I took a short hiatus from the blogging world or at least I like to tell myself this to not sound lazy. I'm here, and a lot of good music, journals, and movies have been consumed in that time. I'll continue with a movie I watched last week that everyone seemed to have heard of except me, until I watched it.

Moon is a Sci-Fi flick that follows Sam Rockwell in space with his "Hal"-esque computer friend, GERTY. For being a relatively low budget film, it worked really well. The moon scenes and space station were done very well and the "emoticon" faces of GERTY were really fun to watch. The story line is original and I thought Sam Rockwell played the part well. The plot reminded me of Solaris a bit, but definitely held its own.

The other reason this film worked so well is due to the amazing soundtrack. Clint Mansell does the score and he is famous for working the Kronos Quartet in films like The Fountain, and Requiem for a Dream. The score is great, the acting is pretty good, and the plot line had my interest throughout, so I definitely recommend this to not only the Sci-Fi film lovers, but everyone. Oh yeah, did I mention Daivd Bowie's son directed this?

Moon (2009)
Director: Duncan Jones
Screenplay: Nathan Parker
Score: Clint Mansell