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TOPIC OF THE WEEK: FAVORITE LUNAR MOVIES!

The Moon provides an exciting setting or central plot point for many films. There are some obvious genres, like adventure and science fiction, that could involve a journey to the Moon. On the other hand, some movies use the Moon as a backdrop: maybe not central to the story, but still an important component of the movie.

My favorite movie starring the Moon (and also my favorite in general) is 2001: A Space Odyssey. The visuals are always breathtaking to watch, especially watching the scenes with the spacecrafts approaching the Moon. The movie effectively captures some of the grandeur of space and the Moon.

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What are some of your favorite movies involving the Moon or even space? If you need any ideas, I started a list of some movies that I could think of involving the Moon here. (Of course the list isn’t very complete; feel free to suggest some titles that I should put in there!)

by: Abhimat G.

Tuesday Feb-19-2013

COMMUNITY COMMENTS:

Nick A.

Thursday Feb-21-2013

The original, and the classic, is pretty great--- "A Trip to the Moon", from 1902. Good action sequences :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDaOOw0MEE

But I havw a soft spot for Sam Bell and "Moon". This movie is smart and amazing. The director actually did an interview with MyMoon in 2011:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYp2eYc7W6o
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1182345/?ref_=sr_4

Dennis M J M.

Saturday Feb-23-2013

well....


apollo 13 (classic, one of the best moon movies out there for sure - essential watching for any aspiring space pioneer)

capricorn one (not really the moon, but you'll see)

the dish (about the moon landings, arms length, as it were)

... funny there really aren't as many as one might think there should be... the right stuff is one of my all time space-faves but it only goes up to the end of the mercury mission. Some of the astronauts featured in it would later go on to explore the moon and it is *the* iconic movie about the start of the space race and just what sort of men it took to get our collective dreams out to the edge of the Earth.... then beyond.

Demarcus B.

Wednesday Feb-27-2013

I liked Iron Sky which was an interesting twist on the history of the Nazis. Out of all the SciFi movies out there I still like Apollo 13 the most.

@Nick thats pretty awesome that MyMoon did an interview with Sam Bell. I just watched the interview. I'm curious about how MyMoon managed to contact him.

Andy S.

Wednesday Feb-27-2013

@Demarcus, do you mean the interview with Duncan Jones, the director of "Moon?"

Demarcus B.

Thursday Mar-07-2013

@Andy you are right. That interview was with Duncan Jones.


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