Fly Me to the Moon
April 1, 2010 | Posted by admin 
Product Description
Genre: Family
Rating: G
Release Date: 2-DEC-2008
Media Type: DVDAmazon.com
A digital 3D presentation that wows viewers with striking 3D effects, Fly Me to the Moon is a retelling of the 1969 Apollo 11 landing on the moon from the perspective of three young flies that allegedly hitched a ride on the historic flight. Nat, IQ, and Scooter live by the credo “If it’s not an adventure, it’s not worth doing,” so when the three flies get a chance to sneak aboard the space shuttle for a ride to the moon, all systems are definitely go. While Grandpa McFly and Nat’s young maggot siblings applaud the boys’ adventuresome spirits, their mothers stereotypically swoon and fret over their safety. The flies encounter several unanticipated twists including the trip’s week-long duration, a short in the ship’s circuitry, a Russian fly plot to sabotage their mission, and their mid-flight imprisonment in a test tube. Nonetheless, the flies manage to enjoy the experience of weightlessness with an in-space ballet interpretation of “Blue Danube” as well as an orange juice feeding frenzy. Fly Me to the Moon will likely spark new interest in space exploration and the United States’ walk on the moon, especially in today’s children, and the filmmakers made a concerted effort to present fairly accurate historical details consistent with NASA’s notes on the historic flight. There’s even an afterword from real astronaut Buzz Aldrin in which he stresses the impossibility of the existence of flies or other contaminants aboard the historic space shuttle. Fly Me to the Moon is fun entertainment for the whole family as well as an eye-catching display of digital 3D technology. (Ages 4 and older) –Tami Horiuchi
Categories: 3D Movies | 
Tags: Moon | 
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I enjoyed the movie; however, the vendor whom I purchased it from send me the 2D version and never responded to my inquiry about a replacement. I will never order from this supplier again. Amazon.com should know I feel this supplier is a sham.
Rating: 1 / 5
I saw this 3D movie in a row with quite a few other 3D movies, animations and fictions.
This one is probably the best one ever made technically.
And since the story is fun and well built, I can’t think of anything wrong in it.
Now, let’s go back to the 3D aspect.
A last, a director who understands that 3D direction is different from 2D direction.
I’ve seen a few 3D movies from well-known directors and let me tell you, some of them have no idea about this, they just keep doing their same 2D ways, and they don’t work.
In this one, finally, those creative guys have made their homework and the 3D experience is wonderful.
Obviously, the red-blue stereoscopy on the DVD is not perfect but still acceptable.
However, if you ever get the chance to see it with polarized glasses, do not hesitate.
Rating: 5 / 5
After reading all the negative reviews of this little movie, I felt compelled to add my two cents worth in favor of Fly Me to the Moon-3D. I saw it about an hour ago in the theater with my almost 8 year old twin daughters. While it is not Speilberg or Lucas caliber, my daughters and I thought it was very cute and entertaining-the story was simple and easy to follow for kids. It has just enough action and suspense to keep you drawn in without causing kid-trauma. The 3D graphics were really fun-some of the best I’ve seen. And what kid doesn’t enjoy a little gross fly-related feces humor? To put this in perspective, while looking for a movie tonight that would entertain, and not give my daughters nightmares, our only other choice was Journey to the Center of the Earth-3D. While I thought having giant angry killer fish fly at me in 3D seemed exciting, my daughters did not. That being fairly obvious, in some cases it is difficult for me to tell what will scare them until it is too late (and no, they don’t lead a horribly sheltered life). This movie is nothing but gentle entertainment. For those who may be looking for something more cerebral, which this is not, it is at least fairly short. It was over before I was bored. As I watched, I kept wishing my grandsons were with us ( I know, do the math- I have 8 year olds, and grandchildren who are 4 and 5 years old. Go figure.) That’s why I got on line to see if the Fly movie was available for purchase yet. I can’t wait for them to see it! So not to put a fly in the ointment of all the harsh critics who want to squash this movie, but I’d give it a big thumbs up. 4 fly swatters out of five( i took one away because Shakespeare it’s not). Its good, mindless entertainment, which is just what we want sometimes, right?
Rating: 4 / 5
You find yourself using the word “cute” to describe a lot of “Fly Me to the Moon.” The basic story of three young flies hitching a ride on the moon is cute. Most of the characters are pretty cute, each with big, soulful eyes and tiny hands and round heads. The general innocence of the film itself is pretty cute, as is the fact that it’s presented in 3-D. The thing is, cute can only get you so far. This is the third animated film of the summer to involve non-human characters in space (the first two being “WALL-E” and “Space Chimps”), and of those three, “Fly Me to the Moon” is definitely the least challenging and the least entertaining. It has its moments of fun, and I have no doubt young kids will get a kick out of it. But for most people, it’s really no better or worse than an extended episode of an early morning kids show. Some may even be bothered by its Cold War mentality, where Americans are fearless and heroic while Russians are vile and sinister.
The story proper takes place in 1969, just as Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins were about to make history on Apollo 11’s mission to the moon. In a swampy junkyard just outside of Cape Canaveral, three school-age flies decide to stow away on the mission and become the first flies in outer space. The leader, Nat (voiced by Trevor Gagnon), is the headstrong, adventurous one. The brains of the group is naturally named I.Q. (voiced by Philip Bolden), and you know he’s smart because he’s the only one wearing glasses. Scooter (voiced by David Gore) is the fat, timid one, and nothing other than food is on his mind. Already, you might have noticed that all three sound like virtual clones of our favorite chipmunks, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore; it may not matter a great deal, but I have a feeling many of the adults in the audience will get the feeling they’ve seen these characters before.
After a discussion with his equally adventurous grandfather (voiced by Christopher Lloyd), Nat, I.Q., and Scooter sneak into Cape Canaveral on the morning of the launch. Once inside the rocket, they hide themselves inside each astronaut’s helmet. The constant media coverage allows everyone in Nat’s world to see him and his friends go into orbit, including Nat’s mother (voiced by Kelly Ripa), a worrisome woman who constantly faints. She doesn’t see eye to eye with her father, always filling his grandson’s head with fantastical stories of real life adventures. One of Grandpa’s most popular stories is of how he was with Amelia Earhart during her solo transatlantic flight; he actually had to fly up her nose to keep her from falling asleep. We actually see this happening as a flashback sequence, and it culminates with a lovely shot of Earhart sneezing Nat’s grandfather out her nose.
Our three friends, meanwhile, are having their own adventure on their way to the moon. Little do they realize that, back on Earth, a small group of Russian flies are devising a plan to steal credit for the space mission away from the Americans. The team leader, named Poopchev (voiced by Ed Begley, Jr.), sends a spy named Yegor (voiced by Tim Curry) to infiltrate Cape Canaveral’s control center and alter Apollo 11’s landing coordinates. Will the Russians succeed, or will America’s indomitable spirit conquer all that threatens democracy? If you actually have to think that one over, (a) you don’t know how the Apollo 11 mission ended, and (b) you don’t see very many kid’s movies. Not that it matters a great deal; the very idea of a kid’s movie reverting to Cold War prejudices is not at all appealing. The Russian characters in “Fly Me to the Moon” are ugly, vile, and stupid, perfect fodder for animated villains. Shouldn’t we have gone beyond this by now?
The only Russian character made to look pretty is Nadia (voiced by Nicollette Sheridan), who Nat’s grandfather met in France after Amelia Earhart’s flight. After years of being apart, Nadia defects from her country to help Grandpa save the Apollo mission, which in turn would save his grandson. Why the filmmakers felt the need to include this character or even this subplot, I have no idea. What rule states that all animated films need heroes and villains? Why do they all need that kind of conflict? It seemed that Nat, I.Q., and Scooter’s mission in space was already full of conflict, especially when the astronauts realized they had flies on board.
At a certain point in the movie, the real Buzz Aldrin appears to make what can only be described as a public service announcement. Yes, it was cute that he decided to play along. But really, was that necessary? Don’t we already know that the men and women of NASA are brave people that have opened doors? And what does any of that have to do with flies? The animation and 3-D effects of “Fly Me to the Moon” were decent enough. I distinctly remember two scenes: one featured Nat, I.Q., and Scooter doing a zero-gravity synchronized dance to the tune of “The Blue Danube”; the other was a recreation of Neil Armstrong’s first step on the lunar surface. Both were wonderful to look at–the latter was oddly beautiful, in a childish sort of way. But for everything the film achieved visually, the story needed a lot of work. It needed to be less cutesy and more entertaining. It needed fewer clichéd characters. It needed to be less preachy with its patriotism. You leave this movie knowing that if the filmmakers had tried a little harder, they would have had something that could appeal to everyone, not just to kids.
Rating: 3 / 5
It’s been MANY years since I’ve seen a 3-D movie and never thought it possible to view one on TV. This DVD, however, is a work of ART! Kids and adults alike should love this movie, just as I did. It is possibly the best 3-D I’ve ever seen. And seeing it on a DVD, on TV, is just a blast. The story line is great and the cinematography is “out of this world.” I highly recommend it to the human species of all ages. You will never regret having this movie in your collection.
Rating: 5 / 5