Pale Blue Moon

One of the nagging worries that I have any time that I sit down to watch a feature-length independent film is that it will drag its feet or not catch my interest until it's already half-finished.

Pale Blue Moon is that odd film that completely avoids that. From the moment that Simon Applewhite shakily begins to explain the Morgon (moon-dwelling people) invasion, to the marvelous ending (which I won't give away), I was riveted. Excellent writing, wonderful direction, and incredible performances.

Most noteworth is Ice Mrozek as Simon Applewhite. He is both endearing and annoying in his role and I honestly can't imagine any big names in Hollywood doing a better job. Remarkable and touching. Johnny Sneed is given the somewhat difficult job of playing straight man John Lefsburg opposite Mrozek's Simon, and manages to pull this off without being completely overshadowed.

The storyline, as stated before, catches your interest quickly and doesn't release it until the credits role. By the middle of the movie, I was completely undecided on who was sane and who was crazy. This was an excellent film all around and Mark Hosack is to be congratulated. Possibly thanked for a much more enjoyable cinematic experience than I've had in quite some time.

In Gibbings, Texas, the delusional Simon Applewhite (Íce Mrozek) is interrogated by two detectives and he tells nonsense sentences about an alien invasion. He tells that he was abducted when he was a child by the aliens Morgons a.k.a. Moonies that always come in threes, never in twos or fours or alone, from the dark side of the moon. People should not look them in the eyes and the aliens communicate to the moon using the radio tower. Further, they can be identified through their right nipples.

Detective John Lefsburg (Johnny Sneed), who lost his daughter and has an unbalanced wife, is assigned to take Simon to a mental institution in Madison. Along their troubled journey, Simon tells that the powerful Frank Coen (Thurman Moss) is the ambassador of the aliens. Simon escapes from John and kidnaps the goddaughter of Frank. Along his journey with Simon, Detective Lefsburg learns the truth about the Moonies.

"Pale Blue Moon" is an amateurish and boring garbage with annoying characters and situations. The idea of an abused boy that has a distorted view of reality is not bad, but the screenplay, performances and camera work are terrible and painful to watch. My vote is one (awful).

Title (Brazil): "O Extermínio" ("The Extermination")

This movie is one of those rare movies you can watch over and over again.

Here's my synopsis:

From the dark side of the moon, they came for him. They always come in threes, never twos, never fours and under no condition do they ever come alone. These aliens, Mor-gons or Moonies, are staging an invasion to take over the human race.

Under the pressure Simon Applewhite is coming undone. He is arrested in Giddings, Texas, while tampering with a radio tower in an effort to block alien communication to the moon. No one believes Simon, least of all John Lefsburg, the detective in charge of taking Simon to the mental ward.

Simon believes he was infected by the creatures when he was young. He decides to kidnap the goddaughter of the man he believes to be the ambassador of the aliens before she too is infected. John Lefsburg is faced with the decision to either stop Simon or to believe in him.

A film about the unreal realities that abound through our universe, Pale Blue Moon will take you on a trip you'll never forget.

I didn't really know what I was getting myself into here, as I sat down in 2021 to watch the 2002 sci-fi comedy "Pale Blue Moon". But I must admit that I was expecting a bit more fun and laughs than what writer and director Mark Hosack could manage to deliver.

The storyline had potential, for sure. But it just failed to deliver. To me, this storyline was not entertaining, enjoyable or particularly enticing. I didn't really buy into the storyline and thus it was a struggle to sit through the ordeal that is "Pale Blue Moon".

Now, what made the movie crash and burn was the character gallery. The characters in this movie were just laughable. I didn't connect with a single of the characters in the movie, and I didn't really find any of them enjoyable to watch on the screen. And little did it help that the written dialogue was just rubbish.

I am sure that the acting performances were good enough, given the material that the actors and actresses had to work with; which was limiting to say the least.

Visually then "Pale Blue Moon" offers virtually nothing worthwhile of any sorts. In fact, parts of the movie were just filmed so shoddy that it felt like amateur night with a video camera.

Nay, "Pale Blue Moon" was a swing and miss. And it is definitely not a movie that I would recommend you rush out to dig up somewhere to give it a view. Much less actually having to pay for it.

My rating of the 2002 movie "Pale Blue Moon" lands on a two out of ten stars. This was just too boring.

I have absolutely no idea who paid for these reviews. Seriously? How did this crap get over 7? who paid for these?

I decide to watch it on Amazon Prime - and I STILL wasted my money!

I watched this show for 20 minutes and I was ready to peel my eyeballs out just to kill the boredom! YAWN FEST! I couldn't continue watching this crap.