Comments on: It’s Lonely on the ‘Moon’ http://www.christandpopculture.com/featured/its-lonely-on-the-moon/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-lonely-on-the-moon Where The Christian Faith Meets The Common Knowledge of Our Age Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:10:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sean Gaffney http://www.christandpopculture.com/featured/its-lonely-on-the-moon/#comment-46186 Sean Gaffney Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:09:19 +0000 http://www.christandpopculture.com/?p=4198#comment-46186 Alan, Just saw the film; you are right on in your review. Wonderful film. Alan,

Just saw the film; you are right on in your review. Wonderful film.

]]> By: The Dane http://www.christandpopculture.com/featured/its-lonely-on-the-moon/#comment-46165 The Dane Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:40:39 +0000 http://www.christandpopculture.com/?p=4198#comment-46165 Michelle and I both loved <i>Moon</i>. It was maybe the first honest sci-fi film I'd seen since <i>Gattaca</i>, back in '97. I'd say I can't believe they're so rare, but then again, audiences clearly prefer sci-fantasy like <i>Transformers</i>, <i>Star Trek</i>, or <i>Star Wars</i>. The themes of loneliness and companionship were handled very well and at times... ARGH how can one talk about the movie without spoiling it. [@RICH: you should totally add something like <code>.commenttext cite {color:#f2f2f2;} .my_comment .commenttext cite {color:#fff;}</code> so that we can comment re spoilers without fear of spoiling things for readers. It would render <cite> useless to people seeking to use it rightly, but can you imagine anyone actually using the tag in comments? Me neither.] In any case, Alan, we were really impressed with the film and its exploration of themes. Even the ones that were barely broached (a la the principal failure of capitalistic systems, the evolution of AIs, the ethics of culpability, etc.). <i>Moon</i> was one of three films that I was interested in seeing this summer, so I'm glad it panned out. Yesterday, I tried to find one of those Christian review sites that counts bad words but unfortunately none of them apparently saw the need to review the film. I'm still pretty sure that the language wasn't worse than PG-13. I told Michelle that it was rated R after we left the theater and she was as surprised as when we found out that <i>Slumdog Millionaire</i> was rated R. Michelle and I both loved Moon. It was maybe the first honest sci-fi film I’d seen since Gattaca, back in ’97. I’d say I can’t believe they’re so rare, but then again, audiences clearly prefer sci-fantasy like Transformers, Star Trek, or Star Wars.

The themes of loneliness and companionship were handled very well and at times… ARGH how can one talk about the movie without spoiling it. [@RICH: you should totally add something like
.commenttext cite {color:#f2f2f2;}
.my_comment .commenttext cite {color:#fff;}
so that we can comment re spoilers without fear of spoiling things for readers. It would render <cite> useless to people seeking to use it rightly, but can you imagine anyone actually using the tag in comments? Me neither.]

In any case, Alan, we were really impressed with the film and its exploration of themes. Even the ones that were barely broached (a la the principal failure of capitalistic systems, the evolution of AIs, the ethics of culpability, etc.).

Moon was one of three films that I was interested in seeing this summer, so I’m glad it panned out. Yesterday, I tried to find one of those Christian review sites that counts bad words but unfortunately none of them apparently saw the need to review the film. I’m still pretty sure that the language wasn’t worse than PG-13. I told Michelle that it was rated R after we left the theater and she was as surprised as when we found out that Slumdog Millionaire was rated R.

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