I watched this Film last night with my flatmates called 'Moon' Directed by Duncan Jones. My boyfriend, (who's dad works in the theatre) instructed me not to read the back of the box and just watch it. He had Already seen it and i had explain to him on the phone that the only thing i knew about it was Duncan Jones is David Bowie's son (which end of the day is irrelevant ) and that Bruno (boyfriend) liked it.
So if you want to try that i would stop reading about now.
I personally really enjoyed it although a few things i found annoying mostly silly goofs and things like that, one i found quiet annoying was the lack of use of the moons difference in gravity while on the moons surface. The Film is based around Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) who has been working on a station on the moon which is collecting a new clean source of energy , he has been in isolation for 3 years and due to satellites being broken he can only receive messages and not make a direct link to earth. His only source of company is that GERTY, a robot helper that takes care of Sam's needs. To begin with the relationship seems stained I think and sometimes sinister whether this is due to the fact i watch a lot of sci-fi and this happened a lot - for example The Matrix, I Robot or Terminator (although none of these films I can think of being as good as Moon). GERTY is actually a character that is fair and helpful at the end and you very much have not feelings but a connection to him. GERTY's voices is given to him of Kevin Spacey who as always gives a lot to the film.
!WARNING! spoiler
The second relationship I loved was that between the two Sam's, The older Sam had mature and the younger had such a tempter on him it was interesting to watch them interact, although I was getting a bit frustrated with the lack of questioning between them, and the way they expect each other so quickly, Not enough questioning and instead of a lot of anger.
It brought up some strong points in my flat that lead on the discussion of human cloning and stem cell research, all of which i am for to an extent, although one of my flatmates argued that it will be used for evil. Personal i think it might already, and if you look at stem cell I know the Catholic Church and many other campaign groups don't want it to be looked at and think it is a waste of human embryos, I believe that though all the good it can do it is worth it. And theree are always evil people that would do something horrible, like the example of the fictional Moon but why let them ruin it for all of us?
To sum up I really enjoyed Moon it was a good length and moved at the right pace I felt it was a really strong film considering it was Jones Début, and I look forward to his future work.
Which will be the Source Code according to imdb. to be realised in 2011. Another about a soldier who wakes up in the body of a commuter who witnesses a train explosion.
!WARNING! spoiler
The second relationship I loved was that between the two Sam's, The older Sam had mature and the younger had such a tempter on him it was interesting to watch them interact, although I was getting a bit frustrated with the lack of questioning between them, and the way they expect each other so quickly, Not enough questioning and instead of a lot of anger.
It brought up some strong points in my flat that lead on the discussion of human cloning and stem cell research, all of which i am for to an extent, although one of my flatmates argued that it will be used for evil. Personal i think it might already, and if you look at stem cell I know the Catholic Church and many other campaign groups don't want it to be looked at and think it is a waste of human embryos, I believe that though all the good it can do it is worth it. And theree are always evil people that would do something horrible, like the example of the fictional Moon but why let them ruin it for all of us?
To sum up I really enjoyed Moon it was a good length and moved at the right pace I felt it was a really strong film considering it was Jones Début, and I look forward to his future work.
Which will be the Source Code according to imdb. to be realised in 2011. Another about a soldier who wakes up in the body of a commuter who witnesses a train explosion.
