Pale Blue Moon

One of the nagging worries that I have any time that I sit down to watch a feature-length independent film is that it will drag its feet or not catch my interest until it's already half-finished.

Pale Blue Moon is that odd film that completely avoids that. From the moment that Simon Applewhite shakily begins to explain the Morgon (moon-dwelling people) invasion, to the marvelous ending (which I won't give away), I was riveted. Excellent writing, wonderful direction, and incredible performances.

Most noteworth is Ice Mrozek as Simon Applewhite. He is both endearing and annoying in his role and I honestly can't imagine any big names in Hollywood doing a better job. Remarkable and touching. Johnny Sneed is given the somewhat difficult job of playing straight man John Lefsburg opposite Mrozek's Simon, and manages to pull this off without being completely overshadowed.

The storyline, as stated before, catches your interest quickly and doesn't release it until the credits role. By the middle of the movie, I was completely undecided on who was sane and who was crazy. This was an excellent film all around and Mark Hosack is to be congratulated. Possibly thanked for a much more enjoyable cinematic experience than I've had in quite some time.

This movie is one of those rare movies you can watch over and over again.

Here's my synopsis:

From the dark side of the moon, they came for him. They always come in threes, never twos, never fours and under no condition do they ever come alone. These aliens, Mor-gons or Moonies, are staging an invasion to take over the human race.

Under the pressure Simon Applewhite is coming undone. He is arrested in Giddings, Texas, while tampering with a radio tower in an effort to block alien communication to the moon. No one believes Simon, least of all John Lefsburg, the detective in charge of taking Simon to the mental ward.

Simon believes he was infected by the creatures when he was young. He decides to kidnap the goddaughter of the man he believes to be the ambassador of the aliens before she too is infected. John Lefsburg is faced with the decision to either stop Simon or to believe in him.

A film about the unreal realities that abound through our universe, Pale Blue Moon will take you on a trip you'll never forget.

I have absolutely no idea who paid for these reviews. Seriously? How did this crap get over 7? who paid for these?

I decide to watch it on Amazon Prime - and I STILL wasted my money!

I watched this show for 20 minutes and I was ready to peel my eyeballs out just to kill the boredom! YAWN FEST! I couldn't continue watching this crap.

I didn't really know what I was getting myself into here, as I sat down in 2021 to watch the 2002 sci-fi comedy "Pale Blue Moon". But I must admit that I was expecting a bit more fun and laughs than what writer and director Mark Hosack could manage to deliver.

The storyline had potential, for sure. But it just failed to deliver. To me, this storyline was not entertaining, enjoyable or particularly enticing. I didn't really buy into the storyline and thus it was a struggle to sit through the ordeal that is "Pale Blue Moon".

Now, what made the movie crash and burn was the character gallery. The characters in this movie were just laughable. I didn't connect with a single of the characters in the movie, and I didn't really find any of them enjoyable to watch on the screen. And little did it help that the written dialogue was just rubbish.

I am sure that the acting performances were good enough, given the material that the actors and actresses had to work with; which was limiting to say the least.

Visually then "Pale Blue Moon" offers virtually nothing worthwhile of any sorts. In fact, parts of the movie were just filmed so shoddy that it felt like amateur night with a video camera.

Nay, "Pale Blue Moon" was a swing and miss. And it is definitely not a movie that I would recommend you rush out to dig up somewhere to give it a view. Much less actually having to pay for it.

My rating of the 2002 movie "Pale Blue Moon" lands on a two out of ten stars. This was just too boring.

I have to admit that I expected this movie to be quite crappy - but it's not! The characters develop really well and they're well acted. The storyline is funny and raises until the end in overlookable complexity. The plot was very well written and structured. The music was mediocre but sometimes fitting. I couldn't find anything bad about this movie besides one thing and that is why it probably got such a bad rating here at IMDb - it's the camera-quality, camera-movement and a bad color filter that was put all the way through the movie which lets that movie appear cheap as hell. But after watching it for about 15min you start to realize that it's and the other side rich on plot and well written dialogs that were quite interesting and funny and reminded of typical pulp-like movies. If you have the opportunity the watch this movie - do it, it's an unsuspectable piece of fun - keep your hands away if you can't stand movies with less enjoyable video-quality.