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« on: April 12, 2009, 01:58:AM »
Moon
Duncan Jones | USA | 2009
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I would write this off as another homage/ ripoff of 2001: A Space Odyssey and Tarkovsky and Soderbergh's Solaris (the score for Moon is composed by Clint Mansell, there you go!)...but I am intrigued by two reasons:

1) Sam Rockwell, a terrific actor
2) Director Duncan Jones is the son of extraterrestrial or man from future David Bowie

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/pIexG8179K8&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/pIexG8179K8&rel=1</a>
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« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2009, 10:23:AM »
Trailer looks pretty good.
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« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2009, 11:40:AM »
Yes, this looks really interesting!
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« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2009, 12:03:PM »
Lovely trailer and I like the new-age Hal inserts.
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« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2009, 10:35:PM »
Sam Rockwell in an almost solo performance? You got my attention!
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« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2009, 12:37:AM »
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« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2009, 12:48:AM »
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« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2009, 11:04:AM »
That poster looks like one of those visual puzzles. Excellent stuff!
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« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2009, 03:32:PM »
In Funny Universe™, this film would still star Sam Rockwell, but the title would be a verb.
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« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2009, 09:17:PM »
This film looks both fascinating and frightening, which are the first two emotions come to me when I think of everything Space.
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« Reply #10 on: May 03, 2009, 05:41:PM »
Not so great second poster.

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« Reply #11 on: June 20, 2009, 12:31:AM »
interesting short interview with Duncan jones who starts his conversation by saying this is a British film,so yeah..we need to change the flag.

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/fivelive/kermode/kermode_20090619-1643a.mp3
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« Reply #12 on: June 20, 2009, 12:33:AM »
Done. And I will report soon on how "British" it is.
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« Reply #13 on: June 20, 2009, 11:06:AM »
I was really excited by the trailer, it's my next Solaris, yay!
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« Reply #14 on: June 21, 2009, 05:53:AM »
Saw it. Here's a short review:

Moon
Duncan Jones | USA | 2009
97 min



The film suffers from a rookie director still trying to grasp filmmaking vocabulary -- Duncan Jones (Bowie's son) mostly fails in figuring out where to put the camera and when to use a cut. The story will be intriguing for viewers not familiar with Solaris, that is to say, Moon offers absolutely nothing new.

Sam Rockwell is excellent as he always is, but it is tough to watch him agonize on screen for a script and director that does him little justice. Clint Mansell's score and Dominique McElligott luscious lips are other minor standouts in a terribly average sci-fi film.
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