A Capsule to the Moon

by: Maria Teresa Llera 2013-40924

                The film A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune) was released in the year 1902, a year when man has not landed on the moon yet. People in the present, when watching the film for the first time, would most likely find it ridiculous and stupid because of many things, like how one cannot just live on the moon with his ordinary clothes on, or how it is impossible to go to the moon with just the capsule that the men used.

                Of course, people in the year 1902 didn’t have the same thoughts as those of the people in the present, and if I were living in the year 1902 and watched the first screening of the film, I would probably be really impressed. I’d probably be anticipating every moment of the film. I would probably be wondering for days if the living on the moon is really like the one in the movie or not, and if those insect-like aliens on the moon really exist. Most of all, I would probably dream of going to the moon, because I’d think that maybe it really isn’t hard to go there.

Going back to the present, I find the film amusing and creative, even though the first minutes of the film were confusing (I couldn’t understand what the people were doing. Also, were they wizards, gnomes, or just plain people?). Although the idea of the going to the moon just like that seems pretty ridiculous, one cannot blame people who thought of that, because again, in the year 1902, no one has actually landed on the moon yet. The film was well-made, to think that the technology in the past wasn’t as advanced as the technology we have now. Even though it was a short film, it was enough to entertain its viewers.