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Moon, the film (no spoilers please!)
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Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
'guilty pleasure? my arse!'
Just seen it
it's good. Not brilliant, but enjoyable.
Sam Rockwell is very watchable (just as well).
I guess I found it strangely soulless. Perhaps deliberately so. But I'd have like to have felt a bit more emotionally engaged.
I liked Gerty though
this is exactly what i would have said.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
clandestino
no llevar papel
Just watched this on DVD. Had no idea about the plot or anything at all in advance, and really really enjoyed it. I loved the look, the pace, the atmosphere, the music, and the fact that it didn't try to do too much. It had its idea and just focussed on that. I can imagine sitting in a pub after seeing it at the cinema, just talking it through and trying to work out the stuff they didn't feel the need to explain.
Just seen it
it's good. Not brilliant, but enjoyable.
Sam Rockwell is very watchable (just as well).
I guess I found it strangely soulless. Perhaps deliberately so. But I'd have like to have felt a bit more emotionally engaged.
I liked Gerty though
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strung out
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watched this tonight. the only thing i knew about it was the odd mention on here of being a decent film. really enjoyed it, expected it to be a bit darker/horror, from the first 20 mins or so, but by the time it got going, like others i could see the twist a mile off. nevertheless, a great film that left me feeling... something. depressed, bleak, uplifted by the escape sequence. would recommend.
Divisive Cotton
Now I just have my toy soldiers
I think this is probably my favourite film from last year. It's a great performance from the lead actor. Claustrophobia and paranoia have never been so well portrayed in a deep space setting.
Reno
The In Kraut
I liked Moon, but I thought it was a bit overpraised. It's central conceit doesn't make much sense and the plot was mainly cobbled together from 70s and 80s sci-fi movies (Silent Running, Outland). Having figured out of fairly soon where this was going I got a bit restless. Still, Rockwell is very good (though not as much fun as was in Galaxy Quest) and it's beautifully directed. I'm looking forward to Zowie Bowie's next film.
King Biscuit Time
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I've just watched this on DVD. Thought it was really good.
I know this is partly because it was shot using models rather than CGI, but didn't the exterior (and interior) of the craft look very similar in style to (old) Red Dwarf. Uncanny in places.
I know this is partly because it was shot using models rather than CGI, but didn't the exterior (and interior) of the craft look very similar in style to (old) Red Dwarf. Uncanny in places.
ska invita
back on the other side
I watched Moon the other night and really got into it - great film. agree that lack of cgi was a big plus - tight script and concept
been reading up about it and foudn this fascinating 'reading' of the film as a critique of christianity:
been reading up about it and foudn this fascinating 'reading' of the film as a critique of christianity:
I was thinking about this movie the day after I watched it on Blu-Ray and think I may have come up with a possible symbolic interpretation.
I was wondering if Sam's time on the moon represents the life of a man on Earth and the implanted memories and recorded correspondences with his family are symbolic of a religion imposed on him.
If he is a good boy and does his job well (serving an unseen master/corporation in the distant sky, ie. God) then after he is complete, he promised an 'after-life' of happiness in that distant sky with his fictitious family (ie. heaven). The promises are made by a leader from whom he receives correspondence (ie. the bible), but never gets to converse with in live feed. He transmits return messages and believes they are being received (ie. prayer), when in fact, they most likely were never delivered at all.
At the end of their 'term', they lie down in a box (that looks a lot like a coffin) and are promised that they are returning to the promised after-life, This, of course, turns out to be a lie and they are simply converted to dust (ashes to ashes, dust to dust)... I even wondered if the exhaust port was near the opening to the level with the clones because the material is recycled into new clones.
The clones then represent the multiple generations of humans who are told the same stories with the same false promises in order to maintain order and control.
Any thoughts?
I WOULD ADD: that the mining machines are called mark luke matthew john. Suppsoedly one of the harvesters (Matthew i think) breaks down at 8.19 (or whatever it was) and that is a bibe line that relates to the film - i read it somewhere but cant find it again!
I was wondering if Sam's time on the moon represents the life of a man on Earth and the implanted memories and recorded correspondences with his family are symbolic of a religion imposed on him.
If he is a good boy and does his job well (serving an unseen master/corporation in the distant sky, ie. God) then after he is complete, he promised an 'after-life' of happiness in that distant sky with his fictitious family (ie. heaven). The promises are made by a leader from whom he receives correspondence (ie. the bible), but never gets to converse with in live feed. He transmits return messages and believes they are being received (ie. prayer), when in fact, they most likely were never delivered at all.
At the end of their 'term', they lie down in a box (that looks a lot like a coffin) and are promised that they are returning to the promised after-life, This, of course, turns out to be a lie and they are simply converted to dust (ashes to ashes, dust to dust)... I even wondered if the exhaust port was near the opening to the level with the clones because the material is recycled into new clones.
The clones then represent the multiple generations of humans who are told the same stories with the same false promises in order to maintain order and control.
Any thoughts?
I WOULD ADD: that the mining machines are called mark luke matthew john. Suppsoedly one of the harvesters (Matthew i think) breaks down at 8.19 (or whatever it was) and that is a bibe line that relates to the film - i read it somewhere but cant find it again!
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