Critique the critic [Serenity]

For Critique the critic, i have chosen a review written by Kevin Crust, Times Staff writer. Crust did a review on the film Serenity.
Serenity is a film that mixes an action film, western film, and sci-fi movie all in one. Serenity is about a cocky space captain Malcolm Reynolds [Nathan Fillion] and his crew of their ship Serenity on the run from the Alliance and their operatives, trying to get their hands on their younger passenger, a gifted telapath, or 'reader', River [Summer Glau]. Also tracking the Serenity team is a terrifying group of Reavers, space cannibals who raid settlements and attack ships in search of human flesh. As Reynolds tries to stay a few steps ahead of his enemies, he and his friends begin to realize there's more to River than meets the eye, especially after she turns into a butt-kicking fighter after catching a glimpse of a seemingly innocent candy commercial.

To the uninitiated, "Serenity" may seem like just another "Star Trek" knockoff,
but to so easily dismiss writer Joss Whedon's feature directing debut, a
continuation of his short-lived 2002 sci-fi western TV series "Firefly,"
would
be to miss out on a highly entertaining piece of genre-blending fun.

Crest begins by addressing the most obvious assumption challenging this movie. To thoughs who have not seen 'FireFly', the shortlived mini-series in which this movie based, the film may seem like another 'StarWars' and 'StarTrek' film. However, this is not the case. Serenity manages to mix in several types of films into one incredible film. The film industry has seen enough space oddessey movies for this generation, but Serenity appears to be more than just your avarage Sci-fi.

Crest also addresses the aspects of the film that are out of the Sci-fi realm. The movie is much more that you would originally expect. He also lets the readers know that yes, to truely begin to understand the characters and get an image of their lives before the film, you might want to catch up on your 'FireFly' lore, although it is easy enough to catch up, and soon new readers and viewers will be enjoying themselfs.

The comic exchanges among the crew initially seem like mere banter until
you
realize that Whedon is presenting well-developed relationships involving
rejuvenated archetypes — something that will not surprise Whedon fans, who
will be the ones in the theater laughing the loudest. Don't worry, the rest
of us soon catch up.

There's no need to have seen a single episode of "Firefly" to digest any of this
as Whedon craftily weaves the complex exposition into the main story.

In this review, Crest lets the reader know that in the movie, the characters will speak small forays of Chinese, which he finds unsettling at first, but will soon become part of the movies charm. Crest goes on to comment on how the directer of the film manages to explicitly connect the western and space genres.

I like the way that Crest understands that this movie is not the first of its kind, but it is winding down a different read than most others before it. He seems to appriciate the boundries that Serenity takes down seperating the western, sci-fi, and action genras, and appriciates the strong acting and great cast and plot.