Marketing maven Kelly Jones wreaks havoc on NASA launch director Cole Davis's already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, the countdown truly begins... Read allMarketing maven Kelly Jones wreaks havoc on NASA launch director Cole Davis's already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, the countdown truly begins.Marketing maven Kelly Jones wreaks havoc on NASA launch director Cole Davis's already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, the countdown truly begins.
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- TriviaCole's backstory is partially based on Deke Slayton. Slayton was a pilot in World War II, joined NASA as an astronaut for the Mercury program but was grounded due to atrial fibrillation, and became director of Flight Crew Operations for the Apollo program.
- GoofsA modern red LED digital countdown clock is seen at the back of the room in the mission control center. Such devices did not exist until several years later than depicted. In reality NASA used analogue countdown clocks away from the main TV monitors until well into the 1970s.
- Quotes
Moe Berkus: Pilots fight gravity. It's their nature.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Jeopardy!: Episode #40.216 (2024)
- SoundtracksThe Best Things in Life Are Free
Written by Lew Brown, Buddy G. DeSylva (as Buddy DeSylva) and Ray Henderson
Performed by Sam Cooke
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Featured review
7.8/10 (Definitely Recommend)
"Fly Me to the Moon" is a romanticized account of the Apollo 11 moon mission, and how they put a man in space. Despite the film's storytelling being primarily focused on a launch director (Tatum) and a marketing maven (Johansson), it truly pulls you into the overall story.
Scarlett Johansson and Woody Harrelson fit well into the story, but even after watching the film I'm still iffy about Channing Tatum's performance. For me he just seemed like a modern day guy who pops up in the 1960s and wears increasingly cliche "Star Trek" shirts especially when he wore yellow. Despite that that slightly ill feeling the overall chemistry of the cast was great. Tatum was really the only one who felt "out".
The cinematography along with the score and sets made it feel like the 1960s, but with a clean look. The combination of both archival footage and the modern film gave you the feeling that you were experiencing the Apollo 11 launch for the first time in your life. My heart was racing with every aspect despite the full knowledge that crew went up, stepped on the moon, and returned.
This film is definitely date night worthy as it's very much focused on the relationship between the two aforementioned work titles of Scar Jo and Channing Tatum, but it still meshes well with a historical aspect. The film also has rewatch-ability as I would watch it again.
Overall, there is a good amount to like about the film. The characters, the setting, and the editing are my top three. Definitely worthy of seeing at least once, and as stated it does make for a good date night movie too.
That's it for now. Thanks for taking time to read my review. Happy watching and enjoy the show!
"Fly Me to the Moon" is a romanticized account of the Apollo 11 moon mission, and how they put a man in space. Despite the film's storytelling being primarily focused on a launch director (Tatum) and a marketing maven (Johansson), it truly pulls you into the overall story.
Scarlett Johansson and Woody Harrelson fit well into the story, but even after watching the film I'm still iffy about Channing Tatum's performance. For me he just seemed like a modern day guy who pops up in the 1960s and wears increasingly cliche "Star Trek" shirts especially when he wore yellow. Despite that that slightly ill feeling the overall chemistry of the cast was great. Tatum was really the only one who felt "out".
The cinematography along with the score and sets made it feel like the 1960s, but with a clean look. The combination of both archival footage and the modern film gave you the feeling that you were experiencing the Apollo 11 launch for the first time in your life. My heart was racing with every aspect despite the full knowledge that crew went up, stepped on the moon, and returned.
This film is definitely date night worthy as it's very much focused on the relationship between the two aforementioned work titles of Scar Jo and Channing Tatum, but it still meshes well with a historical aspect. The film also has rewatch-ability as I would watch it again.
Overall, there is a good amount to like about the film. The characters, the setting, and the editing are my top three. Definitely worthy of seeing at least once, and as stated it does make for a good date night movie too.
That's it for now. Thanks for taking time to read my review. Happy watching and enjoy the show!
- PerryAtTheMovies
- Jul 13, 2024
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- Also known as
- La Otra Cara De La Luna
- Filming locations
- Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA(Shooting at Kennedy Space Center March 2023)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $100,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $20,532,222
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,402,176
- Jul 14, 2024
- Gross worldwide
- $42,225,354
- Runtime2 hours 12 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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