Blog friend Arto recently mentioned a film he liked called Europa Report. Last night I checked it out.
Fortunately it was available on You Tube as one of their pay-per-view movies and being relatively older it was just £2.49 to rent.
Europa Report is a film about a future space mission which travels to Europa, one of Jupiter's moons, to check for signs of life.
I enjoyed the film a great deal. The acting was good, the space hardware very believable and the dialogue propelled the film along really well.
As with all space travel its dangerous out there and Europa is no different. Covered in ice sheets and blasted by radiation in the movie, the task to find signs of life requires the mission team to drill through the frozen crust.
As Arto said it's very reminiscent of the recent real discovery of an underground lake of water on Mars and the questions that such a find poses for both space missions and humanity overall.
Less grisly than contemporary movies like LIFE and PROMETHEUS Europa Report is an enjoyable and convincing trip to this distant moon.
Have you seen it?
Glad you liked it Woodsy. It could have taken the revelation of what's out there even further, but that would have required another movie. What we get to see is deliciously suggestive and fullfilling at that - as long as you do not question the scientific grounds for such a phenomena!
ReplyDeleteYes, it was great thanks Arto. I even liked the final revelation! I'm looking for another film tonight to go with my curry!
DeleteI didn't like it that much, maybe because of the 'found footage' conceit, but I did like how it displayed the spirit of those scientists and explorers who were willing to give everything in the quest for knowledge.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about the found footage idea KnobG. Its been done to death. At least it wasn't a full-on shakey camera experience like Cloverfield, which was ruined by it in my opinion.
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