I just finished watching Joss Whedon's Serenity and I am quite impressed. I tried the TV show Firefly when it showed up on the SciFi Channel, right before the release of Serenity. I could not get into the show for some reason. (The movie Serenity is based on the TV show Firefly.) I still don't think I can do the show, but the movie was an excellent film -- George Lucas should learn something from Whedon about writing and directing a sci-fi movie. Serenity has a quick pace to it (though it is a bit uneven, as if Whedon could not ween himself out of the pacing of a TV show). The story is simple so that the focus can be on the characters. The characters are well-written and the dialogue is fantastic. I recommend the film, it may not be a special effects spectacle, but it does things right where they should be: Characters and story.