Moon

WOW. This. Was. Excellent. I've been waiting for this one to arrive, and it finally hit one of the local theaters. However, it didn't hit the usual haunt for low-budget, independent, and thoughtful films. It was at an older theater that has fallen off my radar once two newer ones opened up. Regardless, I'm insanely glad SOMEONE showed it.

The trailer:


Wow. WHAT a film. David Bowie's son (did I just type that? His SON?) directs a splendid mindfuck. A milder version of 2001: A Space Odyssey complete with creepy voiced computer, voiced here by Kevin Spacey. Sam Rockwell plays an astronaut on the moon. The Earth's energy needs have finally been solved by mining moon rock for He3, a natural by-product of the sun's rays on the moon. Easy. Clean. Problem-solver. Mining corporations set up bases on the moon and a crew of one minds the fort. Rockwell and GERTY the computer are the only inhabitants. Until...

It's so hard to type anything without giving anything away! Needless to say, the story takes a turn and what the character(s) think(s) he(they) know(s) is upended. Again, WOW. So good.

AND, as an added bonus Clint Mansell, formerly of the band Pop Will Eat Itself, did the soundtrack. Eerie. Epic.

Easy Full Price.