Saw Serenity tonight with a big group of students (15 or so) that I hooked up with through Facebook. I’ve only watched an episode or two of Firefly, and had no particular expectations going in, but I was really blown away. The script was damn near flawless. The Operative is the coolest character I’ve seen in a long time. Even given that the opening night crowd was mostly diehard fans, the audience response was extraordinary. I’ve never observed a crowd so audibly enjoy a movie — not even close. I want to see the movie again. Now.
It was an evening of firsts: my first trip to the amazing Arclight Theater in Hollywood, my first ride on the not-so-amazing L.A. subway system, my first Giovanni Ribisi sighting (he was hanging around outside the theater smoking a cigarette).
After the movie, the group went out to a diner. After that, the girl I’d been chatting with very nicely offered to drive me back to my car, but her sense of direction was, if this is even possible, even worse than mine, and we ended up driving around in completely the wrong direction, very confused, getting honked at constantly, until after half an hour we ended up, totally by accident, back at the diner. This time, having established which way was north, we managed to locate my car.
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