The Cosmonaut (2013)
7/10
A Wonderful Trip To The Moon And Back
19 May 2013
Warning: Spoilers
I viewed this film with an open mind. It was funded by the world, and was free to download on Frostwire P2P sharing program.

The beginning of the film starts consisted of great film quality, excellent special effects, a really awesome score. The special effects would rate up there with any Hollywood production as far as I'm concerned. The score of the film is very beautiful and very well conducted.

This films delves into an age where the Space Race was the game. Apparently the United States won that race, but The Cosmonaut is an interesting story not only is it a film about a failed mission to the moon, but it is also about a love story between Stas(Leon Ockenden),Andei(Max Wrottesley) and Yulia(Katrine De Candole). The two friends make Andrei and Stas make a bet to make there feelings about Yulia mutual, in other words they have the same feelings for one woman. Andrei eventually gets news that they are going to the moon from his Commander of the Russian space program. (This is known eventually over time while watching the film) Andrei picks his best friend Stas to be on the mission and take the role of the first Russian on the moon. Things don't pan out well for the young Russian Cosmonaut, and we are left with him walking through an emotional field of familiar sites and sounds but not quite as he remembered things.

While these scenes are being raced across our television screens and into our senses, we see Yulia not being able to deal with the situation at hand and she starts to lose the will to live.

This film is directed in a very abstract way that has a very basic storyline, but is magically brought to life with atmospheric sounds, colours, and visual effects.

In my opinion, Cosmonaut is a very beautiful and visual film and well edited and scripted, with the help of people all over the world. Very nice to see this film took people from all over to deliver such a wonderful sight, and with no help from Hollywood, or any others like it.

Cosmonaut is very imaginative and entertaining, I would recommend this film to anyone. My only complaint about the film is the Russians speak with a British accent, but regardless very well done, and I think the films storyline is a message to all of us. If we all stick together we can accomplish anything. Hats off to the director Nicolás Alcalá, the actors, and to all the wonderful people that supported this film

Thank YOU! Thanks for reading Jeffrey J Turner, Canada
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