(released 2009)

“Moon” is a British science fiction film directed by Duncan Jones, co-written with Nathan Parker, and stars Sam Rockwell, as Sam Bell, and Kevin Spacey, as Gerty the computer. It is a brilliant film with a cozy feel and an interesting story that captivates you as the story unfolds. This film has both qualities of a good film, the character of Sam Bell is very likeable and the story is excellent. Inspirations from films such as “Outland”, “Alien” and “Cool Running” offer the eclectic feel of the moon and space station environment.

http://www.sonyclassics.com/moon/

The story takes place over the final weeks of a 3 year work term of Sam Bell on a remote moon base on the far side of the moon. He oversees the mining operation of helium3 alone with only a computer named Gerty as company. His problems begin with headaches and hallucinations and the story progresses in an unpredictable direction.

This story deals with many important themes such as cloning and how society treats them. You also have themes such as corporate corruption and people´s indifference to it, and how a person can be paid off to ignore serious crimes against humanity, for example, the Sam Bell on Earth who signs a contract with the mining company.

I also feel that “Moon” is a metaphor for some of the answers to the big questions we ask ourselves. It is very possible that the answers to some of humanities big questions are not what we would want to hear. This is a reoccurring theme in many great sci-fi stories and I feel “moon” has portrayed this brilliantly.

Sam Bell´s fate is sad and hopeful in the end. The script is just fantastic and I have to say that the story is not at all predictable. This is a really good movie and I highly recommended it.
This movie is definitely worth seeing and owning.

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