Moon - Oscar Viewings

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neverrusty

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Reading the article on rabroad made we wonder how many people got to see this film.

I tried to see it here in Gloucestershire and I think it was here one day and gone the next. I don't event think it got a viewing in either Gloucester or Cheltenham Cineworld.

I really wanted to see it - and it seems everyone who did see it thought it was good, yet it struggled to get a decent relase here (in it's country of origin). Seems a shame really, seeing as dirge like Saw15 (or whatever) got a three / four week release!!!!
 
I saw it at Cineworld in Sheffield. I think they showed it about 3 times a day for 2 weeks or so. They put it on one of the smallest screens, but the screening was packed.
 
Who the hell does decide what is released and for how long? I mean why are we bombarded with trailers for utter crud like Did you hear about the Morgans or Couples Retreat and good looking films like Moon are gone in the blink of an eye.
 
we had to go to our local cineworld rather than the odeon which we normally go to but they had several showings a day and it was on for a couple of weeks
 
It's got more to do with what has got more immediate commercial appeal than whether something is good. If a cinema chain feels that showing the latest Vince Vaughn movie will get people into cinemas, then they'll show that in favour of a small cult indie film like Moon.

It makes business sense, it's just a shame that excellent, but small, films like Moon get swept by the wayside in favour of mainstream trash. I'm not trying to be snobby there either, i've enjoyed many a mainstream trash movie, although i do draw the line at Hugh "stutter" Grant, lol.

Moon is seemingly finding a new life though thanks to DVD/Blu Ray, so it's not like it's disappeared without a trace.
 
I saw it at a mainstream cinema in 42nd street in New York where a late show attracted a reasonable crowd.
Obviously US distributors had more faith in it.
I would argue that it works better on the small screen though - especially the old school model work.
 
I watched it on a plane in November. At the time of release it wasn't promoted to the point where I thought "I must go and see that". By the time I'd remembered about it, it was no longer showing in the cinema.
 
I don't think mainstream audiences would have flocked to see it, the decision makes sense in that respect. I was very underwhelmed by it in any case to be honest, turned out to be quite a disappointment.
 
I thought it was a bit of a disappointment too, Kevin Spacey seemed a weird choice for Gerty and the constant smiley changes on Gertys screen were a bit naff.
 
ah, that's a shame, i thought it was superb.

i liked the kevin spacey choice for GERTIE, he lenRAB himself to that rather laid back, slightly sinister nonchalance that the computer character required. also, the :) face was naff, but intentionally so imo. a super high tech robot face might have had less of an impact than a simple, subtle design. you can believe some company might build something like that
 
yea mostly its an "acting" exercise for sam rockwell.

i just didnt buy into it after a while, first i got ahead of the story and figured it out, then i realized it didn't make any sense at all. his existence is never justified. he's hardly smarter than his helper robot. the effort to maintain human existence for years on the moon never mind keep it secret with dozens of clones in stasis/growing is ridiculous considering it doesn't seem to serve much of a vital function. all he does is while away the hours building his model. from the looks of it more mobile versions of his helper bot would all that would be necessary, with occasional visits by people or whatever. meh, it falls short.
 
It was my understanding that each version of Sam lasts only three years before being retired.
However, his artistic skills are unique to his clone (just as the other clone is more of an alpha male) so even by cloning Sam they couldn't control the differing mental development of his oRABpring even if it was counter-productive.
I guess the company figured machines are prone to breaking down and human 'drones' are more reliable at keeping things ticking over even if they are just slaves.
Perhaps in this universe replicants or androiRAB (like those seen in the Alien series for example) are still nowhere near close to being developed and cloning is easier (if dubious).
 
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