Moon

[Frohike]

I watched Moon the other day and I definitely enjoyed it. There aren't many space movies out there that don't envolve aliens, guns and military. Don't get me wrong, I love a good alien smack down but movies like 2001 and Solarius are not so common.

Anyways, Moon was good and it was low budget. The minature work was excellent and will definitely watch it again.

Thoughts?

[Shadowstorm]

I loved it.

Great acting, fantastic direction, and a really well paced story. This year's been pretty bad on movies, but I felt very, very satisfied with this.

Also, the effects are incredible with that kind of budget.

[darkbase]

I'm definitely going to check this out, but have you seen Sunshine?

[civil]

Twin Moons, lighting up the sky... (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=10494)

[Frohike]

I'm definitely going to check this out, but have you seen Sunshine?

I have not and i didn't even know it existed. I'll have to check it out.

[Frohike]

Twin Moons, lighting up the sky... (http://www.colonyofgamers.com/cogforums/showthread.php?t=10494)

wow, completely missed that. I must be blind...

[Siraris]

Moon was one of the best movies I've seen in years, and it is light years better than Sunshine. I cannot wait to see what Duncan does in the future.

[muddi900]

I'm definitely going to check this out, but have you seen Sunshine?

Well I prefer the original:
http://jasonhockeymask.com/images/jasonx.jpg

Yes, yes, Sunshine was a very well made movie, but the concept itself was so idiotic and outlandish that you can't look past it to enjoy it. Seriously its just The Core turned inside out. Definitely not deserving of the cast/crew.

And then the complete 180 halfway through the story really ruined any shot it had. Horrible script.

[Food Nipple]

Yes, yes, Sunshine was a very well made movie, but the concept itself was so idiotic and outlandish that you can't look past it to enjoy it. Seriously its just The Core turned inside out. Definitely not deserving of the cast/crew.

And then the complete 180 halfway through the story really ruined any shot it had. Horrible script.

Sunshine was a good half a movie, the second half was not very good.

[Kelegacy]

Is Moon out now? It was on my Netflix queue for future release, but haven't heard anything about it released yet.

[Frohike]

Is Moon out now? It was on my Netflix queue for future release, but haven't heard anything about it released yet.

I believe it gets released in the U.S. in January. It has dropped in the U.K. already.

[Wasson_]

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[Wraith]

On Friday's Craig Ferguson Show, Dax Shepard was talking about Moon, how he thought Sam Rockwell should have been nominated for an Oscar.

I just saw Moon this weekend. Liked it, though seeing Sam Rockwell in a scifi movie made me think Hitchhiker's Guide. That and he looks a little like Joel Hodgson, in that jumpsuit.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/wraithakamrak/moon_movie_image_sam_rockwell__1_-5.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v298/wraithakamrak/large_JoelHodgsonMST3K.jpg

[Ink Asylum]

Yep. Amazing acting by Rockwell. He definitely deserved an Oscar nod.

[Inspector Fowler]

This is now in the instant watch queue.

I loved it, pretty much every second of it.

If you're into sci-fi and you don't watch it, shame on you.

[Vandabo]

I thought Moon was very good, but I just couldn't quite get over the presence of full gravity inside the base, and parts of the design of the base didn't make much sense to me either.

Still, overall a good flick.

[muddi900]

I thought Moon was very good, but I just couldn't quite get over the presence of full gravity inside the base, and parts of the design of the base didn't make much sense to me either.

Still, overall a good flick.

Every serious Sci-fi movie must overtly reference 2001. Says so in the Holy Text. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451)

[Narradisall]

Am I the only one that found the pacing to be... slow. I honestly got bored at points, especially when they first both meet each other and decided to pretty much just ignore that the other exists for about 20 minutes.

If I was in that situation, I'd bloody well want to know why the other guy was there, where'd he'd come from, not concern myself with my minuture scale model.

[Ink Asylum]

I really liked that part. I'm glad they didn't go with the cliche "Ohmigod! You're me!" "No, you're me!" reaction. Trying to just avoid the issue because the implications are so devastatig seems like a reasonable possibility.

Keep in mind that newSam had some time while old-Sam was unconcsious to get over his initial panic. OldSam already believed he was seeing things and probably thought newSam was a hallucination for a while and would go away if ignored.

[RandoM51]

Am I the only one that found the pacing to be... slow. I honestly got bored at points, especially when they first both meet each other and decided to pretty much just ignore that the other exists for about 20 minutes.

If I was in that situation, I'd bloody well want to know why the other guy was there, where'd he'd come from, not concern myself with my minuture scale model.

Well, I thought that went well with the atmosphere. You're stuck on the moon pretty much indefinitely, it is going to get boring. Matter of fact it might get so boring that you start building miniatures.

Ignoring each other for 20 minutes is an eye-blink and could easily be explained by a psychological assessment process that favored non-confrontational personalities. After all, if you're going to invest in cloning on that scale and the costs of moving that much mass to the Moon you're probably going to be very, very selective when picking your stock.

...and they still didn't get exactly what they needed, which I think is one of the points the story was trying to make. A static situation like that is going to last only so long before entropy has its say.

[KillerMcDead]

I thought it was great. While I'd agree I'm glad they didn't do the "Omg clone!" route, I can understand how some people might think it was a bit slow in terms of pacing. I just felt like a little more could have happened between the time he discovers himself and the end of the film.

Overall though, I still loved it. Rockwell was great, and its nice to see people trying something a little different with sci-fi.

[Narradisall]

I wasn't suggesting the "omg, clone!" route. I just found the whole "I'll just ignore the issue" to be really disjointed.

I could have udnerstood if he thought he was losing it a bit, being on his own so long etc, but Spacey killed that by acknowledging both their existances.

Still, it wasn't a bad film.

[Ink Asylum]

It's a situation that is so out of the ordinary that it's really hard to predict how someone would respond. Maybe someone out there had an identical twin they didn't know about until suddenly meeting them, but beyond that there's simply no comparison in reality. Even a twin situation doesn't come close to the implication that you might be a clone. Add to that the isolation aspect, without even reliable communication to the outside world, and who knows how people would really react.

[Narradisall]

Well... I'd still want to damned know who's wearing my face!

Hostility, I bet we'd react hostile. Yeah, they did have a few punch ups, but most of it was over the damned minature. :p

[Ink Asylum]

I think it was about a lot more than just the miniature, the same way many fights in a relationship are about a lot more than whatever minor action triggered them. :)

[Thanasimos]

I saw this a few months ago, and found it to be an impressive film. The pacing was slow, but. . . wasn't that the point? And it worked, too. Some people lack the attention span to watch a movie if there isn't tits, violence or drama splashed on screen every five minutes, but those people aren't exactly bright, and I hate most of the films they like right back.

[Narradisall]

Thansimos is right! Where were the tits!

[Bone]

The wife's cleavage was sufficient. God, I loved this movie, finally watched it last night. So much perfect interaction between Sams. Sharing that embedded memory of their wife towards the end was beautiful. "We did good".

[Inspector Fowler]

Here is when I think a movie is slow:

When things are "happening", but nothing is changing. So in other words, a drama with a lot of talking but no changes in character or advancements in plot? Boring.

I don't mind talking and discussion, as long as they are (even little by little) revealing things about the plot, or characters are having revelations that change them or reveal their actual motives, etc.

Moon's dialogue and events are sparse, to be sure. But each scene reveals a little more of the mystery. The fact that the viewer has probably guessed it long ago makes it more interesting, as you see how reluctant each character is to accept the truth and act on it.

Some movies have lots of talking - the only purpose of which is to expound upon some preachy ideal or advance some idea that we (the audience) already get. These movies are slow to me, because I just keep thinking the same thing, "Yeah, we get it, what happens next?"