Jul 172011
In the era of overblown toy commercials, installments of ongoing superhero continuums or displays of Los Angeles being demolished in the hands of unfriendly aliens, one thing stands out: script-writing is not the first order of business for most producers.
Hence the arrival of Duncan Jones’ Moon was an unexpectedly pleasant surprise. An intelligent science fiction movie is a rarity these days, and this debut film has both intelligence and science fiction in spades.