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Anybody seeing "Fly Me To the Moon" (fake moon landing sattire) this weekend?

Posted on 7/12/24 at 12:59 pm
Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
27322 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 12:59 pm
Basically feels like a halfway remake of Wag The Dog, only likely not as good and an added romance angle.

I also don't think the premise is just them filming a staged landing because they couldn't get film equipment to work in space... So it's not a complete (we faked the landing altogether film).

Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
109289 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 1:10 pm to
Satire?
Posted by 0x15E
Outer Space
Member since Sep 2020
14735 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 1:19 pm to
Half of the OT
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
14077 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 2:13 pm to
Anything with ScarJo gets my interest.
Posted by tigerbacon
Arkansas
Member since Aug 2010
4643 posts
Posted on 7/12/24 at 9:53 pm to
I liked it
Posted by sqerty
AP
Member since May 2022
8479 posts
Posted on 7/13/24 at 11:06 am to
Is that retard supposed to be a scientist?
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
33819 posts
Posted on 7/13/24 at 11:51 am to
No, I don't need it. While he was fixing something on my bike, an old 80 year old uncle of a friend down the street, told the story to me in 1969. Right after adjusting his overalls, he said, "Ain't nobody been to no damn moon. They just went out in the desert and made a movie. Hand me those pliers."

I never forgot it. Mr. Gregory, his brother who lived two houses away, and his wife, used to sit in green rocking chairs dipping snuff on their front porch. I have lots of similar stories they told during those years on Crawford St., in the great state of Mississippi. We lived up the street. It was paved, but the streets on either end were still gravel.

Tommy, the drunk, who's wife would call my mom and tell her to get the kids off the street because Tommy's coming home, lived next door. He was the guy that hooked his TV up to my dad's antenna. It caused some interference, so my dad went out to check the antenna, found the wire running over the fence, and jerked it, breaking Tommy's TV.

A house between the Gregory's and Tommy's had another alcoholic who got sent to Whitfield for drinking Vitalis, a couple of times.

Those were fun days!
Posted by Lsut81
Member since Jun 2005
85117 posts
Posted on 7/13/24 at 12:38 pm to
This feels like a flick Wes Anderson could pull off very well.
Posted by nealnan8
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2016
4741 posts
Posted on 7/13/24 at 1:29 pm to
Haven't seen it, but it looks fun. I get kind of a light hearted Wag The Dog vibe..
Posted by cypresstiger
The South
Member since Aug 2008
14077 posts
Posted on 7/13/24 at 9:37 pm to
Saw it today—very good rom-dramedy. Some LOL moments. Ray Romano and especially Woody Harelson are excellent. Good chemistry between ScarJo and Tatum.

Costumes are exactly right for the times as is the sense of pride Americans had in those days. 8/10, worth seeing on big screen.
Posted by gizmothepug
Louisiana
Member since Apr 2015
8665 posts
Posted on 7/13/24 at 11:31 pm to
No, but a movie on Amazon that was released maybe last week, looked similar and almost fooled me into watching it because I thought it was Fly Me To The Moon.
Posted by paperwasp
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Posted on 7/26/24 at 10:09 am to
Saw it last night.

I'd say "fun" is an apt description.

Respectful of the historical subject matter weaving throughout the story but doesn't take itself too seriously. Chuckle-worthy humor throughout. Keep in mind at its core it's a PG-13 rom-com, but the space aspect definitely adds a bit of intrigue, IMO.

Not a bad theater flick if you still want to catch it with the wife. Only con might be that the runtime (2 hours 12 minutes) feels a tad long.

Definitely worth a stream at a later date if you already subscribe to Apple TV+.
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
33819 posts
Posted on 7/26/24 at 1:36 pm to
I bet A Walk on the Moon from 1999 is a better movie. Pretty sure I remember it having the 1969 moonwalk in the background of a sex scene between Hippie Viggo and Diane Lane..




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