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This year has seen a gourmet of movies hit the screen. Some have been fantastic and some have been rather a waste of time, so it’s wonderful when you rent a movie under no pretenses and get what is easily one of the strongest movies of the year fall into your lap. This was the case with Moon, a movie that did not get a lot of coverage in the media and proved to be a gem in filmmaking.The general plot goes; Sam Bell, an astronaut is alone on the moon manning the controls and sending resources to Earth to help the diminishment of our planet’s power problems. But deep in space, alone, something more sinister lies hidden.To give anything away would ruin the experience for anyone so the general plot is all I can give of the movie but what I can say is this.Too many movies rely on an intricate field of many actors working off eachother, interaction to gear a movie up and get the audience wanting more. The intelligence of Moon is that it’s almost completely reliant on the performance of one actor and that is Sam Rockwell. Wherever the movie was to work was down to Rockwell, if it went wrong it would not be able to recover and thankfully they chose an actor who was able to pay full attention to his character and add a depth to the script. It’s all centred on Rockwell and he does a fantastic job with the isolated surroundings he is given. Gerty equally is memorable with combined with the succinct voice of Kevin Spacey.The other two things that make Moon a triumph is the score and of course the visual effects. That musical fare merged with the slow burner of Moon is breathtaking, it’s the sort of music you can listen to on CD and be transported back to the movie. Timeless, ageless and a joy to listen to.And finally the effects. Visually effects have honed much greater in the last year and the proof of our far it has come is shown here. The entire landscape of where the movie is set is in the title itself and the magic of the effects is that it manages to look like a different world. A planet away from us, it breathes that life and makes it seem real. Visually, the movie is stunning and will keep you glued to the screen.I could applaud this movie all night long, I really could. But I will warn that those who cannot get into slow burning films with a more detailed plotline might want to skip this as it requires concentration and respect for where it goes. But for those that can respect a movie of this kind, you will love it.It seamlessly blends gorgeous visuals with a beautiful score and a remarkable performance in the guise of Rockwell. If you have yet to see it, rent it and take the time to watch it. You will not regret it.A stunning movie, my favourite of the year and a movie everyone needs to see, to appreciate what cinema can and still does. Flawless and truly one of the best movies of ‘09. See it now.

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