Wow.

Just… wow.

Went back to the friend's house we were staying at — had to go across the state to the screening — and stayed up til 3 talking about it, laughing and sniffling and arguing.

Can't give particulars without revealing suprises you really don't want revealed. I can say that everyone's back, everyone gets a chance to shine, and that this was the most emotional, heart-breaking, exciting, dramatic, and damn funny movies I've ever seen.

If you want to ruin it for yourself, I'm posting a review-of-sorts on the "I've Seen Serenity" spoilerific forum at the movie website. But don't read it.