Filmed in 1902 when
space exploration was still just a concept in everyone’s mind, A
Trip to the Moon exemplifies man’s creative imagination. It
captures the idea of the existence of extra-terrestrial life and the
possibility of humans living outside the earth’s bounds.
The first few
minutes of the silent film discombobulated me. I didn’t know what
the men were talking about in the first place. It was just until when
a man drew a moon on the blackboard that I finally started to pay
attention. The film, overall, is quite eccentric and ridiculous;
however, one must take into consideration the year when it was made,
more than a century ago.
If I were one of
the people who watched the first screening of this film, I would have
left the movie house in awe. The film would really make me believe
that there are aliens living in our moon. I would also end up
dreaming of becoming an astronaut someday. The ideas in the film seem
to be silly but seeing it the first time it was shown would make it
surreal.
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Jennylyn S. Cancejo
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