Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

Jemima It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

Aspen Orson There is definitely an excellent idea hidden in the background of the film. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find it.

Radioheadless Looking through some of the reviews, others have stated the same sentiment, but nevertheless, I cannot think of a better term to describe this, it really is magical.I was aware of the famous still of the moon before I had actually seen this movie, but had no idea where it came from and it ended up being years before I would stumble upon this. It should be more well known than it is.I watched the hand-colored version along with Air's score (marvelous), but it's clear: each scene is so carefully crafted to create dream-like sequences that are just so satisfying to watch play out...sigh...if only one's dreams could be like this each and every night!I digress. In short, this is one of the best adventure films I've seen and answers a question I've had since I got into cinema: Have motion pictures gotten better over time? No, no they have not. If only all of Méliès' films had survived. Thankful that this is one of the ones still around.

cinephile-27690 I saw this thanks to Hugo(2011), and it is fantastic! Film would not exist without this movie, Meleies was indeed a great filmmaker-a fiend and me looked up some of his movies. One was of a woman preparing for a bath-it was the first "adult" film. This man MADE cinema for what it is today. All classic movies you can name? It's non-existent without this movie! Whether you like it or not, you have to appreciate it for that! It's only about 15 minutes long-why not see it now?

He_who_lurks Okay, this movie is NOT the first narrative film that director Georges Melies created. He had previously adapted the story of Cinderella in 1899, in 1900 a biopic of Joan of Arc, and an adaptation of Bluebeard in 1901. But it is this film that has become the most celebrated in all of cinema. It's very simple story (astronomers going to the moon) but for the time, amazing. I mean, no one even had GONE to the moon by 1902.Before this, film subjects were rough seas, men playing cards, trains arriving in stations, etc. So looking at how film was before Georges Melies made this, you can tell this film was ground-breaking for its time. Watching it today, it looks very quaint (no closeups or medium closeups and carried forth like a stage play) but the sets are amazing for their time and who hasn't seen the iconic shot of the rocket in the Moon's eye?? So imagine this: You're walking along and you pass this theater. "Showing today: "A Trip to the Moon" reads the billboard. Curious of the title, you go in to watch it. And how astounded are you when you witness the multiple-shot, special effects, story extravaganza? It must have filled audiences with wonder.There are several different reasons why this was extraordinary in its day. First, (like I said before) at the time nobody had gone to the moon at all and the very idea of traveling there was most absurd back then. Second, special effects were still in their infancy. Third, films had no real big plots at the time; and this was one of the first films to feature a real, developed plot. And fourth, at the time most films weren't even over 5 minutes; this film is 13 minutes.A very sophisticated film for 1902, and a must-see for film buffs. An 8 out of 10 (might've been a 10 out of 10 if it had been Melies's first full-length feature). On a side note, one of the surviving prints is missing the ending, while another does have the ending, and another still is complete and is hand-colored.Review edited on June 19, 2018

isadoradestri The beginning of the 20th century and the idea of 'modern life' was being defined by the spread of technological revolution in the field of energy, transport and communication, and by new notions about the human mind, about time and space. People were being drawn in by innovation, by new technologies, by the desire of exploring the unknown. These desires were translated in George Méliès' 'Le Voyage Dans La Lune', and that - added to the fact that it was the first science fiction movie ever made, and the first film with a proper plot and storyline – was what made the film a tremendous success with the public. The story about a group of astronomers that travel to the moon in a rocket ship, explore its surface and return to earth with a captive lunar inhabitant fascinated the audience, for it was something never done before in entertainment history, and because it captured the spirit of innovation, of technological advance, and of discovery of the time.This is what made the film so relevant at that time, and what contributed to maintaining its relevance throughout the years. The fact that the movie has such great innovations and represents its time with such mastery is what makes it still worth watching. Nowadays, with the evolution of movies 'A Voyage to the Moon' might not be as appealing to audiences as it once was. But even so, it is a film that is still considerably watched and shown to film classes all across the world, and reinterpreted in many ways – for it was a pivotal point in entertainment development, and constituted the base to every new movie, clip or TV show that was to come. That is the reason why I enjoyed watching this film – not because it has great effects or plot, or is very compelling, but because it is– more than a simple piece of art – a piece of history. It represents the beginning of all film history. The same way historic events still have repercussions nowadays, so do movies. Everything we have ever watched and will ever watch started from that very one movie, was built on top of it, evolved from it. Even 110 years after its debut, it still has importance and influence, it is still discussed and studied – it still has meaning, even if we don't realize it. All those factors are what make this a must-see movie, a timeless, ageless one – a movie that has lasted a century and will last many more to come.