Apollo 18

      I still haven’t processed how I feel about this one.  It was a very interesting idea.  I would like to say a very original idea except for the fact that I kept having thoughts of The Blair Witch Project (1999). Anyone remember that one?  Film students out in the woods, horror strikes, supposedly found the camera the next morning with some terrifying footage.  Well Apollo 18 is kind of the same idea.  “Decades-old found footage from NASA's abandoned Apollo 18 mission, where two American astronauts were sent on a secret expedition, reveals the reason the U.S. has never returned to the moon.”
      The film is set up as if you are viewing actual footage that has been uncovered.  There is old home movie footage to introduce the characters and then the rest of the movie is made to look like actual footage from the astronauts cameras. It is very well done in that respect.  The footage looks very authentic and old.
      Apollo 18 is really a first for both the director Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego and the writer Brian Miller.  (Interesting fact, the Blair Witch project was also a first for its writer and director)  I like to see new talent and then watch to see what they do next.  This is a very interesting movie with an interesting concept.  It isn’t very mainstream at all. It also may not really be for everyone. However, it is a very interesting movie all the same.