Excellent!
Added 2/10/2010
I still can't figure out how come after years of disappointing, mind numbing sci-fi movies ( Star Wars new series included), here come District 9 and Moon made almost at the same time!
If you are a fan of washed out big budget blockbusters, this is not a movie you will enjoy.
If you are looking for an intriguing, thought provoking, well acted, spooky sci-fi you will be delighted!
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Delivers more than expected
Added 2/8/2010
I rated this movie 5 stars because it delivered more than expected when I picked it up. While it is a science fiction film, there are no aliens or monsters or viruses running rampant. What this film is is a drama and/or mystery. This film is intelligently done and very well acted. The special effects are few, basically moon vehicles on a moonscape. Pay attention to what is going on and you watch the plot unfold and the protagonist disentagrate. I liked this move and would recommend it, although it lacks action and isn't a thrill a minute roller coaster ride.
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What a strange and beautiful movie. I really enjoyed this movie. This movie is not for a non-thinker. This movie will confuse and annoy some, but for others it will be a real treat. I was over-joyed by the end of this movie which is touching but not in a mainstream way. The movie played out like a symphony of gorgeous music. I would recomend this movie to anyone with a brain and a heart.
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Moon by Duncan Jones
Added 2/6/2010
Great movies, like most great art, are the result of thousands of great decisions. In the case of Moon by Duncan Jones: having original music scored by Clint Mansell, the same musical genius behind all of Darren Aronofsky's films; casting Sam Rockwell in the lead role(s) and Kevin Spacey as the on-board computer's voice; pegging the visual style within the realm of the sci-fi classics of the '70s and eschewing computer animation in favor of custom-built scale models. All of this comes to a hilt within the beautiful opening credit sequence and you know you're in for a great movie. The isolated claustrophobia is palpable and Sam's emotional journey is believable. I don't think any film yet has portrayed the relationship between clones of the same man with such frankness and tenderness. Despite their genetic equivalency, the two main characters exhibit distinct personalities and wrestle to define their unique roles in the narrative - the older growing frail, the younger (newer?) growing restless, both headstrong and self-sacrificing. Because we don't truly know yet how to understand and define a relationship between clones, Jones and Rockwell push beyond our empathetic vocabulary by employing the two most accessible metaphors: the bond between brothers (younger Sam wrecking the other's prized possession) and the bond between father and son (older Sam teaching the other how to properly use a hobby knife). Moon is a dark film with meditations on individuality and death and the limits of corporate industrial control but still manages to maintain an ember of hope that truth and wisdom can prevail.
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too fabulous for words!
Added 2/6/2010
This movie is now on my top ten list of favorite movies of all time.
This film serves as a reminder to hollywood that films with characters, even the same character, repeated (you'll "get" this reference as the movie progresses), are better than films with nothing but skin, body fluids exchanged meaninglessly, and more skin shown as disguised porn, which means porn sold as a movie or television show.
True filmmakers, as this incredible director and writer have shown us, need not 200 million dollars to make a movie that allows for great interest and fascinating developments. A truly gifted filmmaker, such as the one who made Moon, will (we can only hope) hold true to the vision of a contribution to the dialogue of what we stand for, and who we are, defining us via the dialogue is what art is, and should be. And the term "art," as used here, means the creation of that which sustains the soul and nourishes the mind. This goal need not be pedantic; this goal need not be puritanical, but it does need to nourish the need for creative mileu which bathes us in questions that turn over us day after day.
More than two weeks after seeing this movie, I'm still thinking about it. Major kudos to all who participated, down to the last sound guy or lighting guy, unappreciated yet whose contribution and caring, so made this a fabulous movie.
One can only hope that this director, and the actor sam rockwell, will continue on the trajectory of a path, done so well as to embarrass all of hollywood for pumping out so much trash, when opportunity for such as this indelible and moving movie, is available to them.
No nudity. No gratuitous sex. No drugs. Some profanity. Sheesh. What must Hollywood think?
Thanks so much for making this movie, and showing all the coming up directors and actors that there is greatness that can be achieved, with relatively little money. (believe this movie was made for only five million...)
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Excellent!
Added 2/10/2010
I still can't figure out how come after years of disappointing, mind numbing sci-fi movies ( Star Wars new series included), here come District 9 and Moon made almost at the same time!
If you are a fan of washed out big budget blockbusters, this is not a movie you will enjoy.
If you are looking for an intriguing, thought provoking, well acted, spooky sci-fi you will be delighted!
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Delivers more than expected
Added 2/8/2010
I rated this movie 5 stars because it delivered more than expected when I picked it up. While it is a science fiction film, there are no aliens or monsters or viruses running rampant. What this film is is a drama and/or mystery. This film is intelligently done and very well acted. The special effects are few, basically moon vehicles on a moonscape. Pay attention to what is going on and you watch the plot unfold and the protagonist disentagrate. I liked this move and would recommend it, although it lacks action and isn't a thrill a minute roller coaster ride.
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What a strange and beautiful movie. I really enjoyed this movie. This movie is not for a non-thinker. This movie will confuse and annoy some, but for others it will be a real treat. I was over-joyed by the end of this movie which is touching but not in a mainstream way. The movie played out like a symphony of gorgeous music. I would recomend this movie to anyone with a brain and a heart.
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