A Trip to the Moon reaction paper

A TRIP TO THE MOON REACTION PAPER

2013-68149 STS THY

“A Trip to the Moon” is an old silent movie about a group of astronomers travelling to the moon and discovering and facing a lot of challenges throughout the whole adventure. They were able to come across planets, goddesses, and aliens.

I think it was a trip to their idea of the moon. This film showed how people back in the old times perceive the moon. What they think life is like there, what they can see. I believe that this movie is pure imagination. A product of curiosity. If I were present during the first screening, I would think of it as imaginative, well thought of, and absurd.

This movie was made in 1902 and I believe the only thing people know about the moon back then is that it can be seen at night and it vanishes during the day. So, to be able to think that a life can actually exist there is something new, and weird. I would think of the concept as cute and purely fictitious because of their costumes and basically how they move and react in front of the camera. The film was meant to be light and fun.  Its plot is not even close to the sci-fi genre. It is a mix of scientific (although I think it was not meant to be it) and mythical (goddesses and aliens) elements. It was imaginative and well thought of. It was something futuristic. Who would have thought of a transport mechanism to go to the moon? They surely did with their idea of a rocket ship.

Overall, it was a really good movie. It just amazes me how people before make good use of the technology they have. Who knows? Maybe in the near future we can have real-life transformers or talking/flying cars. Everything is a product of imagination.