Examination blues...
I vaguely remember starting this no-good blog of mine in a 'season' on one of my engineering examinations. I say season coz with regulars n supplies i had quite my hands full of papers to clear... even after completing my engineering course, i still have quite a handful of supplies left.... And i don't know why but at these exact moments i have a literal and artistic urge. My mind gets over flooded with ideas and creativity i have never felt in my off-seasons... So here I am facing my another series of rapid fire university exams completely devoid of even a remote intention to study and venting my exam-specific artistic surges in a continuous rhapsody of meaningless words and wisdoms....
So first up i have decided to trim my reinvented and revived blog to a series of reviews about movies of which not many people have heard of, both national and international. And adding to the spice will be any thing that i can conjure up in my brain so as to hurl it right back at any accidental visitor who may have stumbled upon this god forsaken blog of mine.
Now on with the review of a film titled MOON which i saw some weeks back.....
Lets get this straight, this film is basically a low budget sci-fi flick. But never ever during its runtime of mere 97 minutes it makes u feel that you are actually watching a film made on a budget of peanuts compared to the recent Hollywood productions whose budget has more zeros than I could count with my fingers. its a beautifully crafted saga of a man who is sent to moon on a contract period of 3 years to carryout mining operations in the near future. Except of 2-3 glancing shots showing other human characters, the entire movie is based on this one particular man. However towards the end of his contract which forced him to live in isolation 384403 km (238857 miles) away from his home, he makes a startling discovery of another astronaut on the surface of moon who looks and talks exactly same like himself.
The story unfolds in a pace of its own and those looking for unusual visual effects brilliance and mind numbing action are going to be disappointed. But it doesn't in anyway mean that the visuals are bad. Infact they are just perfect but one wont find any shots just to add the visual candy. The film rather than lurking on the technical aspects of the future and the usual ingredients of films from sci-fi genre, tends to discuss the impact of all these advancements on the mind of a single human astronaut. The lead character Sam Bell portrayed by actor Sam Rockwell is nearing his 3 year contract and longs to see his wife and baby who was born just days after his departure from earth. All along the film the protagonist is accompanied and assisted by his local robotic help GERTY (voice over by Kevin Spacey) who exhibit uncanny levels of emotions and humanity.
More than being a pure sci-fi movie, MOON actually is more of a psychological drama. The cinematography leaves no space for errors though one may feel the repetition of several shots and angles. But I strongly feel that this was done on purpose just to emphasize the monotonic life of the protagonist. Background score is minimal and to the point and never ever hinders any dialogue though most of it is shown to be day to day repetitive computer generated responses. The other departments have also performed crisp and well.
The movie stands out for its more human approach to such a futuristic concept. And the director has stayed faithful to the character driven story and has crafted out an slow moving yet unusual masterpiece which directly impacts the viewers soul...
Rating : 3.5/5 and a thumbs up
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