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Vultural
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A few reviews . . (film or TV)
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3-Sep-2023, 11:33 AM

Destination Moon - 1950 - 6/10

Pioneering SciFi of early rocket to the Moon.
(Not to forget Méliès (1902), Lang (1929), others.)
This one is heavy on science, or Hollywood science, with technical difficulties explained.
Characters are stuffy at times, and the narration seems docudrama.
The effects are pretty good, the Moon sets inspired, as is the photography.
Even unexpected drama and conflict from time to time.
What surprises is how accurate some of the predictions were.
Slowish, but worthwhile for fans of 1950’s SciFi.