{"id":319184,"date":"2010-02-14T16:26:30","date_gmt":"2010-02-14T21:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/?p=9837"},"modified":"2010-02-14T16:26:30","modified_gmt":"2010-02-14T21:26:30","slug":"moon-%e2%80%93-one-of-the-best-sci-fi-films-in-recent-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/319184","title":{"rendered":"Moon \u2013 One of the best sci-fi films in recent years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon_(film)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon_(film)\" >Moon<\/a> is one of the best and most thoughtful sci-fi films I have seen in recent years. Here, I deliberately leave the synopsis brief to leave you a lot of room for imaginations and the unexpected. It is worth pointing out that Moon is minimalist in nature comparing to the big budget and other worldly expansive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/examiner\/x-32141-Calgary-Entertainment-Industry-Examiner~y2009m12d19-Avatar-pictorial-review--Why-I-love-Avatar-and-box-office-records-will-be-broken\" >Avatar<\/a>, both <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon_(film)\" >Moon<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/examiner\/x-32141-Calgary-Entertainment-Industry-Examiner~y2009m12d19-Avatar-pictorial-review--Why-I-love-Avatar-and-box-office-records-will-be-broken\" >Avatar<\/a> are very enjoyable in their own way.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-style:normal;\">&#8220;<\/span><strong><a title=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon_(film)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon_(film)\" >Moon<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is a 2009\u00a0<a title=\"Science fiction film\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Science_fiction_film\">science fiction<\/a>&#8211;<a title=\"Psychological thriller\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Psychological_thriller\">psychological thriller<\/a> about a solitary lunar employee who experiences a personal crisis as the end of his three-year stint nears.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The fact that it looks so GREAT with an indie film budget makes it even more amazing.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sam_Rockwell\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sam_Rockwell\" >Sam Rockwell<\/a> was great in playing the astronaut. And <a title=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kevin_Spacey\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kevin_Spacey\" >Kevin Spacey<\/a> was superb in voicing the role of the computer GERTY.<\/p>\n<p>As I don&#8217;t want to spoil anyone&#8217;s fun in watching the film, I will leave the discussion of the film in the comment section if the readers are interested. As per usual, the DVD of <a title=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon_(film)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moon_(film)\" >Moon<\/a> is available at the <strong><a title=\"http:\/\/calgarypubliclibrary.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/calgarypubliclibrary.com\/\" >Calgary Public Library<\/a><\/strong>. Go borrow it and have some fun watching it. Here is a trailer of the movie.<\/p>\n<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/twuScTcDP_Q&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0' \/><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' \/><param name='wmode' value='opaque' \/><embed src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/twuScTcDP_Q&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='opaque'><\/embed><\/object><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Filed under: <a href='http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/category\/alberta\/'>Alberta<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/category\/calgary\/'>Calgary<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/category\/canada\/'>Canada<\/a>, <a href='http:\/\/kempton.wordpress.com\/category\/movies\/'>Movies<\/a>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/kempton.wordpress.com\/9837\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/kempton.wordpress.com\/9837\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/kempton.wordpress.com\/9837\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/kempton.wordpress.com\/9837\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/kempton.wordpress.com\/9837\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/kempton.wordpress.com\/9837\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/kempton.wordpress.com\/9837\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/kempton.wordpress.com\/9837\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/kempton.wordpress.com\/9837\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/kempton.wordpress.com\/9837\/\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=kempton.wordpress.com&#038;blog=364107&#038;post=9837&#038;subd=kempton&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moon is one of the best and most thoughtful sci-fi films I have seen in recent years. 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