Film Preview: Fly Me to the Moon (2024)

Film Poster

Page Revisions:

(April 14, 2024) Original
(June 30, 2024) New Trailer (#2) — New Posters (#1-#6)

Release Date:

July 12, 2024

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “Marketing maven Kelly Jones wreaks havoc on launch director Cole Davis’s already difficult task. When the White House deems the mission too important to fail, Jones is directed to stage a fake moon landing as back-up.”

Poster Rating: C- / C / C- / B- / B- / C

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Review: (#1, C-) A lot of unused space, an exaggerated moon to symbolize love and a few other small affectations meant to convey the film in as few words as possible. If it weren’t so generally dull, it might have worked. (#2, C) There’s more detail to the background, which is nice but it’s a blocky unappealing waste of a design. (#3, C-) The first design but with less romantic tension, which doesn’t add enough to make this version better. (#4, B-) While there’s plenty of wasted space here, there are a lot of details as well, all encapsulated in a moon on a stage. It’s a solid effort that does what it needs to do without being exceptionally good. (#5, B-) This is less detailed than the prior, though there are plenty of elements to look at. The imbalance works for the design, but instead of feeling cluttered, it feels sparse and underutilized. (#6, C) The actors are the reason to sell this movie and that they will but a poster design with them looming so large and in an effort to seem modern, the effort isn’t terribly appealing, especially with the lack of details.

Trailer Rating: B- / C

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Review: (#1, B-) It takes time to figure out what’s going on and the over-emphasis on the faked moon landing premise distracts the audience from the humor that is trying to be put forward. It almost works as a trailer that will entice viewers.

(#2, C) Why the need for a second trailer is anyone’s guess. The first was quite effective. Rather than trying to do it a little better, they only managed to minimize the romantic element of the story in favor of the concept of a staged moon landing. It doesn’t set any stakes or build any excitement for the film itself.