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Welcome to Ice Cubes In My Coffee :: The Caffeinated Movie Guide. I love movies and I have strong opinions about all of them. When they are great, they can change your life. And when they suck, you can at least have fun ripping them to shreds. I have seen a million movies and I have a bunch of movie facts and trivia stored up in my head - it's time to share. I'm going to be filling this movie guide with reviews on an ongoing basis, building up a large library of reviews so YOU, the movie-watching public, will know what movies are essential viewing and what movies you must avoid at all costs (hint: anything with the words "Starring Dane Cook"). I will also be posting some interesting articles and lists along the way as well. So grab a cup of joe and settle in for some movie talk!
      -- Mr. Coffee

Moon

Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey
Director: Duncan Jones
Year of Release: 2009
Rated 4 cups

I was looking forward to this movie since all the buzz in front of it said that it was an original and well-done sci-fi movie. I am always on the lookout for an something interesting on the sci-fi front and there are very few original ideas left out there. However this seemed promising. Ultimately thought the movie falls rather flat and it just doesn’t do a good enough job of holding my interest. It gets rather long and boring, and the plot device of clones isn’t done with any dramatic new take or twist. First-time director Duncan Jones, son of David Bowie btw, puts a fair amount of style into the movie. And Sam Rockwell does an excellent job playing against himself and making each version of his character different. It’s not really a bad movie, but it’s not as good as I had hoped or had been led to believe. Most of the time I was quite bored waiting for something interesting to happen, and it just didn’t deliver.



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