Moon
My sister has been working hard over the past few years, getting over her aversion to science-fiction. She used to say that it was all mindless SFX-laden rubbish, but after years of protestations we got her to actually watch some science fiction, and she enjoyed it, so much so that she actually went to see the new Star Trek film and enjoyed it!

With her new love of sci-fi she suggested recently that we go and see a relatively poorly advertised film called Moon. I'd just moved house and didn't have internet access, so couldn't read anything about the film's plot. I assumed, seeing as it was released in July of this year, that it was a documentary/biopic of the Apollo 11 mission to coincide with the festivities surrounding that. So I was perturbed to hear my dear sis comment to our cousin over dinner in a restaurant that we were going to see a sci-fi film.

"Whoa whoa whoa, it's not science-fiction, it really bloody happened! Don't tell me you believe that conspiracy shit!"
"It's science-fiction Matt, it's about a man who lives on the Moon with a robot..."
"Oh..."

Length? 97 minutes, and it was good, although I can never take Matt Berry seriously after Darkplace...
(Dowbocop, Fri 28 Aug 2009, 12:09, 2 replies)

Hah!
Excellent film, at any rate; shame it didn't run for long. :-(
( benryves Now I'm radioactive! That can't be good!, Fri 28 Aug 2009, 18:50, closed)

Poorly advertised because...
It was released in the same week as Harry Potter 6 (which contains a *splendid* number of conspiracy theories, particularly in the book).

Counter programming my arse, as director Duncan Jones (@ManMadeMoon) tweeted at the time.

The Good Doctor agrees with your assessment of the movie btw.
(MartinB9999, Tue 1 Sep 2009, 13:49, closed)