A Trip to the Moon

I must be honest, I do not have the attention span to watch silent films. Much like podcasts, I tend to drift away in the middle, finding it hard to come back when I realize it. Given the premise of the reaction paper, I did my best to focus on the movie, put myself in the shoes of a person living at the start of the 20th century, never having seen 3D movies, colored movies even, or movies with dialog.

Each scene makes me wonder how much time and effort goes into completing all the props and the backdrops. The face of the moon still amazes me, it's the first time I've ever seen such kind of animation. The pain in the face of the moon was so human-like! When the bullet spaceship then opened on the surface of the moon, I was in awe because it looked like a tiny bullet that was just focused really closely, and when the people came out, for a second I wondered how they shrunk the people. The umbrella turning into a mushroom, and the moon alien turning into dust is also something new to me. The movie was so entertaining and it kept me hooked. I want to see more films like this in the future!

Lizabeth Ann Franco

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