The Dish
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Movie Reviews of The Dish
Movie Review: "The pictures....they came from US!"
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Dish" is an amiable and "folksy" account of the part a small town in N.S.W. played in the first moon landing. It has touches of romance as the awkward Glenn Latham (Tom Long) asks the local beauty, Janine (Eliza Szonert) on a first date; comedy when the Dish looses track of Apollo 11 and they fake a transmission for U.S. Ambassador Howard (John McMartin); drama in the way "we stuck to it" and caught Armstrong stepping onto the Moon, despite the winds that could have blown the 1000 tons of antenna down and killed the crew.
The use of actual locations helped to make the film more credible and it was fun to see the Australian idiom translated for the bemused American, Al (Patrick Warburton).
The Dish a nice feel good family film, by no means great cinema, but a joyous postcard of history. And for some people, The Dish may put you back in touch with that sense of childhood wonder, you though you may have lost and the time when any adventure was possible.
Movie Review: A cute movie in the vein of waking Ed Devine
Summary: 5 Stars
The back storyline is of the use of the huge receiving antenna (dish) in Parkes, in New South Wales, Australia to pick up the transmission from the first astronauts on the moon. This is supposed to be a real story but it is as real as Donald Duck is.
This is really about people finding out about their selves and others through the trials and tribulations of making ancient technology work under adverse conditions. The story is told as one big flashback through Cliff Buxton's (Sam Neill) eyes. We see a loves lost and found story, a young lovers that are tongue tied story, a you are not so bad for a snot story, and may more stories of interaction.
Actually, the long shots that are of the real location and nearby are quite beautiful. In addition, who ever picked the background music to match the time of the story made some great choices.
Reilly - Ace of Spies ~ Sam Neill
Movie Review: Funny and fascinating
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie was great on a couple levels. First of all, it really conveyed the emotions and the world-wide importance of our first foray onto the Moon. By the end I was both smiling and a little teary with pride for everyone who participated in the lunar landing, and for humankind.Second, I loved the portrait of small town Australia. The characters were very realistic. I love the Aussie sense of humor and this film had me giggling quite often. I also loved the various quirky townspeople.
Third, it resonated with me as a scientist. The rush to get something done properly and on time, the frantic scribbling on a blackboard...these are all parts of life for me, and it's comforting in a way to know that even the people in charge of the big stuff go through the same frustrations and triumphs.
Obviously the end is predictable, but there's no way to avoid that. It's done very well in such a way that you can practically forget history and wonder if it's all going to work out.
Movie Review: An Inspiring True-ish Story
Summary: 5 Stars
When man stepped onto the surface of the moon for the first time on July 20, 1969, the entire world was watching the historic event live on television. What most of them didn't know, however, was that the images on their TV screens were being transmitted through a giant satellite dish that was sitting in the middle of an Australian sheep farm. The 2000 comedy "The Dish" tells the story of the less-than-brilliant men who operated the crucial piece of equipment and the NASA official who nervously supervised them. Sam Neill ("Jurassic Park") plays the Australian in charge of the dish, while Patrick Warburton (the voice of wheelchair-bound Joe on "Family Guy") is the uptight NASA official. "The Dish" mixes fiction with fact, giving the story both light, funny moments involving the characters, and exhilarating, inspirational scenes of the moon landing that many of us, having been born well after 1969, are too young to have experienced firsthand.Movie Review: The Dish Soars!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
The Dish is simply put, a wonderful film. If for anything, it captures-perfectly-that summer of l969 when Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin first set foot upon the moon. We see the event from the point of view of a small Australian town who happens to have the largest radio telescope("the dish") in the Southern Hemisphere. The actual moon landing is seen via grainy,often black and white news footage, which only enhances the nostalgia of the film. There is hilarity in the portrayal of some of the characters and there is also drama to underscore the importance of the event.Sam Neill and Patrick Warburton give stellar performances as one would expect. Musically, it scores well with great rock/jazz tracks of the time by Steppenwolf,The Moody Blues, Mason Williams,Blood Sweat & Tears and more. I was sorry this film did not get a wider release in the US.