Moon (dir. Duncan Jones, aka David Bowie's son) is one of those films I meant to see in the theater when it first came out, simply on the strength of the poster, but I never made a priority. Lately, I've been seeing the title popping up on critics' "Best of 2009" lists (including that of the previous post), and when I re-watched the uneven The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy after Christmas with my parents it reminded me of my fondness for Sam Rockwell (dating back to Confessions of a Dangerous Mind). All these signs pointed to, "Watch Moon!," so I made it a priority on my Netflix queue (better a late priority than never) and got it done this evening.
You know what? I can't take the chance that I might give something away and ruin the film for someone who hasn't seen it.
But I would like to talk about the following topics:
- overlapping edits
- claustrophobia versus space
- isolation and insanity
- unobtrusive CGI - finally!
- should robot voices be faster?
- future/not future
- low-budget look
- Primer -- and if you've enjoyed Moon, but not watched Primer, you must rent it immediately
- Effy from Skins
- Bladerunner
- Solyaris
- best use of smileys in life or film
- memory
- oh, how the years in space might mellow one
- the dying and the elderly
- some massively mad green screen work
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