Comments on: Review: Moon http://www.cinemaverdict.com/2009/07/14/review-moon/ Spreading film criticism all over the web Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:39:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: michuk http://www.cinemaverdict.com/2009/07/14/review-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 michuk Sat, 08 Aug 2009 14:53:09 +0000 http://www.cinemaverdict.com/?p=1051#comment-1026 To a person who doesn't know 2001 Space Odyssey or hasn't read Stanislaw Lem or Phillip Dick, this all may sound pretty innovative and quite deep. One might even start asking herself question about identity and those sort of things. To me however, it was the same old stuff presented again and again, with no added value whatsoever. My review here: http://michuk.filmaster.com/review/moon-a-big-disappointment/ To a person who doesn’t know 2001 Space Odyssey or hasn’t read Stanislaw Lem or Phillip Dick, this all may sound pretty innovative and quite deep. One might even start asking herself question about identity and those sort of things. To me however, it was the same old stuff presented again and again, with no added value whatsoever.

My review here: http://michuk.filmaster.com/review/moon-a-big-disappointment/

]]> By: Payne by name http://www.cinemaverdict.com/2009/07/14/review-moon/comment-page-1/#comment-1008 Payne by name Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:34:39 +0000 http://www.cinemaverdict.com/?p=1051#comment-1008 That was a great review Patrick, particularly when it's such a hard film to discuss for fear of giving away any spoilers. I thought it a magnificent film and made the same comparison as you did to Transformers on the way home. Such thought, style and cleverness in a film for a fraction of the budget. Normally with the independent art house films they are set on Glaswegian council estates. If remotely sci-fi they are almost forced to have a horror - sex element to help them sell to the teen market. This was so refreshing for demonstrating genuine craft and story telling. A film that even as your mind is racing ahead because you are so used to the ABC of films keeps surprising you. There were no silly twists or WTF moments to make up for the writers lack of logic and it offered a subject matter that resonated with you long after. Sam's performance was stellar but it is frustrating that one can't elaborate for fear of giving stuff away. I know the film didn't have a big cinema push, well certainly not in the UK, and was only out to piggy back the anniversary of the lunar landings, but I really hope it gets some more exposure. Sam deserves recognition for his talent as does the writer and director. I've enjoyed some good films this year but that was certainly the freshest, most inventive and well executed one that I've seen so far. That was a great review Patrick, particularly when it’s such a hard film to discuss for fear of giving away any spoilers.

I thought it a magnificent film and made the same comparison as you did to Transformers on the way home. Such thought, style and cleverness in a film for a fraction of the budget.

Normally with the independent art house films they are set on Glaswegian council estates. If remotely sci-fi they are almost forced to have a horror – sex element to help them sell to the teen market.

This was so refreshing for demonstrating genuine craft and story telling. A film that even as your mind is racing ahead because you are so used to the ABC of films keeps surprising you.

There were no silly twists or WTF moments to make up for the writers lack of logic and it offered a subject matter that resonated with you long after.

Sam’s performance was stellar but it is frustrating that one can’t elaborate for fear of giving stuff away. I know the film didn’t have a big cinema push, well certainly not in the UK, and was only out to piggy back the anniversary of the lunar landings, but I really hope it gets some more exposure.

Sam deserves recognition for his talent as does the writer and director. I’ve enjoyed some good films this year but that was certainly the freshest, most inventive and well executed one that I’ve seen so far.

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