I saw Moon the other night on my Blu-Ray DVD player (that Stacy bought me for Christmas!) through Netflix. Yes, very cool technology to be able to watch Netflix on the DVD player. I am glad that this was the first movie as I really liked this movie. Moon is about one guy, Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) who is on a Helium-3 mining outpost on the far side of the moon. The place is so automated that it needs only 1 person to manage.
For 3 years, Sam has been alone with just a robot, GERTY, for company. Sam is getting a bit restless to get back to his wife and child after the end of his 3 year contract. Unfortunately, while checking up on one of the robotic mining units, he has an accident. To say more would ruin the story, though I have to say I knew the basic plot outline before seeing it and I still greatly enjoyed it.
This movie is good in part because it so unusual. There are no aliens and for the most part, no super-futuristic technology (with 1 exception). This is a movie where technology serves the characters and not the other way around. And I thought it was well-written. The plot is quite intriguing and makes you think. You don’t get spoon-fed with this one. There are no “reveals” to explain what is happening. What Sam sees is what you see. Actually there are maybe 2 scenes where this isn’t true but it’s at the end of the movie where it doesn’t matter. You can already figure out what is going to happen.
I also really liked the musical score of this movie.
This is what science fiction was really meant to be. An exploration/reflection of the human condition.
8/10
