Thanks for the recommendation =)

You are wrong.

Moon is better. This is science.

Actually, I was reading on the IMDB that apparently in the videos his wife never actually mentions he is on the moon. She says things like “this has been really good for you.”

So you can kind of work out that the video messages are from the time where he was seperated from his wife and the reason he sees an edit is because the company has cut a bit out that will make it obvious to him that the message wasn’t meant for someone on the moon!

I think I’ll have to watch this movie again as I imagine there’s a lot of stuff like that to pick up on. I also reckon it’ll lose some of its appeal second time though due to knowing all that will happen.

I think the idea was that he did one full term of service on the moon, and then they cloned him and played the clones the videos he’d been sent. I don’t think he does know.

Loved this. Although as someone else pointed out, it’s a very sad movie.

I quite enjoy how it’s almost delving into the ethical problems of the future and making us think about that. I think the only movie in recent years to compare it to is Gattaca. The type of movie where it was less about the sci-fi and more about how people are affected by futuristic scenarios. Very old school sci-fi.

One problem for me though was the little twist. The viewer doesn’t know – technology wise – what is capable in the movie, so we don’t truly understand how the characters are feeling when the little twist pops up. (We don’t know that they’re aware of clones, for us it’s a mystery as to what is happening, but to them it must be pretty clear they are clones when they meet each other.)

One thing I enjoyed about the movie was that it left so many little mysterious questions for the audience to comprehend. For example, did the version of Sam Rockwell on earth know he was cloned? (Maybe I misunderstood this?) Why did his wife and daughter make videos for him if there was just tons of his clones up there and not the original Sam Rockwell? etc…

You can find out if the movie is near you here:
http://www.sonyclassics.com/moon/dates.html

I’m sure there are plenty of places to watch it in New Jersey but here, there is only one cinema (although that one cinema does have 13 screens and therefore, no excuse not to show Moon at least once a day.)

I found it quite sad, a mood helped along nicely by that lovely recurring piano motif. It feels very human for a film set on the Moon and directed by David Bowie’s son.

On that note, the new management at the theater sometimes places the Rocky Horror Picture Show, so you never know what might show up there.

Alek – yes, I changed my mind about whether or not the first image was clear enough to spoil anything.

I’ll be picking this up, like In Bruges, once it hits the bargin bins in good ole Canada.

The text in the Image with “Bay 01” on the wall immediately recalled System Shock 2 to me, for some reason. God, I loved that game, just played through it again.

You make an interesting point, Tom. I can remember four or five times that got tense watching it, expecting some twist, and then the movie either actively disregards it, or just leaves it to build. Really enjoyable.

I was about to complain it wasn’t showing anywhere near me.