"Sam, get some sleep. You're very tired."

Rating: 6/10 (11 December 2019)

I have to confess, I'm a little underwhelmed / disappointed that I'm afraid of all the critical praise this film receives. But that doesn't mean that this film is a failure in any way, it's actually quite the opposite. Let's start with the positive ones. First of all, Sam Rockwell can act, he's playing Sam Bell (TOO MANY SAMS), an astronaut who holds harvesters on the moon, giving the earth energy back. His performance plays out like an absolute fever dream, particularly as the deteriorating version of himself. It's excellent pretty damn it. This film's score is stunning. Combining a dark tune of the piano with the mysteries scattered in the film. Cold, simple, yet cold.What I think is capitalizing on the film's own color scheme, black and white. GERTY, played by Kevin Spacey, is a great help (perhaps a great deal of support, as I will explain later). The layout of the cinematography and the stage is on par. Yet Moon has lots of wafer-thin plot devices that weigh it down unfortunately. Through his perspective, the emotional connection between Sam and his daughter is absolutely appalling, but through the eyes of the audience I feel as though Duncan Jones could have done more visually to interpret his mental breakdown as a clone. While enigmatic, the dramatic elements of this movie are sadly largely unincidental.Yeah, there's a' big reveal' somewhat, but it's purchased by how it's described. A robotic GERTY present. Sam's condition could have been illustrated a little more, there are some gross indicators of his body whiting away at himself, but psychologically I feel like instead of perhaps using an analogy that is also grounded in reality, Duncan Jones could have used the idea of' perception vs reality' hinted at around the time when Sam pours hot water on himself. Moon is unfortunately not the ice chilling movie it might have been in what might have been a fever dream of uncertainty.There are some great moments of brokenness, but the motivation and reaction of the character to the thinly advertised essential twist of the entire film is done very poorly. Nevertheless, Moon isn't a tragedy, and atmospherically it's very well made. It's just all else is a little meh in an attempt to make up for the lack of ideas to do with the harshness of isolation, especially in a cruel environment like space.