Project Moonbase

What I liked about this sci-fi movie was the honesty with which it was approached. Nice visuals with a moonscape with rocks and a lovely starry sky, solid rear projections that didn't hurt the eyes, and a tastefully used rocket model. Of course, in 1953 there wasn't much awareness of what the technical facilities of space exploration should look like, so given the times, today's viewer must not be surprised to see astronauts inside a spacecraft launching from Earth in shorts, overcoming gravity at launch in suspended loungers with a belt around their hips, wearing bathing caps on their heads, let alone weightlessness on the Moon. Heinlein's (who co-wrote the screenplay) vision of a future where the world is divided into several rival power blocs and women rule everything is just a bonus. (25/12/2012)