# Moonfall - a single sentence review

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonfall-a-single-sentence-review/973225>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [October 14, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonfall-a-single-sentence-review/973225 "2022-10-14T04:18:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonfall-a-single-sentence-review/973225/21 "2022-10-15T18:39:45Z")

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> [@Czarcasm](#):
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> The best one line review was for the movie _From Hell It Came!_  
> “And to Hell it can go.”

My all-time favorite was from a gaming website a couple of decades ago: “_Dungeons and Dragons_ Movie Fails Saving Throw Against Sucking Ass.”

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonfall-a-single-sentence-review/973225/22 "2022-10-15T21:01:24Z")

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Famously, Leonard Maltin’s review of [Isn’t It Romantic (1948)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040479/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) consisted of the following (if the Mods will allow me to quote the entire text):

“No.”

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonfall-a-single-sentence-review/973225/23 "2022-10-15T21:07:07Z")

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I think that was also the _Rolling Stone_ review of a Yes album.

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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonfall-a-single-sentence-review/973225/24 "2022-10-16T07:53:30Z")

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> [@Gatopescado](#):
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> Certainly not calling you out, more curious about the backstory, but do you have a cite for this? I always figured it was the California one, since the band is from nearby.

Just goofin. We in Ohio try to grab credit whenever we can. The real mystery is how my reply ended up in this thread. It’s supposed to be the thread about sings named for cities. I have been stuck in Lodi. Hell, I was married in Lodi. Oh wait. That was Chippewa Lake. Close enough.

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**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2022, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonfall-a-single-sentence-review/973225/25 "2022-10-20T06:38:13Z")

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For most of the movie I was trying to decide which was stupider: Moonfall or Geostorm. I think Geostorm, but bless Moonfall’s heart, it really tried.

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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moonfall-a-single-sentence-review/973225/26 "2022-10-29T19:19:32Z")

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You mean Geostorm can beat the Space Shuttle blasting through a tsunami wave?

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