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good back-story, and good acting

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Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

"Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D" is a 40-minute documentary short film from 10 years ago. As the title states, it takes a closer look at the exploration of space in the last decades and especially on the moon landings. I myself am not the biggest fan of the concept of reaching new heights record all the time and that is probably why I was not too amazed watching this one. Also, it got a bit too patriotic occasionally, even if Juri Gagarin is mentioned in the closing credits as well. And the way, people who are critical about the actual moon landings are talked about is a bit embarrassing and lacks all seriousness.This film actually has quite a few people in here that also worked on the suer-successful "Apollo 13" 10 years earlier, such as Emmy winner Christopher G. Cowen or Tom Hanks, who narrates this one. However, Hanks is not the only big name here: Bryan Cranston, Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman, Matthew McConaughey and John Travolta is a collection of big names that you won't find in most Hollywood blockbuster movies. Anyway, this one is only worth a watch for those with a great interest in space aviation. The visual side is pretty good, but in terms of the contents I cannot say I was thrilled watching this. Not recommended.

The first time I saw "Magnificent Desolation" I was very impressed with it, in particular the "you are there" feeling of watching this in IMAX. If I had rated the movie when I left the theatre that first time, I would have given it a 10.But then, I watched it again. That was when I started to get annoyed with the film. Why do we hear the blast of rockets in the vacuum of space? And even the footfalls of the astronauts on the moon? Why are we being shown lots of cute schoolchildren posing for the camera, rather than spending the time talking about the engineering and hard work that made this possible? Why are we listening to recorded actors, rather than some interviews with surviving astronauts? And, to top if off, why do we have the melodramatic near-final scene of "what would have happened if...", instead of just documenting the incredible events that actually DID happen? Was reality not exciting enough for the film makers? So, I'm giving it a begrudging 5. They could have done SO much better with this.

Good flick, but now that the Democrats are in power, you can forget about the space program. They have starved the program at the cost of astronauts' lives, and they have interfered in every aspect. Why do they do this? Because they want to keep us bottled up in cities where they are in control and can suck the life out of us with taxes and fascist laws. So don't look to the sky or dare to dream, because they are going to continue to sabotage efforts to improve mankind at every turn. Cynically, they use the old wheeze that "we should be worrying about problems right here on Earth. They say this at a time when they have make stuff up using junk science, in order to have enough problems for a platform.

Today I took my 3rd graders on a field trip to see this film. We were mesmerized! I know that the kids were mostly blown away by the great 3D effects, but that's OK. Hopefully they absorbed a little bit of the science that was discussed.It is fantastic. People of all ages will enjoy it. I highly recommend it if you can find this film in your area.Two things I liked: the way To Hanks included the "first quotes" of other moon walkers (since the only one we ever hear about is Neil Armstrong's.) I also liked the scenario of what "could have happened" if there was a glitch with the moon rover during the moon landings.See it--you'll love it.