I'm over the moon about Moon

Rating: 10/10 (18 July 2009)

We all saw Castaway. You didn't? Well you didn't miss anything. It was two plus hours of Tom Hanks pretending he was a good actor and talking to a volleyball. It was completely forgettable and utterly boring. Okay, maybe I'm being a little harsh, but it was a painfully average movie. Tom Hanks tried his best, but he just couldn't pull it off. And the themes of isolation and pain just didn't come through very well. I had a tough time feeling sorry for Tom and his absent wife (even when he got home and found her remarried). I didn't really buy him talking to the volleyball (it felt like he was just pretending to be a little crazy so he could instantly snap back to sanity once he was rescued, and we always knew he would be rescued), and I don't think anyone else did either. I wouldn't say I hated the movie, but I did completely dismiss it a few days after watching it. I absolutely cannot dismiss Moon. This is one of those movies that gets under your skin. It's one of those rare gems that leaves an impression, one of those movies that simultaneously impresses and inspires you. It's one of those movies that lifts you up only after beating you down. The drama is realistic, and it's filled with passion and anger and depression and hope. Sam Rockwell does what Tom Hanks couldn't do, he carries the movie mostly on his own. read the full review at www.tickleishpickle.blogspot.com