Nothing to write home about

Rating: Null/10 (30 November 2009)

Now don't get me wrong... Moon is a good movie, but I think the 9 and 10 scores from many of my fellow reviewers are a bit over-the-top. Having said that, I enjoyed watching the movie, but I don't have any desire to see it again.
The message of space loneliness and the cold, somewhat soulless void that we call space, is well delivered in what is generally a cold and soulless movie. It's like watching and endless scene shot in a pristine hospital operating theater. Stark and clinical. But I guess spacecraft and space itself is very much like that.
I have no gripe with the acting or the set design, nor with the (not totally believable) lunar surface shots and machines. The all-knowing, slightly sinister on-board computer was also fine. But as I watched, I couldn't help thinking that the director was trying too hard to make a masterpiece and a modern-day 2001 space puzzle. The plot certainly gives food for thought, but the answers to the questions are weak and spoil the intellectual chase. Imagine if Mr. Kubrick had explained everything; would his movie still have been a masterpiece? Moon is entertaining and original. For sure it is worth watching. But is it "One of the best sci-fi movies ever"? Maybe, but only just.