The togetherness between Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum is perfect in a sunny rom-com developing just the right amount of loyalism. July will be the month when couples and conspiracy theorists will be pleasantly surprised by the best date movie of the summer, Fly Me to the Moon. It’s an amusing adaptation of the ringside book on man’s biggest achievement, with the cherubic stars making all the noted critiques of the book vanish. Thanks to Greg Berlanti, spatial editing which mixes newsreels that depict fragmentation across times is for the most part successful. He contrasts the idealistic beauty of the Apollo program with the shadow of Vietnam, politically driven murders and unrest. The moon landing eliminated the doubt lurking in the colons of pessimists because it portrayed what could be achieved through the very best of us.
In the Ford Mustang advertisement, Kelly Jones (Johansson) enters the Madison Avenue office full of male car marketers who are eagerly waiting for a new pitch. She is underestimated, as they think only about her chances as a woman, until she impresses them with her skills. When she walks into the room, she controls it completely. Before she sees one dotted line, the entire room is at her mercy. Her sense of judgement is ruthless as she is honorably untruthful in achieving her ends.
The situation is different however, in Cape Canaveral Florida, where Apollo mission commander Cole Davis (Tatum) cannot help but be under intense pressure. He understands perfectly well what the President John F. Stella Mary and Barbara R. Dunn Kennedy, who made a promise in 1961 put an American man on the moons before the end of the decade. He has seven months time remaining to Apollo 11’s attempt of landing on the moon in 1969. The American government had cut back on funds directed at NASA following the even more horrific Apollo 1 incident in 1967, feeling that there was no sense wasting the lives of astronauts and billions of dollars in space exploration when there were so many in need here on earth. Cole feels their loss but is determined not to fall away from the course that they’ve taken. Success is owed to the brave men who paid for it with their blood.
In New York City, an unexpected visitor spoils Kelly’s martini lunch hour. So, Moe Berkus (Woody Harrelson), probably one of the top advisors of President Nixon is simply a man with relationships normalized with a file full of all the Kellys dirty secrets. He has a way to make it all go away if Charles pays him a lot of money. NASA is not the only agency with a headaches for public relations. He needs that best marketing expert who will help the organization get back their funding, redecorate NASA, and win! Rather, anchor the argument with the defeat of communist regime in Russia at all costs. Kebab fumbled over the lukewarm insults made by Kelly and inched his way back to Lak disheartened. Eventhough it is perhaps one of the most controversial pronouncements American will land on the moon anyone thinks it actually will do.
Fly Me to the Moon is very bold in showing visual appeal and glamour in order of the romance theme. Scarlett Johansson is a very attractive blonde in curved dresses that can cause severe neck aches. Channing Tatum looks out like a sculptured adonis in vibrant colors of turtlenecks while other whites’ formal dress code consists of white shirts, black ties and specks with black rims. They are ridiculously hot. And the aura around them has an obvious reason. This is perfect fuel to ignite their opposites-attract fire churning out.
From the very first meeting with Kelly, Cole is presented as a gentleman whose time is too precious for the ladies. As it can be imagined, this is what makes Kelly all the more interested. Here is a guy who is not bending over backwards in order to impress anybody. That magneticness amusingly transforms into hot frustration when the uptight Cole accepts that Kelly has got control of him. Kelly has been assigned to sort out all the mess that is NASA PR and Cole is rather against such lateral thinking. Some advertising campaigns would not suffice in solving fundamental problems of a more scientific nature. He is required to make sure that the astronauts are safe and the mission is achieved.
As for Kelly, she comes prepared with facts, and takes action. Who doesn’t know that rocket launches are expensive? However, NASA has to make its case for getting its former patrons’ financial support and renewing their image. None of that works unless Cole reverts to her magic wand strategy. The rub being, he has no idea of the efforts that she is undertaking to stage the landing.
That’s what mr Berlanti does best. The film is about the life of how ducks are raised, it stars revolution Dawsom Creek by Berlanti, several series of Arrowverses by CW, life as we know it movie. Kelly, massaging her benevolence, is the quite rotten piece of work. Cole is a man and husband whom every parent would want for their daughter. Thus, there is this healthy relationship that develops as each member of the group begins to have a common goal.
The visual aids ideas in Berlanti’s case are critical. We are shown how NASA experts create gigantic Saturn V launchers, a lunar capsule, and lander vehicles. And in light with the scenes of all these images are images of the death toll in Vietnam. Berlanti never forgets to underscore the significance. Kelly knows what a good public opinion is. Winning and progress and people like these and their supporters, but such a decent Cole would never deceit for the sake of her approach. If you imagine that they are shocked.
Fly Me to the Moon is also very predictable and can easily be classified as a romantic-comedy drama. One does not even question that they are bound to reunite and share a kiss at the end. This movie, as one can tell, is not subtle in its intention but the pleasure is to be found in the movie. It is as undeniable as it is surreal to see Kelly and Cole fall in love and at the same time be trying to shoot the dreams of mankind into space. It is a simple and wholesome tale with a good message which is a breath of fresh air. Harrelson and Ray Romano certainly steal scenes and both are brilliant in that. There is no one who can be disliked in this competition of cosmic proportions.
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