Title: Moon

Year Released/Rating: 2009 R

Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott

Written By: Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker

Directed By: Duncan Jones

Genre: Drama, Scifi

Star Rating:  5/5 stars

Where I Got It: On the server

Trivia:

• Shot in 33 days for $5 million dollars.
• The name of the Lunar station, and written on one of the mineral tubes that Sam unloads from the mining machine has the word Sarang written in English and Korean. Sarang is Korean for "love". Sarang also means peacock in Sanskrit language, and means nest in the Malay language as well.
• Duncan Jones directorial debut. Before making this film, Duncan Jones was more famous for being the son of David Bowie. Indeed, one of the producers, Trudie Styler is married to another rock singer,Sting.
• Kevin Spacey read the script and agreed to voice Gerty but when the film was finished and only if he liked it. Having loved it, he recorded his lines in half a day.

Summary: Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.

Review: 

One of those movies that's been on my list since it came ut, but we just never got around to watching it.  I'm so glad we did.  This was amazing.  Right from the start, it reminded me of 2001.  It has that same lonely, but sinister, feel to it.  I won't give away the twists and turns, but I must say that they are expertly executed.  The characters are beautifully constructed.  I love Sam Rockwell as Sam Bell.  He played the progression wonderfully.  And then it have Kevin Spacey voice GERTY was genius.  He has that slightly creepy, robotic voice.  I loved it!  This is a definite must see and Duncan Jones is one director to watch.

Best Bits: 

• GERTY: I hope life on Earth is everything you remember it to be.
• Sam Bell: Listen, why don't you relax. Why don't you take a pill, bake a cake, go read the encyclopedia.
• Sam Bell: Gerty, is there someone else in the room?