This movie was sad; it was funny; it was horrific. Sam Rockwell was great in it. (Son did a little googling and tells self that Sam was born in Daly City. Oh. My. God)
Self had heard that he was the only actor in the entire movie and was wondering whether she would be able to stand looking at just his face for an hour and 40 minutes, but that isn’t quite right. Although he plays the only man on a moon base, he is never entirely alone. In an echo of “2001: A Space Odyssey”, there is a computer named Gerty, voiced with deadpan hilarity by Kevin Spacey. And there are people from his memories.
Self thinks that if she had to live all by herself on a moon base such as the one in the movie, self would drive herself crazy from fear of ghosts. Self wants to know, if any blog readers have seen the movie, whether they too felt impelled to close their eyes at certain scenes? Self found some parts of the movie so scary that she had to close her eyes no less than three times. As soon as she could open her eyes again, she’d whisper urgently to son: “Who was that? Was that a ghost?” Or, “Is this a horror movie?” (Son endured all of self’s questions with a shrug and his usual stoic patience)
The movie was showing at Palo Alto Square. There were only four other people in the audience. Son asked self if the movies there were always this poorly attended. Self said yes. The other movie showing was “Cheri”, Michelle Pfeiffer directed by Stephen Frears, and as a matter of fact self overheard most of the people buying tickets for this movie. But self is glad that she chose “Moon.”
Self also saw a preview of the latest adaptation of a Cormac McCarthy novel (he who unleashed the – in self’s humble opinion – awful, pointless “No Country For Old Men”). This one stars Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron. In the middle of the preview, self turned to son and said, “There’s one thing I can tell you right now: Charlize Theron does not die.” Ha ha ha ha! There were also previews for two documentaries: one about a Muhammad Ali match in Zaire, and the other featuring the musicians Jack White, Conrad Black, and Jimmy Page. Is it just self’s imagination, or are there really a lot of good documentaries coming out right now? Self really wants to see “Tyson.” And the Jack White movie sounds pretty interesting. Self doesn’t know why it is, but in some shots Jack White looks somewhat like Johnny Depp!!@## Seriously!
