Review: ‘Fly Me To The Moon 3-D’

Ram Man:

Fly Me To The Moon is the first fully animated film created for 3-D. It’s 1969 and the USA and Russia are in a race to be the first nation to send a man to the moon. The same holds true in the insect world. Fly Me To The Moon tells the story of three young flies who make a courageous journey stowing away aboard the Apollo 11 rocket to the Moon. The film follows the exact NASA transcripts and rocket blueprints from the mission. The film is accurate and informative and will connect to a whole new generation by use of 3D animation.

Nat (Trevor Gagnon), IQ (Phillip Bolden) and Scooter(David Gore) are young flies with aspirations of greatness. Nat, after years of listening to his grandpa (Christopher LLoyd) tell stories of his cross-Atlantic flights with Amelia Earhardt, decides that he and his friend will be the first Flies on the moon. The three insects secretly sneak aboard the Apollo 11 rocket and are sent into a weeks journey to the Moon. Nat, IQ and Scooter, not to be robbed of their 15 minutes of fame, manage to mugg for the camera during a TV interview with Astronaut Neil Armstrong. Mission Control notices them and has the crew capture the flies in a test tube. Following a very bumpy approach and difficult lunar landing the three amigos are sprung from their glass incarceration. Timing is everything on a space flight. Nat is able to fly into Armstrong’s helmet just before he makes the famous walk..”One small step for man, One giant leap for mankind” I guess insect kind also. While Nat is out on the Moon, IQ is able to repair a loose wire that allows the mission to proceed as planned.

Remember I said this was a race. The Russian have flies too, big ones. So the KGB insects, seeing the same TV interview cannot be outdone by American flies, send their best agent Yegor (Tim Curry) to Cape Canaveral to sabatoge the misson and insure they will be the first insect to safely make it to the Moon and back. One of Grandpa’s old flames Nadia (Nicolette Sheridan) warns the old fly about the eminent disaster. Grandpa comes out of retirement with the rest of the family heads to mission control to save the kids!

Don’t get me wrong, Fly Me To The Moon is by no means Wall-E or even in it’s league. But it is an enjoyable family film that has characters the kids can relate to and enjoy watching and the 3D effect and historical accuracy will entertain the adults. So gather the flock and leave the swatters and the bug spray at home at this little cinematic picnic the flies are the stars!

[rating:3/5]

Michelle:

Three little flies are “haulin the mail” all the way to moon in ‘Fly Me to the Moon.’ This 3-D animated flick tells the story of Scooter, Nat, and IQ’s eagerness for seats on the Apollo 11 mission.

Even though the 3-D animation looks somewhat dated, ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ introduces today’s kids to the awe-inspiring achievement of Apollo 11’s historic mission. From NASA’s flight transcripts and original blueprints, the film’s visuals and attention to detail do the job.

The filmmakers even had astronaut Buzz Aldrin appear at the end to swat off any thoughts buzzing around in kids heads that flies went to the moon. It’s a film that show NASA at its heights….the days when Saturn V rockets ruled the heavens.

[rating:3/5]