Moon

[AshtonBlack]

I MUST see this film soon.

[The Curious Squid]

This is my film of the year so far, the first time in a long time that I walked out of a cinema feeling great about spending the admission fare. A lot of the cinema I've seen recently seems to be all style over substance, I started thinking I must be some kind of snob not to like some films that others were raving about. I love Moon though, it had just the right pace for me, lots of ideas, a bit of ambiguity and plenty of heart. Sam Rockwell works wonders in this and ensures that despite the great oldschool effects and the perfectly pitched atmosphere, it's his performance that keeps you invested emotionally in what's happening on screen.

I thought for a moment that the film had ended quite suddenly, but felt better about how it ended as I contemplated it. The ending just pointed out that the whole film was the payoff rather than some wham bam-moment at the very end. If there could be a fault of a lot of modern western cinema, it's a kind of fetishism about endings. I'm so sick of sitting through dramatic twists for the sake of a dramatic twist. I'll probably view it again at my local cinema before they pull it.

personally, I wasn't too pleased with the ending. I think that the garbled audio from news broadcasts should have been left out of it. Sometimes it's better when you're left to speculate on where the story would have went.

P.S. Good to have you on board ILL, just got hit with some nostalgia when I read your name

[Ilovelucy]

This is my film of the year so far, the first time in a long time that I walked out of a cinema feeling great about spending the admission fare. A lot of the cinema I've seen recently seems to be all style over substance, I started thinking I must be some kind of snob not to like some films that others were raving about. I love Moon though, it had just the right pace for me, lots of ideas, a bit of ambiguity and plenty of heart. Sam Rockwell works wonders in this and ensures that despite the great oldschool effects and the perfectly pitched atmosphere, it's his performance that keeps you invested emotionally in what's happening on screen.

I thought for a moment that the film had ended quite suddenly, but felt better about how it ended as I contemplated it. The ending just pointed out that the whole film was the payoff rather than some wham bam-moment at the very end. If there could be a fault of a lot of modern western cinema, it's a kind of fetishism about endings. I'm so sick of sitting through dramatic twists for the sake of a dramatic twist. I'll probably view it again at my local cinema before they pull it.

personally, I wasn't too pleased with the ending. I think that the garbled audio from news broadcasts should have been left out of it. Sometimes it's better when you're left to speculate on where the story would have went.

P.S. Good to have you on board ILL, just got hit with some nostalgia when I read your name

Cheers Paco!

Actually, I know what you mean about the audio, they should have left it as ambiguous as some of the other stuff. That last bit was a bit like the end of "Happy Feet" come to think of it.

[The Curious Squid]

I can't see the comparison myself.

[GeneticJen]

Booked tickets to see Moon this Thursday. Out of all the films I'm looking forward to this year (Avatar, Where The Wild Things Are, Inglorious, District 9), this is the one I'm most interested in so far.

[tattuchu]

Booked tickets to see Moon this Thursday. Out of all the films I'm looking forward to this year (Avatar, Where The Wild Things Are, Inglorious, District 9), this is the one I'm most interested in so far.

I'm very much looking forward to Where The Wild Things Are

[GeneticJen]

Just saw Moon. It was great, fantastic performance. Lots of things impressed me. I was worried about the use of the computer/robot being too similar to my fave sci-fi book (2001) but it was absolutely fine. The film wouldn't have worked at all with a shit performance from a shit actor.

[The Curious Squid]

Just saw Moon. It was great, fantastic performance. Lots of things impressed me. I was worried about the use of the computer/robot being too similar to my fave sci-fi book (2001) but it was absolutely fine. The film wouldn't have worked at all with a shit performance from a shit actor.

I think it was wasted a bit since they obviously knew people were going to think of HAL and they went completely the other way becuse of it. I think it would have been better if they'd toned down Gerty's part in the film.

[GeneticJen]

Just saw Moon. It was great, fantastic performance. Lots of things impressed me. I was worried about the use of the computer/robot being too similar to my fave sci-fi book (2001) but it was absolutely fine. The film wouldn't have worked at all with a shit performance from a shit actor.

I think it was wasted a bit since they obviously knew people were going to think of HAL and they went completely the other way becuse of it. I think it would have been better if they'd toned down Gerty's part in the film.

I like the message to Joe Public though. "Stop fucking worrying about robots and artificial intelligence." It gets as bad a rap in movies as cloning technologies or genetic modification. All technology is morally neutral, until we decide exactly what we're going to do with it.

But I liked that it was so unexpected. As I said, my major gripe (besides Earth-like gravity without spinning the base around) was that Gerty was just going to be a copy of HAL. That's all I was thinking about going into it. So props to them for surprising me.

[The Curious Squid]

I didn't even think about the gravity bit, that is a bit of a let down now that you mention it.

[aznxscorpion517]

I thought Moon was an excellent film. A great one man show. Moon and District 9 has revived my hope for good sci-fi in the near future.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I didn't even think about the gravity bit, that is a bit of a let down now that you mention it.

It could be a lot worse.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Just got through watching this and it deserves a bump! Excellent sci-fi, with a capital SF. Nothing cute. Nothing over-explained. No huge plot holes or glaring deus ex machinae.

I didn't mind the gravity thing - so there is Earth gravity inside the base but not outside - why explain it? There is no unnecessary explanation about cloning techniques, or suspended animation either. There doesn't need to be - it wouldn't advance the plot an inch to have some random conversation in which the gravity was explained by some technobabble. Suspension of disbelief is all that is required.

If anyone hasn't seen it yet - make sure you do. A great little film with a budget somewhat less than Avatar, methinks.

[GeneticJen]

Just to make myself clear, I really liked the film and the gravity thing wasn't enough to make the film unenjoyable for me. It's just the kind of thing that gets to me a bit, especially afterwards. It didn't detract from the plot or anything. And I agree about the lack of detail in how the cloning etc works. Actually, they did go into some detail explaining a bit about the process of waking up a clone (if I'm remembering correctly), but it's all completely relevant to the story which is great. Pete approves.

Out on DVD now (in the UK at least).

[Rum]

I enjoyed the film too and tolerated the lack of 'reality', but these things do piss me off. The number of films where they show sound in space, gravity on space ships in the near future, planets infeasibly close to each other (with no explanation about faster than light travel) - oh - instant radio communication over distances of light minutes or light hours. All detract from the best of plots for to!