Brilliant, fresh, interesting, thought provoking... but...

Rating: 7/10 (11 December 2009)

The movie in itself is very well done, especially considering the budget for the film. Moreover I applaud Duncan Jones for making such a well thought through movie, as his debut. The spoiler is only in the last paragraph of this review.
The actors have played their roles very convincingly, and have managed to convene the emotions and atmosphere very well to the viewer. Overall the performance is great. Kevin Spacey has a great voice as Gerty, however it might be a minor problem for those for who his voice is way too familiar.
The special effects and music were also very well done, thanks to Duncan Jone's background in low budget special effects from the advertising industry. This created a very good feel for the film.
The story is well developed and is very intriguing, thought provoking and generally interesting with a few good twists. One is challenged to question technological development, global warming, the progress of the human race, moral issue and so on.
But, and its not a small but, its more like a HUGE BUT! (*** HERE COMES THE SPOILER, PLEASE DO NOT CONTINUE IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO SPOILERS ***) If the human race has gone so far as to be able to make very good clones, artificial intelligence, harvest on the moon etc. Then why on earth do they need clones/humans on the moon in the first place? The only thing they would be good for is for making mistakes (As the movie shows so very well), wouldn't it be easier to just have the whole process automated? Humans are generally very prone to make mistakes, unreliable, need a lot of resources, sleep 6 hours a day, don't do their work effectively, etc. So why would they have them there? This was a major problem in my perspective and forced me to give this movie a 7 instead of the 8.5 that it deserves on many other aspects. Great movie overall though.