Mark Kermode reviews Fly Me To The Moon - Kermode and Mayo's Take

[@ogto]

Regarding the forgotten thriller Capricorn One, the director Peter Hyams would later joke, “O. J. Simpson was in [Capricorn One], and Robert Blake was in Busting (Hyams’ first feature). I’ve said many times: Some people have AFI Lifetime Achievement awards, some people have multiple Oscars, my bit of trivia is that I’ve made films with two leading men who were subsequently tried for the first-degree murder of their wives.”

[@advancedgamerbros]

I can’t believe this movie was 132 minutes long, that was my main takeaway

[@nikdavies6829]

It doesn't feel it though, it's very well paced. That was my big trepidation going in but was pleasantly surprised by how breezy it felt.

[@pb.j.1753]

Same. I thought the ending dragged out way too long. The first 90 minutes are going fine

[@lovestruckcow]

I took a quick nap after the interval.. my eyes were shut but I was listening to the story so I didn’t miss

[@fburton8]

Charlie Duke: “We've been to the moon nine times. If we faked it, why did we fake it nine times?”

[@TonyP_Yes-its-Me]

I used to listen to old SF radio plays from the 1950's, and I listened to one that was about a trip to Mars, that went wrong, and the crew were killed. But years later, main character bumps into the ship's captain, alive and well living under an assumed name. The old "It was all faked" plot was alive and well, even then. It was even used in an episode of "Shoestring" where a man was supposed to be single handedly sailing around the world, but was really living in a field, just outside Bristol.

[@davidmylchreest3306]

*Sound of Dale Gribble angrily leaving the podcast.

[@jd899]

FYI Rose Gilroy is the daughter of Rene Russo and Dan Gilroy and the niece of Tony Gilroy.

[@jamespeel9989]

We enjoyed it. We went not really knowing anything about it at all and were pleasantly surprised. It won't change your life but it's an entertaining way to spend a couple of hours.

[@pocketmoon]

Capricorn One was a good film and deserves a modern (timely!) remake with a Musk-like character faking a Mars return mission

[@Jan-se1nd]

I've always said Elon Musk is just one facial scar from being a Bond villain.

[@timothynommensen]

Leave Cap One alone.

[@Geraint3000]

@@timothynommensen Well said. 70s sci-fi is too cerebral and nuanced to be remade in this age.

[@drobbi]

mayo looks like he is fighting sleep

[@marcfischetti5490]

Offended friend = Robbie Collins. Got to be.

[@iansmith9125]

😂 or Kim Newman

[@agwooding1]

I assumed Peter Bradshaw based on his review

[@user-zq1nw6hg6y]

Given his hysterical rant against JoJo Rabbit, you could be right...

[@seadog365]

Just watched it and really enjoyed it

[@tonyallen5480]

Saw it last weekend. It falls into the mildly diverting fluff genre.

[@kaizersosai8560]

What? I take it you don't go to the movies to have fun, do you bring a notepad and take notes.

[@Jan-se1nd]

I can't say I expect much more from fluff. Just a bit of nice escapism after a busy week is alright by me.

[@nathanlatham5651]

I’ve got nothing against channing Tatum, but I simply did not buy him as the man in charge of the moon landing.

[@ThatGuyThanus]

Saw it yesterday with the wife.. we really enjoyed it!

[@JohnnyNiteTrain]

Mayo on the nod

[@billyhanlon7821]

I've been to the sun..hot hot hot

[@josephcalvin6877]

Very little chemistry between the two leads in this one. Not much character either; it was hard for me to say anything about them beyond their work. Also, the Artemis plot felt contrived.

[@trevordavis6830]

Yeah, it frustrated me to no end how the fake moon landing plot was handled, and it somehow only got dumber as the film went on. From somehow trying to fake the moon landing without any of the 1000+ actually working in NASA(including the Astronauts) finding out to Moe deciding to somehow fake the moon landing through a LIVE visual recording that has to simultaneously sync perfectly with the ACTUAL moon landing's LIVE audio recording, I was really tempted to just walk out of the theater due to how nonsensical the plot was on almost every level.

[@stevenreidwilliams]

I’m looking forward to seeing the kick off in the comments after this one! Great work as always chaps.

[@LewisCraggs]

You can’t stop me

[@mauriceedwards9588]

I went to see this the other day Scarlet Johasson is as watchable as ever she really is that good but there was only 3 people in the cinema including me, I really loved this film, yes Mark your right people are seeing things that aren't there.

[@northbridge23]

I thought it was a lot of fun, not profound but quite enjoyable with a nice soundtrack.

[@DKH1103]

I'm just here for the people who agree with Mark about all the bonkers conspiracy theories he laughs at, except for THAT ONE bonkers conspiracy theory they themselves believe in.

[@Rob-gx7rx]

thanks for clearing all of that up dr. kermode. looking forward to finding out the latest movies next week!

[@swamp_donkey]

saw it, loved it

[@VictorVonDoom.]

I saw it today I enjoyed it

[@BadAtPickingUsernames]

Channing Tatum playing NASA’s launch captain? Lol Sorry but no. It’s like Matthew Mcconaughey as a genius engineer pilot. At least this one is supposed to be a comedy.

[@mmo5366]

Double 👍 👍 for calling out the tin-foil-hattists, even if I share such reservations as your critic friend, prior to watching (and I will be watching, but Kinds of Kindness tomorrow night first!)

[@spango1]

It was an entertaining 2 hours at the cinema . The black cat was the star

[@algebraist1997]

Looks typical Hollywood formulaic historical drama...

[@saxbend]

Given that in this film they ended up faking the faking of the moonlanding using footage from the real moonlanding, I can't help wondering if a certain Mitchell and Webb sketch was a big inspiration behind this story.

[@Humannondancer]

Yeah but you guys haven't seen 'A Funny thing Happened on the way to the Moon'😉

[@lordofthereels6790]

Ocean's 12 needs a reappraisal. Sure THAT scene is very cringe. However that aside the gang didn't seem like they knew every solution to every problem giving it way more tension & TWO great/well developed antagonists. It rivals 1 outside of THAT ONE SCENE IMO.

[@RH1812]

It’s true…look at Black Widow 😄

[@paulgardiner792]

Not a bad film

[@MatthewBoneyAbroad]

From the trailer, it is a shame that, with a larger budget, the fake moon landing in this film looks worse than the Sam Pilling video for DJ Shadow and De La Soul's Rocket Fuel.

[@JohnShreve-hw8zm]

I got modern vibes from the clip, didnt feel like the 60s at all

[@brandonrath623]

If you want to see how many idiots live among us, I suggest reading the comment section under the trailer for this film.

[@mrnobodyz]

Busted!😂

[@djehuti3]

or almost any KZbin comment section

[@danieldoherty8101]

Still no Axel F review? Can't wait for another Kermode rant, because I saw it and I wish I hadn't

[@chrismerton9918]

China recently sent a rocket to the moon so man has now definitely been to the moon

[@deadpoolredsuit4892]

With the amount of questions raised over the years, i find the Moon landings questionable.

[@AnnaF33]

Moon landing was biggest scam ever

[@samboakes6993]

Vaccines safe?

[@brianmccaig]

@@samboakes6993 the vast majority are.

[@saxbend]

Just the ones that make it to public implementation. The others fail test and are never used on people.

[@AlecMoss]

@@saxbend except in the case of Emergency Use Authorization in which case unapproved products can and are used on people.

[@martinobrien7110]

This is what happens when Richard Nixon is President . Ditto Trump .

[@Tomanoid3]

boomers that still believe in moon landing... Nolan used moon-hoax story in Interstellar

[@brianmccaig]

@@Tomanoid3 AS A JOKE!!

[@Tomanoid3]

@@brianmccaig i thought the gravity ghost was the joke?

[@stephennootens916]

What is this we British man, The United States went to the moon, sure we let all world feel like it was we the human race but when it comes down it America went to the moon. We went to the moon more than once in fact. Sadly we haven't been visited in some years and others want to get there but we were there first.

[@westleystewart]

@@stephennootens916 The Apollo 11 plaque says it best: “Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon July 1969, A.D. We came in peace for all mankind."

[@ahenchan5422]

America didn't go to the moon, NASA did. NASA didn't go to the moon, the Apollo program did. The Apollo program didn't go to the moon, a handful of astronauts did.

[@CactusTeether]

Powered by an ex Nazi rocket scientist….

[@JustFamilyPlaytime]

And now "you" are governed by a senile buffoon, and will shortly be governed by an orange baboon. Sucks to be Murican eh?

[@davidwestonsmith1305]

Umm, how does it go again..."One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." It's not about America vs. anyone else. It's about humans, as a species, doing what was thought to be impossible, and a small group of people doing it on behalf of everyone else.