13 Movie Moments That Surprised The Hell Out Of The Audience
7. "I Am A Leaf On The Wind..." - Serenity
The short-lived but dearly beloved Joss Whedon series about a motley crew flying essentially a moving truck in space got a second chance at life when Serenity was greenlit; Whedon reuniting the cast and put together a script that not only satisfied fans, but won new ones who had missed the show. Movie audiences didnt get much time to grieve over the death of Shepherd Book (Ron Glass): since he was on screen for probably less than five minutes, we didnt have that much invested in him (although the Browncoats in the audience were probably gasping in horror), but after Wash (Alan Tudyk) managed another brilliant landing for the battered Serenity, a javelin-type spear pierced the cockpit and his chest. Zoe (Gina Torres) cried for him to get up, we got to go, but he was already dead. As the voice of reason (and deadpan humor) on the ship, it was a shock to see him die just after hed managed to save the ship; his heroism adding a greater note of tragedy to his death.
