Moon

by **withahip** » Thu May 21, 2009 1:43 pm

Bowie's son?

http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/moon/trailer.html

by **happy_loss** » Thu May 21, 2009 7:32 pm

Ground control to crazy moon guy. That actually looks pretty interesting.

by **Blackheathen** » Fri May 22, 2009 12:57 am

withahip wrote:Bowie's son?

Yup.

He wrote it too.

Doesn't look very original, but it still looks good!

by **withahip** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:41 am

The story has been well covered in sci-fi lit and movies. I find it interesting that The Island was panned as being right wing moralizing by critics for a similar theme but in the reviews I have read make no assertion of this for Moon- is it because it is a small film?

The pacing was awkward, the film wanting to establish the basic premise and then build tension but as a fan of sci-fi it was incredibly predictable.

My favorite part was the talk radio caller at very end of the film.

Rockwell _is_ great and the music by Clint Mansell (of Pop Will Eat Itself) was top notch.

I am glad I saw it, but nothing new. Too bad, it would have been a great opportunity to bring out the newer themes occurring in the anthologies of Hartwell, Dozoi and others.

by **In The Margins** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:26 pm

withahip wrote:The story has been well covered in sci-fi lit and movies. I find it interesting that The Island was panned as being right wing moralizing by critics ...

Are you talking about the movie with Scarlett Johansson and Ewan McGregor?

by **withahip** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:42 pm

Yes, that movie.

by **In The Margins** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 4:47 pm

Oh. Thanks.

by **Blackheathen** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:01 pm

withahip wrote:The story has been well covered in sci-fi lit and movies. I find it interesting that The Island was panned as being right wing moralizing by critics for a similar theme but in the reviews I have read make no assertion of this for Moon- is it because it is a small film?

The pacing was awkward, the film wanting to establish the basic premise and then build tension but as a fan of sci-fi it was incredibly predictable.

My favorite part was the talk radio caller at very end of the film.

Rockwell _is_ great and the music by Clint Mansell (of Pop Will Eat Itself) was top notch.

I am glad I saw it, but nothing new. Too bad, it would have been a great opportunity to bring out the newer themes occurring in the anthologies of Hartwell, Dozoi and others.

Thanks for the mini review Mr Hip. It sounds worth seeing, but after hearing your opinion maybe I'll wait for it on DVD.

by **Mr. Brian** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:16 pm

It's been done

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by **Frank The Bunny** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:27 pm

Who's this Duncan Jones? I thought Ziggy Stardust's son was called Zowie Bowie

by **Mr. Brian** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:32 pm

Frank The Bunny wrote:Who's this Duncan Jones? I thought Ziggy Stardust's son was called Zowie Bowie

Same guy. Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones (born 30 May 1971), also known as Zowie Bowie or Joey Bowie (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Jones)

by **Frank The Bunny** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:41 pm

No shit, poindexter...

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