Destination Moon

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Jeff S This entertaining film used dialogue effectively to explain certain basics of astrophysics in a simple manner--essential for a film produced before the Space Age and shows like Star Trek. All things considered, it's a remarkable production. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/29/24 Full Review cato This film is very hard to sit through without laughing histarically but it is useful to see what just 75 years ago we thought space travel to the moon would look like. Demonstrates not only the massive leaps in space travel technology we have actually taken, but also the massive improvements made in film making. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/24 Full Review CodyZamboni Z I like that a lot of the movie is rooted in science, I liked the impressive matte paintings, and the Woody Woodpecker educational film Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/22/24 Full Review david l Destination Moon is a SF movie did not age well for obvious reasons, but it is still interesting to see how much this film actually predicted about the eventual Moon landing. Slow pacing, anti-climactic ending and weak characters aside, the emphasis on science in its screenplay was fascinating, the Woody Woodpecker segment was endearing and the Oscar-winning VFX were great for its time. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review dave s Considering when it was made, Destination Moon gets a lot of things right. It also gets a lot of things wrong. For example, as per Destination Moon, what is the most effective way to raise money for a non-government funded flight to the moon? If you guessed that it would be to show a Woody Woodpecker cartoon to a group of wealthy industrialists, you'd be correct. On top of this stunning absurdity, the film is also lacking in technical prowess, most notably the poor framing and blocking of shots and some truly horrible lighting over the first half of the film. As well, the four ‘astronauts' are remarkably dull characters. Despite this, the second half of the movie is actually fairly well executed and much of the science involved seems to be fairly accurate with the whole thing being topped off with an interesting moral dilemma. It's not a great movie, but it's not as bad as one might suspect. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member I know the story is a bit dull but the visual sophistication carries the film. A realistic adult science fiction adventure film from George Pal. The space suits, rocket, matte painting Won an Acadany Award for best Visyal. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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