Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Classic Cinema
We are all used to big special effects displays in movies. I figured it would be nice for you guys to see where cinema came from. This classic science fiction film broke new ground in the area of special effects and cinematography. It may not look impressive to you, but these were major advances at the time.
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First comment ohhhhhhhh yheaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
I actually thought that this was pretty cool. It might not had as much dialogue as the movies we have today but it shows that even the original movies were good but not as well prepared as the ones today but show that they were trying to have great technologies.
I actually thought that this was pretty cool. It might not had as much dialogue as the movies we have today but it shows that even the original movies were good but not as well prepared as the ones today but show that they were trying to have great technologies.
This is the worst film ever!
This movie is beautiful, especially for its time. I think this because movies had not been around that long before this was released in 1902. According to Wikipedia.com films had only been around for not even about half a century before this film was made. Wikipedia also states that, "Some historians suggest that A Trip to the Moon was among the most technically innovative films up until that time" this shows how advanced and amusing the film was for its time; combining science fiction "dream big" kind of aspects into it, while using special effects.
This movie was actually quite interesting . It was interesting because it gives an idea of how they perceived the moon. Also it shows how much we have improved in our sciences and in our movies because we went from scratchy silent old black and white movies to action packed movies in HD with lots of dialogue. So it just shows how much we have done and can do.
I beilive that this must of been a huge thing for some people back then! If you think about it we only got black and white tvs about 50 years ago. I know to us it must be such terrible quality with the black and white and voice overs insted of people actually talking in it. also how there are so many bits and peices of clips on it, it is not just one big thing. we are used to such high quality compared to this! I cant imagine what it was like without the type of telivison that we have today
SHorvath said...
Shorvath, I do not think you are mr. horvath. If you are here are a few things. It is noot a terrible film it is actually verry interesting to see how far it has developd since then tonow. it might be boaring and hard to understand but we should apreciate what we have today. Also I whatched you put this up on the website! That is why I was all like "I am going too read the man on the moon" Also if this is not actually horvath I would suggest to stop pertending to be horvath. Also one more thing is you should give more detail and thought into what you are writing before you write it.
This was an interesting film for their time. They had black and white TV about 50 years ago and this was a great achievement for their time. Another thing is that you could tell that it was not just one big video but many different clips. This is what I think was really cool about it.
I thought for back then, it was pretty cool because they used special effects very well when you think about how much they had to even work with. Back then, they had almost no technology to create the kind of special effects that we use today in films. But, I very much liked it because it gave me an idea of what special effects used to be and how it has evolved.
I feel for that for this point in time this very big thing and i find it very interesting. There was not very much dialogue so i made you really think about what you were watching and figure out what the charactor are trying to say by there actions. I think that is was a good way for peoeple to be entertained and also for them to use there minds.
Kevin said....
" There was not much dialogue" i agree with him because the movie has small amount of words spoken. This movie makes you think and wonder what the characters are saying by their actions.
@usawildcat11
I disagree with you because that movie was boring and terrible! The movie was boring because it was black and white, had a narrator and had no meaning. First, the argued about going to the moon, then they went to the moon and finally they went home! Boring! This moon mission movie put me to sleep.
I thought this film was very interesting because obviously it wasn’t as great as the movies we see now, but I can tell that it was quite an achievement back at that time –when they made black and white films. I think it as an achievement back then because it had various backgrounds and many characters. Also the music gave it dramatic effect, and it told a creative story in such a short amount of time. It was interesting to see all of the differences between movies now and movies back then. For example, now we have movies with color, and dialogue considering this film didn’t have any; just a narrator. Therefore, I thought this was an interesting and creative film for back then.
I agree with you @Emma because I also think this was a very big thing/achievement for this point in time. They made a pretty good film for back then and included many special effects and music. I also agree with when you said that it was a good way for people to be entertained and use their minds due to having no dialogue and by only telling the story through a narrator and character’s actions. Therefore, I agree with you that this was an interesting film.
I think that it was very good for something based on the early 1900s. It was very advanced for someone flaming that they have gone to the moon and with people who believed hime.Also it shows how much we have improved in our sciences and in our movies because we went from silent black and white movies to colorful high definition movies.
@Anonymous
I agree with you because we have come a long way and we have made many changes and enhancements to the way movies are made today. Through this movie they showed that what they have accomplished the impossible, but of course if was science fiction and they did look like they were Merlin any way they wanted to do something and they did it.
I think it is amazing how far special effects have come. For example in The Trip to The Moon the capsule was shoot out of a fake gun with a small amount of smoke where as today it would be much more advance. Also in the movie their were aliens but they were just men in costumes instead of how now they would be computer generated images that look exactly like aliens. Lastly each scene was a set and a wall behind it. this is much less advance the green screens and big sets we see now.
I agree with Wooleywam because i also think that the lack of dialect in this film made a big difference. First ti made a difference because in the it was harder to understand what was going on and that bad. However because there was no dialect the actor had to us good acting to get the story line across well. For example they had to use body language, like a shrug of shoulder or clapping, and facial expressions, like a mad or surprised face. This really made the film more interesting.
I don't think that this video was as interesting as the movies that we watch today, but in 100 years people will probably be saying that about our movies today. It lacked details and color which are two things that make good movies. But at that time this was considered interesting because people had not seen things like that before. People see movies when they think that they are interesting, and they thought that this was interesting because it was not only advanced for their time and it also had a topic that they thought was interesting. People had never been flying let alone going to the moon so this a like a future fantasy movie for them. Everything considered that movie wasn't the most interesting thing that I have seen, but it was one of the few forms of entertainment that people had back then so it was interesting for them.
I think that these films were hard to understand becuase the narriator talked very fast and had an accent that was hard to understand. Besides that I thought it was pretty good for the time period, the effects were good but not like anything we have today. Like when it said the girls walked across the roofs. They actually did that but they seemed alot bigger than the houses. Over all I thought that the films were good. This is because they had good effects for the time period.
@Emma I agree with you since there wasn't much dialogue the made you think more about what your watching. This movie entertained and made you use your brain. Many movies today are just made for entertainment or learing about something new, the ones from that time period made them think in other ways. I agree with Emma because thmovie did make think about what you were watching.
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I agree with Kevin O because that it's cool for that time period and even though that there is not much dialogue, still it was pretty cool.
I thik it was actually a pretty cool film. I thought this because it had a lot of theories in it that we now think absurd. I also thought it was cool because it showed the inovation and the best technology of that time. this is why I thought it was pretty awesome.
I think that it was pretty cool to see the history that is coming out of this film. It had the newest technology that they had to offer at the time. This made it something worth seeing. It is kind of like how everyone wants an iPad but in a couple years there will be something better. This shows how people felt towards this film. It was a cool new thing that everyone probably wanted to see. But now we have cooler things that make modern videos more appealing to people today.
I acshuly don't think that was a bad prodution, I thought it was going to be floting things suspened from extremly visable wires, it wasent hafe bad.
never mind, I take it back: you can see the track that the cappsel moves on and that the house was a platform. If they tuke just a little more time then they could easly fix thoughs things
I think this movie is interesting. I think it is interesting because it was made in 1902, before the U.S. went to the moon. It gave an idea of what people back then thought of going to the moon. Therefore, since this movie was made before mankind went to the moon, it is interesting.
@ AnCh373 I agree with you that it is surprising that this movie had so many special effects. For example, the moon is animated. I did not know they had animation in 1902. Like you said, I didn't know the technology back then was so advanced to make a movie, let alone use animation. Since this movie is old, it is surprising there are so many special effects.
I think that this movie was pretty good, especially for the time period. Even though it was easy to tell that the back ground was cardboard and the smoke wasn't real; it was a big step to have any effects. Also the men in costumes representing aliens were okay, but for having this many special effect during this time was surprising!
@SHorvath I disagree with you because this film had a good degree of affects, which weren't around at the time the movie was made. For example, when the rocket shot out of the gun, even though it may not look real we all are almost spoiled with the effects we have today. Therefore, this movie WASN'T the worst movie ever because it basically discovered the special effects we have today
@SHorvath I disagree with you because this film had a good degree of affects, which weren't around at the time the movie was made. For example, when the rocket shot out of the gun, even though it may not look real we all are almost spoiled with the effects we have today. Therefore, this movie WASN'T the worst movie ever because it basically discovered the special effects we have today
I thought it was really stupid. Oe reason it think it is stupid is because I din't understand anything. Also it was't even entertaing, i mean why would you pay to see that. It din't like it at all. I din't like it cause it was boring and it din't make any sense.
I think that this was okay because you had to think. What I mean is that there wasn't a lot of dialogue and made you think of what the actors are doing without words. This was a good 12 in film but it got quite boring after the first three minutes. This is why I think that this was an okay film
I disagree with Kevin O because I thought this was the stupidest thing i have ever seen. I know it was back then but Even for back then that was bad. It didn't like it because it want good they switch to a different thing right in front of us and it just didn't enjoy it at all.
I think this production was very impressive for 1902. This is because even though there wasn't a lot of dialog and there wasn't any color, the way the characters moved was really different. It made you think about what the characters were thinking about and what type of character traits they had. It reminds me of a ballet because in both of them, the characters express their emotions and thought with movements instead of words and that is very difficult to do because your movements have to be really big so the audience can understand them. This is why I think this production is very impressive for the time that it was creative.
@SHorvath
I disagree with you because i thought this mmovie w as impressive for the time period. This is because nowadays, all you have to do to act is say a few lines and create no emotion in any way like most actors do. In this film, though, since there was barely any dialog, the characters had to express their emotions and thoughts with big movements. I thought this was impressive because
@SHorvath (my other comment continued)
back then no one had really seen a film and they had such a good technique regarding these standards. This is why I disagree with you, SHorvath.
@MR. Horvath
You are obviously a fake because the REAL Mr. Horvath loves us. For example, Mr. Horvath loves us so much that he lets us present a speech in front of the whole class by memory. Also he gives us grammar pop quizzes when he knows that we are all SO ready! In addition, he lets us read TWO classic books and a book club book in one marking period! If that's not love I don't know what is!
I am guessing that most people didn't even watch more than 3 minutes of this video because it was pretty hard to understand. For example, there is very little dialogue which makes it confusing because you have no idea what is going on. Also the picture was pretty fuzzy which personally was very distracting to me. Since this video is much different from movies today, I feel that most people did not get to experience the whole 12 minutes of this movie.
I thought that this movie wasn't interesting but what you could think about it was. I thought this because you could compare the technology from then to now. You can see how much we improved from pixelated to HD and 3-D. Our plots from then to now also improved. This was a 12 minute movie that wasn't very exciting to action packed movies that are 2 hours long. The movie itself wasn't interesting but it made you think about interesting ideas.
@Man on the Moon
I agree with you that the movie was interesting. I agree with you because it shows how much we improved in science and technology. They thought the moon had giant mushrooms and aliens that are like humans. Now we know that the moon is a part of earth which is coated with fragmented rock and dust. Our technology has also improved from pixelated pictures to HD and 3-D. All these interesting thoughts come from the movie. That's why I agree with you that the movie is interesting.
I think it was pretty cool for it's time, though it's nothing compared to our current 3D and HD movies. True this was the leatest and greatest of it's time so they thought it was amazing, we don't use speacial effects any more because we can just use computer genaration to make it much more high quailty movies.
@ Unknown 7 I agree with you that its nothing compared to what we have now, and that we now have awesome 3-D and HD movies and tv shows that are amazing. Those special effects in the movie we don't use any more because we have computer genarated effects and techonaly.
I did not enjoy this "film". That was 11 minutes of my life put to no use. There werent even special effects, and the backgrounds were just drawings. This compared to what we have today is nothing. Also there was no dialogue from the actors. That is why I did not enjoy this "film".
I beleive that for its time A Trip to The Moon, was amazing becasue of its special effects. In the movie the animation really is amazing at the scence where they show the moon. That small piece was revolutionary for the time, and if you think about it the moon with the moving face is something that shows spectaclular animation especially when, animation was a new concept for the time period. Therefore, because A Trip to The Moon has spectacular animation for the time period I belive the short film is amazing.
@SHorvath
I agree. This is because it was the worst film ever. It was terrible. It was black & white and had terrible graphics. I honestly think that this was the worst film that I have ever seen. That is why I agree with you.
@Anonymous I disagree about this movie being stupid because, it is only hard to understand if you are not paying attention to what is going on. When I first started the movie I also was confused because I wasn't listening to the narrator hard enough but when I did, it was fairly easy to understand. The movie is about a group of French astronomers traveling to the moon. The movie was praised heavily at the time for its special effects and animation. Therefore, I disagree with you that this movie is stupid because it is not hard to understand you were just not paying enough attention.
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I think that even though there is less or few dialouge, then that doesn't mean a motion picture movie or show can't be a goood one!
I think that people would be very happy with the film because they had never really seen special effects before. I know this because this movie was from 1902 and it said it was the first sci-fi movie and the first animated one, too. If I had never seen an animated film before I would have been amazed that they could make out the scenes fade in and out and such, so this is why they were probably very excited about the whole thing.
@panthers502
I agree with you because movies with little or no dialouge CAN be good! What about all the deaf people in the world? They can enjoy a movie even though they cannot hear it. And watching a movie in another language without subtitles is pretty much no dialouge to you as well, and it can be the best movie you've ever seen! This is why even though you don't get much dialouge in some movies they can still be good.
I thought the movie was good even though it was in black an white but i liked the special effects and the coustumes. I could barley understand him though
i agree with panther503 because he said that just because it has little or no diaologe it can still be good because peaple back then who watched this were just as happy as we are when we watch our favorite shows. This is why i agree with Panther503
Considering that they didn't even know how to film in color and with sound when this movie was made, it was very well done. It also was interesting to see the director's persecutive of the moon, even though no one has went there when it wear made.
@Pandanut12 I agree with you. People in 1902 would have been blown away with the technology, art, and story that the director presented. Since this was the father of all science fiction movies, it inspired and led many other people to fame and fortune, all because he created this 11 minute clip.
I feel as this movie represents how advanced our technology has come. I think this because when this movie was made, they probably had not been to the moon yet, and were just making things up on how it looked. Also the noise was a big difference, because there was a narrator, and no dialogue, unlike the movies we watch today. The music was very outdated, compared to our now popular auto tuned pop music. All of these factors show how far our technology has advanced since the first movie.
I also agree that there are some pretty cool special effects in this movie. This is because they shot the cannon out of the rocket, they had the moons face moving, and the moon was all made of special effects. It would be interesting to know how much technology they had at the time, to make the effects. For what I know, I think they did a pretty good job. I think that for the time period in which this movie was made, the special effects were pretty amazing.
I think that this "movie" had some cool special effects. One of them is when they shot the cannon out of the rocket. Also, the moon was made of all different special effects. I really wonder how they made the special effects because they did not have the amount of technology that we have today to do the different computer work. I think that yes, our special effects are more efficent, but theirs were pretty good for whatever time period that they were in.
it was 1902
@Man on the Moon
I agree wiht you when you said that this movie shows how much we have improved with our technology. I think this becasue the special effects were not as good as the special effects that we have today. Our special effects that we have today are a lot more efficent and clearer than the ones in this short film. Our technology has definetly improved over the past century+. This short film really shows that.
I think that this is a true testament to how much film has changed over the years. The quality of the film is quite poor in comparison to these days. Also, the sound is more narration than dialogue, like nowadays. One last thing that changed hugely was the special effects. In the film, the effects looked really fake, whereas in film today, it actually looks real. This is how it shows how fil has changed so much.
@Ali M.
I completely agree with you that this film shows how much technology has changed throughout the years. In this movie, there was mainly narration as opposed to dialogue. Also, there was obvious effects that were very visible whereas it's hard to tell where the special effects actually are, now. These are some of the ways that is movie shows the advances that we've had in cimematography since then.
I think that since the movie was made in such an old time period, that they did a pretty good job. Many things have were very different though. The effects looked not real, and the movie was all in black and white, which made it look much older then movies today. In the movie when the rocket was blasted off, it looked very fake as the people got out of the rocket. Also the movie would look like it stopping and then starting again, which goes along with quality of the movie. Therefore, the movies then are very different then the movies we have now.
@SirAwesome. I agree with you because I agree the special effects looked very fake, and that film has changed so much from then to now. I agree with you because some parts of the film looked very fake and very staged. Now a days people have the high tech equipment to make the effects look as real as possible. This is why very much agree with you that the special effects have changed very much from then to today.
@Cav98
I totally agree with you because of how different and more impressive it has gotten over all of these years. When one of them died, they just put a big cloud of smoke, whereas today, they have lots of fake blood. The special effects in movies and been very much improved and I can not wait until it gets better!
I think that the "film" is very interesting. I think this because it was an amazing achievement at that time (1902). It really was an achievement because throughout the film, it had many backgrounds, some characters, and dramatic music. The film told what could have been a long story into 11 minutes. This is why I think it was an interesting film to watch.
My first impression of this movie made me think of how much movies have advanced in the past hundred years or so. "A Trip to the Moon", is a great example of that. The very first movies went from movies like these, without sound, without special effects, and with black and white pictures which all totaled out for a movie of about 12 minutes long, whereas today, we have suround sound theaters and home systems with vibrant color, state of the art special effects, and movies that can stretch for 3 hours. Therefore, the first thing that came to me as I was wathcing this movie was how much movies have advanced in the last century.
I think that, although this movie didn't seem very impressive, I thought that it was very advanced for that time period. At time, there were no computers, phones or even airplanes, and the fact that they were able to make film with special effects, with no editing devices is pretty amazing. Also the film was about space travel, which had never been done at that time. So I think that the movie was pretty impressive for what was available when it was filmed.
@ Kate O
I agree with you when you say that for their time period, the producers of the movie, "A Trip to the Moon", completed a spectacular feat. Even though this movie might look incredibly fake in comparison with today's movies, it was really a novel concept and an unexplored field of interest in those days. For these reasons do I agree with you when you say that the makers of "A Trip to the Moon", did a good job for that day and age.
@Cav98
I agree with you because you said that its amazing for how far the special effects have advanced. In those years, when people "died", there would be smoke, but in these days, there would be fake blood. For aliens, they used people in costumes, but today we would have used computer generated images. Film-makers today used special effects to the extreme but back then, they used as much special effects as they could with the technology they had.
I agree with u don't know me because I think this movie shows how much our technology has advanced. In this film, the sound is not very clear, its black and white and there wasn't any technology to edit it. Now if you were to go see a movie, there's huge theater where your surrounded in large speakers a giant screen with very precise editing, lots of incredible color and effects, and it's over all amazingly advanced. There's a big difference in the "Trip to the Moon" film and movies now, so we've advanced alot.
This was a lazy accuse for a film. I didn't even watch the whole thing it was so bad! I know that it was a "major improvement" for films back then, but it was just terrible overall, the graphics where awful,the dialogue was atrocious, and the storyline was just bad in general. that is why I thought this film was one of the worse things I have ever seen.
@ SHorvath I could agree with you more this "film" made me want to slit my wrist. It had bad quality and a terrible overall storyline. I think if they made it at least a little more interesting and likable it would make me change my mind about it.
I agree with Kevin O said...
"e original movies were good but not as well prepared as the ones today but show that they were trying to have great technologies." I agree with this statement because for its time according to experts "Some historians suggest that A Trip to the Moon was among the most technically innovative films up until that time" This shows how A Trip To The Moon was "good" for its time but not as "prepared" as today's movies because they did not have the visual effects we do today but this movie introduced some new effects that furthered the movie making industry.
I think that this video is amazing. This is because before, they didn't have cars, or smartphones, or laptops. Life was hard! This video was a big, BIG ebolution in history, being the first ever automated film and first sci-fi film. This was said already, but the first viewers of this film must have been amazed by the smoke and the backgrounds. It was something that even I enjoyed, technology or no technology. I would actually enjoy seeing some more!
@Ryan Tedesco
I do not agree with you at all. This film was not pointless and life doesn't always have a gun shooting at your right side, and an eclipse on your left. This was a very big advancement for the early 1900's. Many people could not believe their eyes in this film where they saw all the fake smoke, and guns, and fading and moving. You would be surprised if you were in their position.
I think that this movie was un-realistic. I think this because in the movie, they used a giant gun to fire the scientists into space and onto the moon. This is unrealistic because even the largest modern day cannons can only shoot their bullets maybe 20 miles and the distance from the earth to the moon is 238,857 miles and that is a large difference. Another reason why the movie is unrealistic is because in the movie the bullet grew very large when it hit the moon. the moon became soft and had a face but scientists today can prove that the moon is made from nothing but dust and rock.
@Kirillr98
I agree with you that they did the best that they could at the time. I think this because in the 1900's, this was the first film of its time, and that itself is a major breakthrough in movie technology. This short film probably made just as much of a trend as "avatar" or even a long time ago "the wizard of oz" This is because nobody had done it before so it was exciting and new.
I think this film was the inspiration of many other science fiction movies. This seemed to be the start of something new for cinemas, and even though it doesn't look impressive to us, it was most likely a big deal for all of the others in that time period. This movie could have led to Star Wars, Back to the Future, and many movies that are really well known today. Overall although this seems like a bit of a boring and cheesy cinema advance, it sparked many different sic fi movies after it.
@ The1,
Although this film was very unrealistic, I fell like that was the main starting point for other science fiction films. Not everything in science fiction is real, and most of the time it's completely unrealistic and so out there that we think it's impossible. But that is what makes science fiction so interesting to us. It contains things we never though could happen, and we love the feeling of discovery. In the end, the unrealistic aspects in sic fi cinematography will keep that genre fresh, and new every time.
This was an interesting video considering their time period. It's definitely not one our movies but its still good.Some poeple think this is a terrible movie but you only think that because your not used to these movies.
@AVgleek...
I agree with you about the inspiration to other science fiction movies.Also I agree that it might of led to Star a Wars,Back to the Future,and etc.
This was something new for cinemas.
I thought the film was full fun, comedy and action! I thought so because the astronomers were running around like crazy (action+comedy), the part were the bullet is shot out of the cannon, the part of the bullet "kissing" the moon's eye, and of course the little alien star people were all funny, fun, and action packed! I think that even though it was in black and white, one of the best 11 minute movies i've ever watched!! thank you Horvath!
@ Stephanie Z.
i totally agree with you; life was hard. to prove this I have more items to add to your list: they didn't have tv they had to go to a movie theater to see this. also they didn't have CELLPHONES much less smart phones; thats right no texting or IMs. you actually had to ask an operator to connect you to the other person! yes life was hard; but it had it's rewards like making a funny entertaining movie!
i think it must have been super amazing for people to see these new affects added to the movies. i think this because if i were there i would have probably believed it was real since i had never seen a better movie based on added affects.
To be honest, there was little dialogue in the 11 minute span 'film' The narrarator also talked quite fast. But looking deep into the meaning, the advances we have broke into is very outstanding. The exquisiteness of the excel in technology is very prodigious . Honestly, I am astonished about this. How advanced we have gotten over the years, just in flight. Therefore, I found this a little boring, yet, very remarkable because of the advancing over the years.
To be honest, there was little dialogue in the 11 minute span 'film' The narrarator also talked quite fast. But looking deep into the meaning, the advances we have broke into is very outstanding. The exquisiteness of the excel in technology is very prodigious . Honestly, I am astonished about this. How advanced we have gotten over the years, just in flight. Therefore, I found this a little boring, yet, very remarkable because of the advancing over the years.
I think this was pretty interesting. It showed what movies were like back 110 years ago and how simple it was. There was also no dialogue and just narration and music. Nowadays, we have 3D movies and special effects. I also think it is interesting how they used a cannon to launch the rocket and how they thought the surface of the moon looked like. I think it was pretty interesting.
@Kevin O.
I agree with you that this was pretty cool. There was not a lot of dialogue. It was not very well produced. The effects were bad for our age but the idea was good and the actual movies was great for when it came out.
I feel that this video was very hard to follow. I think that because there was no talking they just swung around there hands while the narrator said every thing. I think this was a problem because most of the time i was trying to figure out what the person was doing.
I thought that this film was cool, but I got bored at a few parts. I liked the part when they made it to the moon, which I thought was funny. Also, as science fiction, how do they breathe on the moon? A part I didn't like was at the beginning when they spent 5 minutes talking in an observatory, which was boring. Even though I think that this film was not the best thing in the world, I guess I would have enjoyed it much more if I was around when it first came out and it was the only thing to watch. Therefore, even though this film isn't the best thing in the world, I think that it was a very good film for when it originally came out.
@ panthers503
I agree with you that even though the film has very little speech, that is not what is needed to make a film good. I thought this film was good for its time, and now that I think about it I'm guessing that this came out right after silent movies, because it has so few words. It may even be called a silent movie as no one in it talks, just a narrator. In addition, this film came out a very long time ago, when it took a very long period of time to make a film like this. They didn't even have color TV yet! That is just another aspect that shows that this film is very old and shows how had it was to make this film. Therefore, since the film is old and very good for its time, I do not think that the amount of speech mattered, just that the film was made the best it could.
I thought that this video was very interesting but very boring also. The music made it very dull and boring and made me want to go to sleep.It was cool how everybody was so excited about the trip and everybody helped build the rocket. I wouldn't recommend this video to anyone because it is very boring to watch and it is hard to understand and i cannot even tell if it is fake or not and it doesn't look like the moon. Those creatures.......What are they?
I agree with you Avacado because it was very boring at some parts and ya your right how do they breathe on the moon? The music in the observatory was very boring and made me want to fall asleep and plug my ears and you couldn't even understand the narrator. I agree with you when you say that more people would have liked it when it first came out because that would have been the only thing that they could have been watching also.
I thought this classic cinema was very amusing and well made for the time period it was created. I would have preferred if there was no narrator like there would have been originally because I would have liked to try and figure out what was happening without the aid of the narrator. In some parts, I got a little bit bored but in a whole I thought all of the characters and sets were interesting and had a good approach on the moon for not knowing much about it.
@Logan S, I agree with you that it was interesting yet in some parts boring, but for the time it was created, music was the only thing they could add. This was a silent film and the narrator was later added to help the audience understand what was going on. The reason why it looks fake is because in the time period when this was created (1902) they didn't have all the cool effects and action studios that we have now, and the moon looked very different because it was the directors interpretation of the moon. So, I agree with you that this might not have been as exciting as Final Destination or Star Wars, but for 1902, this is very advanced.
I thought this cinema movie was very good for its time. It seems very old but has good special effects for its time. It does not have a lot of dialog so it's more like a silent movie almost.
@chocoholicdancer13 I agree with you it is very amusing and well made. The scientists don't know what the heck is going on and the special effects are very good. One example would be when the shell lands in the moons eye and the moon has a moving face.
I believe that this film, while rather dry in plot, was rather interesting in the fact of how advanced it must have been in its time and how much we improved we have become because of the look and quality of the video. This video's quality seems very old and vintage with its black and white, gritty image, but seems like it would have been one of the best and fascinating things back then. The quality of this video reminds me though how how far we advanced in technology with our action packed special effects and colored images. Therefore, this video was actually very interesting because it shows how we have advanced in technology today.
@Kate O.
I agree with your opinion because you said that for such a old movie, the people did a good job. You said that, "The effects looked not real, and the movie was all in black and white, which made it look much older then movies today." You also said, "Also the movie would look like it stopping and then starting again, which goes along with quality of the movie." Therefore, since I also thought that this movie was good and was very different from our movies today, I agree with your comment.
@Kevin O, I agree with you. I agree it's cool because it doesn't have as much dialogue,compared to the movies we had today. But, that came out in 1902 which was good for back then. I can also see they tried having good teleology which was a success. That's why I agree with you it's cool, because it's interesting to see how far we've come since 1902!
Overall, I think this video is amazing. The quality, is very good for back then, I also think it's amazing that this video is only a little over a hundred years old. Some of us, probably have great grandparents that lived in that time, or even grandparents! That's why I find it amazing, we most likely have close relatives that were use to films like those, and we kids can’t imagine what it’s like to watch a film like that, since we are much more advanced nowadays.
I kind of didn't like this film. I didn't like it because it wasn't what I see science fiction as being. To me, it was more of a funny little clip.
@Muffin Man 101
I agree with you that this was not as interesting as a normal science fiction film would be. This movie is very unrealistic and usually most science fiction films would not have a face on the moon.
Personally, I think this video was actually pretty interesting. Although back then they had nothing like our modern technology and computer effects that we use today, it was still really amazing for something that was made about 100 years ago. It was cool to watch this old video and compare it to modern-day, to get to see the differences and changes between films back then and films now.
@Anonymous, I agree with your statement. You said, "we kids can’t imagine what it’s like to watch a film like that, since we are much more advanced nowadays." This is definitely true. There are all of these high tech items people are using all over the world every day. We probably wouldn't be able to picture ourselves living the way they did in the 1900's. Everything was so different.
I agree that this was an advancement for the time. Since we now have computers with color so we can't imagine that this was enjoyable. Also we can watch movies instantly while back then families would have to meet at a certain time to watch a show on tv. There also wasn't a pause or record button.
I felt that this film was very interesting because I got to see the special effects that were used before the modern special effects we are accustomed to today. The scene in which the rocket ship landed on the moon, and it says "suddenly the shell pierces the eye of the moon" was very fascinating in the way they were able to make the moon's "face" move, and how the rocket ship glided to a stop on the moon's surface. In today's films on the other hand, most of the special effects are computer generated. Therefore, since I got to see the special effects used in this film, and compare it to the effects we normally see today, I thought this film was very captivating.
I thought the movie was marvelous because I had the chance to experience the actual quality of the old film, and compare it to modern film. "The Trip to the Moon" was all in black and white, which I personally find charming, and was also grainy and had black splotches in the middle of scenes. Modern cinema on the other hand usually has all color films with clear pictures and a HD view. Although I do like seeing movies with clear and understandable pictures, I also love seeing the old film look with black and white, and slightly grainy pictures as well. Therefore since I was able to see the overall quality of the older movie, and compare it to modern cinema, I thought the movie was stunning.
I think that the film,"A Trip To The Moon," was a very cool movie. I think that the movie was quite interesting the way that it was filmed. The one thing that I didn't like about this movie was that you couldn't hear any of the voices that were in the movie. All you cloud hear was the narrorarrorater speaking iv the flo. I thought this was a very interesting film and i enjoyed watching it.
@Candy S. I agree with you when you say that this was a marvelous movie and it was very charming because of the black and white. Also it was vey cool because it looked like a bunch of pictures being played through really fast. I also agree with you when you said that you likes to watch both of the movies, the modern films are great to watch and very entertaining and I have great respect for the black and white movies. The old movies took a lot of effort and were amazing. These are the reasons why I agree with you Candy S.
@ alcatrazjail
I disagree with you because this movie was not good or interesting. Even for its time period it wasn't good they could have done a lot better.
I think that there are great special effects because it was made long ago. For example, they were able to make the "face" of the moon move, which doesn't look too unrealistic especially for a long time ago. Also, the rocket landed in another place, which is a special effect, and although it looks super cheesy, it was probably really good for back then. Therefore, considering how long ago this movie was made, there were pretty great special effects, that probably very appealing to viewers.
@Candy S
I agree that it was interesting to view a black and white movie because it's cool to compare movies now, and movies back then. Like you said, modern day movies are colorful,and have pretty good looking effects (most of the time). But it's interesting to see an old movie, and to understand how amazing it probably was for people to see at that current time. Therefore, it's really cool to see and compare movies now and movies then because of how different they are, and because of they are unique in their own ways.
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