Moon (2009)
With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident however, he wakens to find that he is not alone.
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Sorry, this movie sucks
After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
This movie, given its minimalist approach, is surprisingly engaging, smart and good. It is one of the gems of sci fi genre of the new century, and I cannot recommend it enough.
Sam Rockwell is stellar here. This impressive low budget movie compares favourably to movies costing 10x as much, and sits proudly right next to 2001.
I absolutely loved this movie. It had a classic Sci Fi vibe to it, which you don't see too much these days. One thing that turns me off about today's science fictions is the overuse of special effects, which seem to take away from the film or try to make up for a bad film. It wasn't needed here. The film touched on a few ethical issues, or what would be ethical issues in a futuristic movie such as this. For example, is it ethical to kill or consider killing a clone? Cloning is already being done in today's scientific community and have posed many ethical questions. I think much of society is afraid to ask the real question about cloning humans. Kevin Spacey was great as the computer GERTY, which seemed to have a conscious. With AI being a possibility in the future, how would that change if there was a conscious? Overall, I really enjoyed the film...made me ask many "what if" questions.
Moon, in short, tells us the story of astronaut Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell), who, along with his HAL-like computer friend GERTY (Kevin Spacey), is harvesting the moon's natural resources to help Earth's dwindling power supply. Sam has a three-year contract that is weeks away from ending and his replacement will soon arrive. Obviously, he's starting to get a little excited about going home, who wouldn't be, right? Especially since he's a father now; his wife, Tess (Dominique McElligott - to whom he can only communicate via a one-way recorded message), gave birth to their only child, a daughter, while he was at work, plus the isolation is clearly getting to him. It seems like the perfect time to high-tail it out of there. Almost too perfect, something is a little...off. Certainly, GERTY is good company, for a computer who can only display emotion by way of a small screen and creepy emojis, but, pardon the cliché, as the day for his leaving approaches, he has a really close-encounter that is far more entertaining. And life altering.Moon, IMHO, when I first saw this movie in 2009 I loved it. I just saw it again, and I still love it. Even though it is quite obscure, and still not well promoted, it is a perfect independent film made with a minuscule $5 million budget. I knew as much about it in 2009 before I screened it the first time, as you may know right now. It's really all you need to know about the plot, any more and there'd be spoilers. Moon is one of Sam Rockwell's best films and best performances. It's not packed with explosions, gun fights and other distractions; none of that is needed here. It's good acting, good direction, and a good script.