Finally, a movie trailer with the right balance of danger, science fiction and humanity. Moon stars my favorite Galaxy Quest star, Sam Rockwell, in the story of a energy harvester living and working on the moon for a three year stay. Things appear to go wrong (as they often do in space according to Hollywood) when Rockwell’s character starts to fall into a depression as his foray on the moon comes to a close. With two weeks remaining he locates a wreck and discovers the body of what may be himself.
In a big way, Moon offers a trailer with everything. It opens with science fiction elements (living on the moon, a robotic HAL adaptation, space stations) presents the appeal of environmental development (mhhhm, clean future energy) and with an unassuming musical score paints a clear picture of the Rockwell’s life on the moon without giving too much away. At 1:06, the trailer music hints at something more devious as Rockwell finds a space wreck and a concerning body of what appears to be his clone. At 1:18 the score turns from Sci-Fi to Thriller as the viewer moves to understand what’s going on. At 1:26 HAL takes the trailer on a further twist by suggesting that this interesting twist is perhaps the imaginings of Rockwell’s character who has been living alone on the moon for nearly three years. In 20 seconds, the trailer has provided two interesting plot points with the subtly of imagery and language. This trailer does not give any answers, a mistake many trailers make, but instead presents a series of intriguing questions without overtly saying what they are.
The latter third of the trailer displays a myriad of explosion images as it presents potential answers to its questions, but manages to give viewers a reason to see the actual movie without concluding anything. Sure, the use of explosions as a compelling device is as overused in Hollywood trailers as jump cuts, but in this instance it conveys actual plot development meaning as opposed to mere primal flavoring.
Bottom Line:
This film may just end up being a Frankenstein chimera of 2001, Solaris, and The Blair Witch Project but the trailer has opened up a gap of mystery worth investigating.
Moon may not be worth the pretty penny of film admission unless you’re towing a date, but it is 100% worthy of a rental.
Moon (2009)
Finally, a movie trailer with the right balance of danger, science fiction and humanity. Moon stars my favorite Galaxy Quest star, Sam Rockwell, in the story of a energy harvester living and working on the moon for a three year stay. Things appear to go wrong (as they often do in space according to Hollywood) when Rockwell’s character starts to fall into a depression as his foray on the moon comes to a close. With two weeks remaining he locates a wreck and discovers the body of what may be himself.
In a big way, Moon offers a trailer with everything. It opens with science fiction elements (living on the moon, a robotic HAL adaptation, space stations) presents the appeal of environmental development (mhhhm, clean future energy) and with an unassuming musical score paints a clear picture of the Rockwell’s life on the moon without giving too much away. At 1:06, the trailer music hints at something more devious as Rockwell finds a space wreck and a concerning body of what appears to be his clone. At 1:18 the score turns from Sci-Fi to Thriller as the viewer moves to understand what’s going on. At 1:26 HAL takes the trailer on a further twist by suggesting that this interesting twist is perhaps the imaginings of Rockwell’s character who has been living alone on the moon for nearly three years. In 20 seconds, the trailer has provided two interesting plot points with the subtly of imagery and language. This trailer does not give any answers, a mistake many trailers make, but instead presents a series of intriguing questions without overtly saying what they are.
The latter third of the trailer displays a myriad of explosion images as it presents potential answers to its questions, but manages to give viewers a reason to see the actual movie without concluding anything. Sure, the use of explosions as a compelling device is as overused in Hollywood trailers as jump cuts, but in this instance it conveys actual plot development meaning as opposed to mere primal flavoring.
Bottom Line:
This film may just end up being a Frankenstein chimera of 2001, Solaris, and The Blair Witch Project but the trailer has opened up a gap of mystery worth investigating.
Moon may not be worth the pretty penny of film admission unless you’re towing a date, but it is 100% worthy of a rental.
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