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Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Brooklynn There's a more than satisfactory amount of boom-boom in the movie's trim running time.

hipCRANK Finally, the faked moon landing conspiracy nuts get their proof, and then some.Not only does "Operation Avalanche" tell the cold war truth of America's ridiculous claim to lunar escapades, but it's also a nifty espionage thriller, complete with gun play and classic car chases. A pair of documentarians, originally hired to sniff out a Russian mole, soon hatch a plot to film the impending (impossible) moon landing with some clever cinema magic. A tricky plan for sure, but when spy agencies heat up the cold war plans, our filmic nerds are in for the ride of heir life.Filmed on crackly old stock, old school, old film, "Operation Avalanche" captures the bizarro undercover adventures of the CIA, when the fate of everything America felt near and dear to her heart rested on conquering a barren, grey hunk of space rock.Could this found footage documentary be the real deal? You decide, and along the way, enjoy the greatest in-car filmed chase since "Bullitt".

tonidanza101 . This film gives off the feel that this was a rush job to get a movie out to silence the hobbyists currently seriously researching this controversial topic. This topic is a serious one, since if it was truly faked, then this changes a lot, and the absolute kindergarten approach to the cinematography shows perfectly, that this was not at all a project meant to be taken seriously. If this was intended for an audience, then it was intended more to rubbish the allegations of a possibility, much like the films execution in itself was rubbish. I do not take anything away from the actors, though looking into the deeper meaning of both the organization in, and execution of the film on a whole, one is left thinking they could have fixed the garage door in that time, or maybe thrown out the garbage.Hollywood could make Transformers, a bunch of robots, look like the best thing in the world, but could not make something as serious as whether a supposed world power actually landed on the moon or not, look absolutely ridiculous...one has to ask if this 5th grade approach is intentional or not. Films like "Interstellar, Apollo 11, The Martian", have had loads of money, where we deny aliens, confirm humans being superior, yet here where there is a testament of the opposite, we use less than a million by the look and feel of things, to create something that could have been as creatively controversial and original in feel as Inception, yet fell as low in quality as the likes of "Jobs" featuring Ashton Kutcher. One is truly left feeling Hollywood is now hand picking the movies to be given high or low spend. Movies that relate to possible reality are thinkers movies. This is why the budget has always been so high. This shows a lack of respect for the notion, and sadly, the actors suffer.Some of us look beyond just the guns and swear words, and with much disappointment, this lacked the exact substance that makes such creations unique and in a class of their own.

EvilDeadChainsaws Just seen this, and reading some of the poor reviews the film is getting here on IMDb, I just had to chip in.I've seen my fair share of 'found footage' films, and many are indeed quite horrendous. Most feel the need to really push the 'found footage' angle by waving the camera around to sell the hand-held aspect, which just tends to lead to motion sickness on my part. This is far more subtle, while believably conveying the director's intent. I think this film is a well thought out and decently executed picture with much to recommend. For the most part, the stock footage and new footage blend pretty well, as do the period set pieces.As an amateur film-maker myself, I know how much of a slog it is to get a low budget picture made, and it's very easy to casually criticize someone else's work. No, it's not a nicely edited package running from start to finish, with all the questions answered by the end, and I never assumed it was meant to be.As a side note, I work at Shepperton Film Studios, featured briefly here. It was interesting to note that beyond not showing any cars, the studios you see here, looks identcial in real life today. Knowing how busy the studios is, and the low-budget nature of the production, I'm assuming they were very limited in what they could do, and couldn't really make any period specific changes.If you liked 'Apollo 18', or the documentary 'The Dark Side Of The Moon', you'll likely get something from this film too.Top work!

cosmicfish14 Forgot to do a review of this one when I originally saw it. But I also rewatched it at some point before I decided to write this review, so it smooths out. Anyways Matt Johnson's found footage mockumentary on faking the moon landing is one of the most ambitious yet amazingly well excited films I've seen in the past few years. He takes this crazy concept and is able to bring a level comedy, intrigue, and wit to it. It starts off a little slow but goes all the way by the first few minutes and is an absolute joy to watch. That with is attention to detail with costume design to the type of camera they used to some of the insane effects used in the middle of the film, there isn't a moment where you feel they couldn't do it because of their shoe string budget. Plus I love how they are to change the tone of the film without it contradicting itself. When it goes from a more comedic feel to somewhat of an espionage thriller is really impressive. Also its really engaging. Probably the best film I've seen in 2017 so far.94/100