The Dish
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Movie Reviews of The Dish
Movie Review: Great Feel Good Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Apart from the fact that everyone working on "The Dish" should have be fired for their mistakes, they did at least get it right in the end. What am I talking about? Well if you have not seen The Dish then it is about time that you did. Basically the plot goes like this - A Dish in the outback of Oz is supposed to help NASA keep an eye on the Apollo mission when Apollo rounds their side of the Earth. Cue lots of little things like wrong equations because Oz is upside down, or is it Houston that is upside down?, and you got yourself a thriller.Its a simple story but a good story and a really feel good one when all is said and done. I loved this little film and so will you. Well worth renting and certainly DVD ownership is not a bad thing at all. Very nostalgic and certainly the sentimentality is well earned.
Great movie.
Movie Review: The Dish Delivers!
Summary: 5 Stars
With typical subtle Australian humor, The Dish is the true story of one of the elements of Apollo 11 moon landing. The year is 1969, and the music reflects this time period perfectly. The Dish refers to an enormous radio telescope in Australia, in the middle of a sheep paddock. This particular radio telescope was the only facility that was able to receive transmission from the Apollo mission on the moon. Through a series of mishaps, the crew of this particular instillation managed to overcome enormous odds to transmit live feed from the moon. This film never gained the popularity it enjoyed in it's native Australia, which is a real pity since it is just delightful. If you would like to experience a slice of history that changed the world in a positive direction, please get your hands on this film! I guarantee you will be pleased!Movie Review: An Unexpected Charmer
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought a VHS copy of this film two or three years ago, and it sat, unwatched, in my video cabinet since then. The other night a friend and I were shuffling through the collection looking for something to watch, when she mentioned she'd seen "The Dish" and liked it, and wouldn't mind seeing it again.
It was the perfect choice. Light, but not shallow, the film covers a few days in 1969 when a radio telescope observatory in a small, remote Australian town became a pivotal link in the Apollo 11 mission. The story portrayed is fictional- though based on some real events- and is really about how this event changes the people connected with it. It is unabashedly romatic, which at the same time true to the spirit of Apollo, and the people who supported the mission.
A delightful film for the entire family.
Movie Review: At a lowpoint for the World recalls a highpoint
Summary: 5 Stars
..."The Dish" recalls a moment in history where the World viewed, on television, a triumph of mankind. It humorously tells the story (embellished, but who cares) of how the television pictures of mans' first steps on the moon were captured by a Radio Telescope in Australia.
The comic aspects of the movie center on the culture clash between the sarcastic, laid back Australians, and the efficient, goal oriented American NASA guy.
However, the true triumph of The Dish is how well the director captures the excitement, happiness and magic of the moon landing. As somebody too young to remember the actual event, the final sequences of the movie were truly emotional. The feeling was of a world united.
"We came in Peace for all Mankind" seems a wonderful sentiment in these troubled times.
Movie Review: Fun and great history, too
Summary: 5 Stars
Saw this in the theater and enjoyed it again just as much on DVD. It's 1969 and the people of Honeysuckle Creek, Australia are very excited because their satellite dish will be used to transmit television images of the first moonwalk to the world. There are lots of wonderful characters, from the lovelorn engineer too shy to ask out the pretty local girl, the redfaced mayor with the space-obsessed son, the NASA by-the-book American who's been sent to oversee the Australians, and the calm bespectacled leader of the Dish's crew. When disaster strikes in the form of a power outage, the town's chance for fame and glory appears about to fade away. Can the intrepid engineers save the day? There's actual footage from the launch and moonwalks which are still riveting almost 40 years later.