Friday 8 January 2010

MOVIE REVIEW : Moon


MOON

Directed by Duncan Jones

Starring Sam Rockwell and Kevin Spacey

PLOT

Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.

REVIEW

+ Sam Rockwell knocks out of the park with his performance. +

+ A very simple story, well told. +

+ Could get lost among all the sci-fi films this year, but comes out as an original piece of filmmaking. +

+ Some great, and truly hideous make up effects. +

+ Excellent use of miniatures and minimal CG. +

+ Very well written and intelligent script. +

+ Great direction from newcomer Duncan Jones, I'm looking forward to seeing what he does next. +

- It was very brief, and seemed to be over very quickly. -

- Could it be a bad point to say that I wanted more GERTY??. -

- There's no denying its a brilliant story, with an amazing performance... but wasn't quite as great as it was being built up to in my eyes. -

BEST MOMENT

It's gotta be the end. It all builds up to this pivotal moment and doesn't disappoint.

MY RATING
+++++++---



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