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Moonfall, proudly sponsored by Lexus and Elon Musk.

A great big loud and entertaining popcorn disaster flick. Everything you think it’s going to be, it is. Loved seeing Halle (god she’s good, even though this movie is pretty trashy she still committed), loved seeing Patrick all buff and daddy-esque, loved all the disaster stuff. It’s kind of hard not to enjoy this kind of thing, it’s just so out of the realm of possibility and far-fetched that you have to…

Even by the standards of an independently financed $146 million Roland Emmerich movie about the Moon falling onto the Earth, “Moonfall” (solid title!) is still breathtakingly stupid. Every line is stupid. Every reveal is stupid. Every inference that conspiracy theorists could save us all if only people would listen to what they have to say is stupid — not stupid as opposed to being serious, but stupid in lieu of being smart. That slight yet pivotal distinction epitomizes the sheer…

“The moon must survive.”
“You’re part of the moon now.”

Knew this was sci-fi cause it starts with Patrick Wilson acting like he can’t sing beautifully. Elon Musk-worshipping hero gets a lovely, almost-emotional scene that is ruined by a weird “buhhh i got gut problems” joke. Michael Pena quietly sets up a dislike of guns just for a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it joke whose punchline is “guns are actually cool.” Advertising is so prevalent in this movie, Kaspersky and Lexus should get billing…