Thread: I'm here to keep you safe, Sam. I want to help you. - Moon [2009]

NOTE: Should probably watch the movie before reading IMDB or wikipedia to avoid spoilers.
Official Website - http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/moon/
IMDB listing - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/
Wikipedia Article - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_(film)
Rotten Tomatos review - http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10009075-moon/
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Moon [2009]

Summary from IMDB:
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.

Directed by Duncan Jones (Source Code [2011]).




Cast

• Sam Rockwell as Sam Bell
• Kevin Spacey as the voice of GERTY
• Dominique McElligott as Tess Bell
• Kaya Scodelario as Eve Bell
• Benedict Wong as Lunar Industries' Thompson
• Matt Berry as Lunar Industries' Overmeyers
• Malcolm Stewart as 'The Technician'

A psychological thriller that I wished I could watch in theaters as opposed to my dinky 17" laptop. I would have absolutely enjoyed the immersion in this movie with surround sound and wide-screen theater, but I was definitely overall engrossed and could not stop watching. The movie has a message that questions ethics of science and plants the flag that we may not so be far off from this happening in our lifetimes. But aside from the seriousness of this movie, for me Moon brought up thocose wildly profound good feelings after I read 2001: A Space Oddysey and series. Just some fascinating sci-fi.

Note some interesting facts about actor Sam Rockwell and Director Duncan Jones.
Sam Rockwell played Justin Hammer of Hammer Industries rival to Tony Stark of Stark Industries in Iron Man 2, Zaphod Beeblebrox of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Wild Bill Wharton of The Green Mile, and Chuck Barris in Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. He's got a real knack for playing some strange characters.

Duncan Jones is also David Bowie's son and also known as Zowie Bowie. It could be a far-fetched assumption that David's out-of-this world on-stage personas may have had some effect on his son.

Just a real good sci-fi movie that I hope other people should give the opportunity to watch.