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Go see it.
Just...
Go see it.
There are only a handful of men still alive who have left our planet to visit an alien world, the Moon. They're in their 70's and will not be with us for much longer. In the Shadow of the Moon gives these astronauts a chance, perhaps for a final time, and almost all in concert to relive their visits to the moon: going there, landing on it, exploring it, and returning home. They discuss what the space program was like back then, what it was to be an astronaut, and how it felt when, for a brief time, the world united while those first steps were taken on the Moon.
I admit to being a real geek about such things. I didn't want this movie to end, I enjoyed hearing them talk about it, seeing the footage of it, so very much. I don't know about you, but it never ceases to amaze me that we managed, in such a fragile craft with so little technology (the computer in your iPod is more powerful than the one used to get man to the moon) to make the single most amazing journey humankind has ever made. And it never ceases to amaze me how we managed to unite the world, the whole world, for a brief time in doing that.
These gents are funny, inspiring, human, moving, amazing; their voices and those from the historical footage are the only ones in the movie--and that historical footage is priceless. It puts you right back at that time, feeling what everyone felt, the awe and wonder and excitement. Go see this movie. And if you've got older kids who don't mind documentaries, take them along. Let them experience going to the moon, too.
Just...
Go see it.
There are only a handful of men still alive who have left our planet to visit an alien world, the Moon. They're in their 70's and will not be with us for much longer. In the Shadow of the Moon gives these astronauts a chance, perhaps for a final time, and almost all in concert to relive their visits to the moon: going there, landing on it, exploring it, and returning home. They discuss what the space program was like back then, what it was to be an astronaut, and how it felt when, for a brief time, the world united while those first steps were taken on the Moon.
I admit to being a real geek about such things. I didn't want this movie to end, I enjoyed hearing them talk about it, seeing the footage of it, so very much. I don't know about you, but it never ceases to amaze me that we managed, in such a fragile craft with so little technology (the computer in your iPod is more powerful than the one used to get man to the moon) to make the single most amazing journey humankind has ever made. And it never ceases to amaze me how we managed to unite the world, the whole world, for a brief time in doing that.
These gents are funny, inspiring, human, moving, amazing; their voices and those from the historical footage are the only ones in the movie--and that historical footage is priceless. It puts you right back at that time, feeling what everyone felt, the awe and wonder and excitement. Go see this movie. And if you've got older kids who don't mind documentaries, take them along. Let them experience going to the moon, too.
