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Fly Me to the Moon (2008)

Director: Ben Stassen

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Synopsis

The first ever animated movie created exclusively to be shown in 3D cinemas, ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ follows the adventures of three cheeky young houseflies who stow away on the Apollo 11 moon rocket. With the voices of Tim Curry (Rocky Horror Picture Show), Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future) and even astronaut Buzz Aldrin as himself, this is a riotous family comedy with the added attraction of those eye-popping computer generated 3D visuals.

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From Time Out London

According to the blurb, ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ is ‘the first computer-animated film designed, created and produced… exclusively for the 3D experience’. Whether it looks any better than a 2D-to-3D transfer like ‘Meet the Robinsons’ is a moot point, but there are a few sequences here that use the third dimension to dazzling effect.

Nat, IQ and Scooter are houseflies with a mission: to hitch a ride to the moon with the Apollo 11 space team. Once in orbit, they solve a technical glitch while Nat’s grandpa averts disaster in mission control by thwarting the plans of a Russian infiltrator, Yegor. It’s very superficial but endurable in the main, even though it can’t resist that old chestnut of painting the Russians as baddies. And while it may not teach sprogs anything about insects – these ones have human eyes and four limbs – director Ben Stassen has made a fair fist of portraying the Apollo mission with some accuracy.

Author: Derek Adams 2008-09-22 17:16:04

Time Out London Issue 1989: October 2 - 8

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Mgt said...

Posted on Dec 06 2008 13:38 The comment you tyLook at this movie from my 5yr olds view it was great. He sat during the movie and did not eat his pretzel which he loves. It held his attention completely. He was excited by the glasses and changes he saw on the screen. I highly recommend this for young children. Look at this movie from a young childs view point.

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mlt said...

Posted on Oct 26 2008 09:39 Caitlin says - why don't you go and find out?

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multitasker said...

Posted on Oct 24 2008 15:00 STUNNING BUT WORRYING
Amazing 3D effects and rocket/space details, and a great way for little people to get an idea of how the Apollo 11 worked BUT . . . I agree that the sexism is disappointing, and would add that one of the 3 main characters is obese. He spends his time eating or thinking about food, whilst being nagged constantly about going on a diet. It seemed like the perfect medium to trigger bullying of fat kids or worse still to contribute to anorexic tendencies.

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Rob said...

Posted on Oct 11 2008 22:39 Great fun: brings back memories of the moon landings. Trouble with 3D films so far is constant tension between telling a story & 'look WOW it's in 3D' type showing off. This one works: rocket launches & space do look good in 3D & the astronaut's-eye-view of the lunar module door opening onto the moonscape is particularly affecting. Could have done without the sexism (most of the female characters do little except faint) and the ludicrous anti Soviet subplot.

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caitlind said...

Posted on Oct 07 2008 16:41 This movie looks rubbish how can a movie about stupid little flys going to the moon be entertaininig? Please!!!

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Martin Jones said...

Posted on Oct 06 2008 16:50 A great 3D adventure for the kids - and it was even quite educational

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