1902 Review Blog
Le Voyage Dans La Lune
Grade: A- 10/17/2008
In contrast to how THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY doesn't really translate to 21st Century entertainment, THE VOYAGE TO THE MOON, a french film from 1902, does....although probably not in the way the original filmmakers thought. Watching these scientists jump around in excitement, and show up on the moon without spacesuits, only to encounter random villains that disappear with a simple stroke of an umbrella...made me laugh HYSTERICALLY. It is so juvenile and unscientific that it is a hoot. Props for the technique in making the film back in 1902, but MAJOR props for not realizing how funny it would seem over 100 years later.
1001 Movie to See Before You Die
Grade: A- 10/17/2008
In contrast to how THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY doesn't really translate to 21st Century entertainment, THE VOYAGE TO THE MOON, a french film from 1902, does....although probably not in the way the original filmmakers thought. Watching these scientists jump around in excitement, and show up on the moon without spacesuits, only to encounter random villains that disappear with a simple stroke of an umbrella...made me laugh HYSTERICALLY. It is so juvenile and unscientific that it is a hoot. Props for the technique in making the film back in 1902, but MAJOR props for not realizing how funny it would seem over 100 years later.
1001 Movie to See Before You Die