I have many different favourite actresses/actors and many different favourite moments from them in loads of various movies, there’s just too many to cover. However, if I just focus on one actress in one particular movie, I can narrow it down to four different stand-out moments in the film (although there are plenty more great moments too).
Summer Glau as River Tam in
Serenity stole the movie, I thought, and these are my four favourite moments from her character.
The first happened after the big action scene at the beginning of the film, her “I swallowed a bug.” line was the perfect way to end that scene.
The second was when her devoted brother, Simon, was trying to figure out who this ‘Miranda’ she’d been going on about was, and given how ‘crazy’ she often seemed, in his mind it was not out of the realm of possibility that ‘Miranda’ was some alternate personality of River’s. What made the moment so great was the look she gave him after he asked, “Am I...talking to Miranda now?”.
Thirdly, River’s entire fight with the Reavers at the end was awesome, but my favourite part was where she leaned back and swept the blade around at them. Such a neat move (and Summer Glau’s dancing background made her fight scenes look almost like ballet...albeit bloody, violent ballet).
And the fourth is just this awesome shot after she’s single-handedly finished off all the remaining Reavers, pretty much saving the gang.
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