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So yeah, this isn't in wide release - only a few theatres are even showing this sci-fi thriller indie film. But if there is one near you, and you enjoy the sci-fi genre, see this movie. It shows the influences of 2001 A Space Odyssey pretty damned clearly. But it is well acted, well conceived, an worth seeing.
It doesn't break new ground. And yeah, you see a lot of it coming, but mostly because it is a thinky film, and the storytelling, while not going to new and exciting places, does go somewhere worth going, and slowly enough that it builds to a satisfying conclusion. Sam Rockwell must have taken one look at the script and said "sign me up for that!" as an actor he must have found the character "Sam" one hell of a meaty role to play. The character's journey is fascinating to watch. I wish the little theatre we saw it in had a bigger screen, because I lost some of the things typed into the computer screens just because it was a little too small (which in no way detracted significantly from my viewing, and I did follow well enough to get the gist).
I first heard about this movie back in March (his journal entry from March 9, 2009) when Neil Gaiman blogged about it on his journal. He saw it because he knows the director, Duncan Jones... I thought to myself - hello, I went to college with a Duncan Jones... Same Duncan Jones? Possibly not, the boy had changed his name before. But yes! Same Duncan Jones, after all. Huh. He conceived the story and directed the movie, and a damned good job he did, too. I had a playwriting class with him in college, and his scriptwriting was always more for film than theatre. So it does NOT surprise me that he went into film after school. I knew he'd go into the movie business somehow.
Well, in his first feature film, he does an amazing job. Surrounded by amazing talent. Kevin Spacey as the voice of GERTY is by turns creepy as fuck, and comforting as well. The interface GERTY uses to show expression is at once amusing and sad. It is difficult to say more about the movie without giving the whole thing away, and since part of the pleasure is in watching the story unfold, I think I'll leave it there.
http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/moon/
A solid B+. See it if it comes your way. And will go onto the "to be owned" list, since I feel like I could get more out of it on a second or third showing.
It doesn't break new ground. And yeah, you see a lot of it coming, but mostly because it is a thinky film, and the storytelling, while not going to new and exciting places, does go somewhere worth going, and slowly enough that it builds to a satisfying conclusion. Sam Rockwell must have taken one look at the script and said "sign me up for that!" as an actor he must have found the character "Sam" one hell of a meaty role to play. The character's journey is fascinating to watch. I wish the little theatre we saw it in had a bigger screen, because I lost some of the things typed into the computer screens just because it was a little too small (which in no way detracted significantly from my viewing, and I did follow well enough to get the gist).
I first heard about this movie back in March (his journal entry from March 9, 2009) when Neil Gaiman blogged about it on his journal. He saw it because he knows the director, Duncan Jones... I thought to myself - hello, I went to college with a Duncan Jones... Same Duncan Jones? Possibly not, the boy had changed his name before. But yes! Same Duncan Jones, after all. Huh. He conceived the story and directed the movie, and a damned good job he did, too. I had a playwriting class with him in college, and his scriptwriting was always more for film than theatre. So it does NOT surprise me that he went into film after school. I knew he'd go into the movie business somehow.
Well, in his first feature film, he does an amazing job. Surrounded by amazing talent. Kevin Spacey as the voice of GERTY is by turns creepy as fuck, and comforting as well. The interface GERTY uses to show expression is at once amusing and sad. It is difficult to say more about the movie without giving the whole thing away, and since part of the pleasure is in watching the story unfold, I think I'll leave it there.
http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/moon/
A solid B+. See it if it comes your way. And will go onto the "to be owned" list, since I feel like I could get more out of it on a second or third showing.
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