A Trip to the Moon: 1902

   At the peak of Georges Melies' film career, he created one of his greatest masterpieces entitled, "Le Voyage Dans La Lune" or, "A Trip to the Moon."  I believe that this was one of his greatest creations.  This was just a small taste of interplanetary travel that only mystified others during the early nineteenth century.  The creativity is so tremendous that, it makes you wonder why nothing like it's ever been remade.  Georges had such a knack for creating this dream-like atmosphere, and it is in this film that this quality is the most prominent.  The fact that you can see everything as though a drawing, is a wonderful concept to behold (and because of the detail, this technique actually works). 


   The story tells of six or so magicians/astronomers/space travelers who take off to land on the man in the moon (literally).  I'll have to admit that it was an incredibly magical concept at the time; going to another planet. And it is this film that treats it as such.  Now, although there is some dream-like sense to this film, there really is no competition when going up next to a film like, "The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari."  With something like that, there are too many superior techniques that are present in that film compared to this one, although their concepts and executions are all fantastic. 




I'm glad that this film was made because it sheds light onto one of Georges' dreams.  I think that he may have wanted to visit the moon, and if he was alive today, he may have been disappointed that not all of the ideas that he had in his film  were present in the actual experience of space travel.  Although this is certainly not a realistically scientific film, it was an iconic and creative one at that.  People have always wondered what the future has to hold, but nothing really turns out exactly as you picture it in one year.  


   The only single idea that should be truly believed in, is whats going to happen in 2015.  I can't wait to get my car a hover conversion advertised by Goldie Wilson the third, buy some self tying shoes, a hover board (the Pit Bull, obviously), a self adjusting, self drying jacket, and lets not forget the Grey's Sports Almanac so that I can steal it back from the 1955 counter part of Biff that received it from the 2015 counter part of Biff that stole the time machine in order to create an alternate 1985 time-tangent where he takes over Hill Valley, and burn it, but not after saving the other 1985 time-tangent counterpart of myself playing, "Earth Angel" and "Johnny Be Good" at the, "Enchantment Under the sea Dance", and finally running out of the tunnel that I was in when the Biff from 1955 was chasing me to watch the DeLorean get struck by lightning and receive a letter a few seconds later explaining that doctor Emmett Brown, has accidentally traveled to his favorite historical year, of 1885!!!!!!!!!   

Happy trails readers, in what ever you imagine to get there in.

8.7/10  

     

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