Apollo 18

Movie: Apollo 18

Genre: thriller

Synopsis: The premise is that Apollo 17 was not the last Apollo mission.  There was a top-secret Apollo 18 that made it to the moon.  When they got there, they discovered what would become the basis of the catch-phrase “there is a reason we never went back”.

My two cents: This movie has gotten pretty crappy reviews . . . but I liked it.  The big stumbling block is believing that - with all the hundreds, if not thousands, of people on the ground involved with an Apollo mission – it has taken over 35 years for anything to be leaked about it to the public. Once I got past that, it was kind of fun.  A number of real goose-bump moments; such as when the two astronauts in the lunar module look out their window and discover that the flag they planted is no longer there, or when they discover footprints.  I think this was much better than the critics and a lot of viewers) have given it credit for.

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