{"id":203,"date":"2011-04-13T02:28:53","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T02:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/keithbphillips.com\/?p=203"},"modified":"2011-04-13T02:28:53","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T02:28:53","slug":"the-first-men-in-the-moon-2010-scifi-movie-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithbphillips.com\/?p=203","title":{"rendered":"The First Men in the Moon-2010: Scifi Movie Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The First Men in the Moon. \u00a0I was afraid that this was going to suck bad, but was pleasantly surprised. \u00a0They did a great job recreating this H.G. Wells classic. \u00a0Mark Gattis was awesome as the quirky professor, Cavor, who walks around making strange growling sounds when he is deep in thought. \u00a0He runs into Bedford who is busy writing plays to make ends meet.<\/p>\n

It’s then that the professor reveals the secret of his mysterious substance Cavorite, which defies gravity. \u00a0The explanation about how the substance works was very well done, despite how far out the idea was, and I was quite able to suspend my belief long enough to really enjoy the whole movie.<\/p>\n

Cavor is blinded by his absolute pursuit of science to the commercial value of his new find, and Bedford immediately comes up with a thousand ideas of how they can both become incredibly rich. \u00a0But Cavor comes up with just one more\u2014going to the moon. \u00a0Beford is not too crazy about the idea but is eventually persuaded and they both shoot up into space inside a capsule that they have made, which is coated with the substance.<\/p>\n

They reach the moon where creepy, not cheesy, looking moon people find and capture them. \u00a0Cavor is certain that they can communicate with them and become friends, but Bedford is fearful and will have none of it. \u00a0He goes wild, punching one of the moon men, and accidentally killing him with his superior earth strength. \u00a0They run from the moon men, and Cavor decides to stay put, providing a distraction while Bedford goes to the capsule to escape.<\/p>\n

The ending is satisfying, but mysterious, and I will again leave it to the viewer to find out for themselves. \u00a0All and all, a real fun movie with lots of humor, thanks to the slightly strange professor, and a great tribute to a father of the science fiction genre.<\/p>\n

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[rating:5\/5] The First Men in the Moon. \u00a0I was afraid that this was going to suck bad, but was pleasantly surprised. \u00a0They did a great job recreating this H.G. Wells classic. \u00a0Mark Gattis was awesome as the quirky professor, Cavor, who walks around making strange growling sounds when he is deep in thought. \u00a0He runs into Bedford who is busy writing plays to make ends meet. It’s then that the professor reveals the secret of his mysterious substance Cavorite, which defies gravity. \u00a0The explanation about how the substance works was very well done, despite how far out the idea was, and I was quite able to suspend my belief long enough to really enjoy the whole movie. Cavor is blinded by his absolute pursuit of science to the commercial value of his new find, and Bedford immediately comes up with a thousand ideas of how they can both become incredibly rich. \u00a0But Cavor comes up with just one more\u2014going to the moon. \u00a0Beford is not too crazy about the idea but is eventually persuaded and they both shoot up into space inside a capsule that they have made, which is coated with the substance. They reach the moon where creepy, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p32u0F-3h","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":167,"url":"https:\/\/www.keithbphillips.com\/?p=167","url_meta":{"origin":203,"position":0},"title":"Destination Moon-1950: SciFi Movie Review","author":"KeithBPhillips","date":"April 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"[rating:5\/5] Destination Moon. \u00a0Wow. \u00a0I didn't know it was based on a novel by Robert Heinlein. \u00a0So cool, and you can totally tell. \u00a0This movie is not full of crazy science errors, which is amazing since it was done in 1950. \u00a0In fact, if you compare it to the actual\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.keithbphillips.com\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/keithbphillips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/MV5BMTYzMTc5OTU2OF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjIwOTgxMQ%40%40._V1._SY317_CR100214317_2-202x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":137,"url":"https:\/\/www.keithbphillips.com\/?p=137","url_meta":{"origin":203,"position":1},"title":"Flight to Mars-1951: SciFi Movie Review","author":"KeithBPhillips","date":"April 3, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"[rating:3\/5] \u00a0 I watched this Scifi classic last night. \u00a0I love old movies like this. \u00a0Five people are selected to go to Mars. \u00a0The pilot of the ship is an engineer who is in love with a woman scientist. \u00a0Two other male scientists and a journalist go along. \u00a0As soon\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.keithbphillips.com\/?cat=4"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/keithbphillips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/Flight_to_mars.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1093,"url":"https:\/\/www.keithbphillips.com\/?p=1093","url_meta":{"origin":203,"position":2},"title":"Pride, Flags, and Plastic Frogmen","author":"KeithBPhillips","date":"March 8, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"When I was a little kid growing up in the wilds of Canada, occasionally the topic of where you were from would come up. \"I'm an American,\" I would proudly say, although my only memories of the States were from four and five years old. 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