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Movie Review: Moonshot


Well, well, well, would you look at Mars.

I've been craving a romance movie for a while now and when I saw the trailer for Moonshot, I was like, yes. Finally! Something to see. 

Yeah, maybe not so much happiness after all.

Movie Plot

Following the evolution of earth in 2049 where Mars is now habitable and a plane ticket cost $950,000, two teenagers struggle to come to their reality. While one longs to go to Mars because he doesn't feel at home on earth, the other misses her boyfriend and decides to go and join him. With so many dreams on the line, the two of them explore their fantasies.

Okay.

Where do I start from? Seeing Lana Condor and Cole Sprouse gave me so much happiness.

You just have to love those two because of their individual performance in so many other movies. Case in point: Riverdale and To All The Boys I've Loved Before.

I didn't have any expectations aside from seeing both of them together. 

The storyline was pretty normal. You know, those regular teenage love stories where a girl feels her boyfriend is aloof and falls for the new guy.

The only new element was the idea of Mars. That's all. Nothing different from all the millions of teen romance movies we've seen.

I kept wondering, why can't directors make the boyfriend a cool guy who actually listens to his girlfriend and makes it work?

Why must the girl always fall for the new guy who just happens to magically get her through and through? Must the new guy win the girl? Must the boyfriend be selfish?

Maybe it's time for a new outline, don't you think?

It was comedy, love and space. Nothing much.

You should already know how it ended. Yes, the new guy got the girl after she went to Mars and realized life on Mars wasn't what she wanted.

I guess the main lesson was that life isn't always greener on the other side. You think you want to be with someone else, be some place else, but on getting your wish, you realise it's not at all what it's cut out to be.

Rating: 4/10. Really sorry, but this 4 is because I love Sprouse and Lana.

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