The Movie "Moon"

Went to see the movie "Moon" with the mister. The movie was critically acclaimed and was a sci-fi flick (and I am geek at heart) so we ponied up 21.00 and went to the local cinema.

The movie stars Sam Rockwell (Stop reading if you are bound and determined to see this movie as I am about to irretrievably SPOIL it.) The premise is that there is a man working alone on the moon (Rockwell) on a mine of some sort, supplying the ENTIRE WORLD'S energy. He is contracted for 3 years, after which he will be returned to the earth to rejoin his lovely wife and toddler daughter. His only companion is a robot (who was so unmemorable that I cannot even remember its name) that attends to his needs.

Cutting to the chase, Rockwell has a terrible accident, and it turns out that he is a CLONE, and the companion machine (of whose name I still cannot remember) pulled out another one of him, not realizing he had survived the accident. Rockwell and his clone (prepare to suffer though at least 15 minutes of showing off how well they can double the actor on the screen) realize they are terribly screwed, that they die after 3 years and are replaced by roomfuls of guys just like them, orchestrated by some evil corporation. Apparently the evil corp realizes stuff is amiss on the moon and sends a so-called "rescue mission" to rescue Rockwell (we all know they are going to kill the shit of of him).

This is the most infuriating part of the movie. The plan by Rockwell is to escape to earth in a pod to uncover the injustices of the corporation.

WHAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED: Rockwell and his clone arm to the teeth, deciding that this clone madness must not go on, and they kill all the clones in the rooms before they are activated. They then wait for the rescue mission, kill them, and hijack their ship back to earth, revealing the horrors of the moon mining clone plan after confronting the heads of the evil corporation and making them fear for their lives before they are hauled away by the authorities.

INSTEAD: Rockwell goes in his pod back to earth, and you get a far shot of the planet while you "listen in" on radio transmissions that reveal that Rockwell made it to the CIA (CIA?!?) and let them know of the moon horrors.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

At least I wanted to boo in the theater, but polite society demands I simply leave angry that I wasted 2 hours and 21 bucks on that garbage.

Moon. Don't see it.