boy for and against murdering his stepdad. But it is no fight at all. The ego, as portrayed by the fisherman, wants it to happen, and the roadblocks he encounters are portrayed as entirely ineffectual: mostly calls to distraction. The argument for murder is the abuse by the stepdad; the arguments against it is the allure to keep playing games, and "the rules" --- which are portrayed as artificial, capable of being changed at will, and therefore disconnected from any kind of positive substantive morality. No wonder that the moral fight is no contest. The ego is fighting unopposed. Did the movie creators purposefully made the fight unfair, so as to illuminate the lack of a positive moral compass in the minds of the psychological troubled children who commit the crimes in the evening news? Or, as is more likely, did the movie creators could not possibly make the fight fair because they themselves cannot imagine any possible intellectual defense of traditional morality other than "the rules"?
I was completely fooled by the cast. What could have been a great movie, due to its interesting plot and good actors, but the script is just dumb and the direction did nothing to improve the movie. I truely regret having spent my money to watch this.
It was a good idea, I liked the twist in the middle, but ended up not so good or weak.
Serenity is a dark and riveting thriller that keeps you hooked from start to finish. The film's plot twists keep you engaged, constantly guessing what's going to happen next. The cast delivers solid performances, with standout performances by Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway. Their chemistry on screen is great and adds another layer of intensity to the gripping story. A good watch for fans of the thriller genre.
I can not say it's a bad movie.but it's not what I expected from this movie.
"Wait...what?"-The movie
Holy cow.
Worst movie of the year, easily. Started out OK but then the twist ruined it.
Well, i rented both Holmes & Watson AND Serenity this weekend..........:joy:
was left confused..... really confused
TERRIBLE MOVIE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THIS FINAL CAN SOMEONE TELL ME THAT WAS BLACK MIRROR?
Shout by C MonsterBlockedParent2018-07-23T20:10:36Z
WHAT?!! NO BROWN COATS??!!!!! What a gyp!!!