Alright first of all I never figured out how to do that review topic stuff so bite me it's a power star or whatever the best thing is.

On to the review:

So in short Europa Report is a movie about a privatley funded space expedition in the near future to go to a moon of Jupiter called Europa to search for life. The reasoning behind this is that Europa is covered mostly in ice but has shown signs in the recent past of having high levels of geothermal activity below the ice, creating pocket oceans. The enviorment in these pocket oceans would be identical to the deep sea trenches of earth, which we already know are full of life without a need for the sun since earths own geothermal activity keeps them warm. So in the movie everything used by the astronauts and all the information that created this movie is based on real factual science. If we ever did go to Europa, this movie provides an accurate representation of what the mission would be like.

When examining the directing style you will notice the entire movie is shot like a documentary while keeping a sci-fi action movie format. The story is told through flashbacks to camera footage on the ship, in the astronauts suits, and on the devices used by the astronauts. The narration of the story or explaination of events in the story is told through flash forwards to mission control interviews. The entire movie feels very real and nothing is beyond belief. If I had not gone into this knowing it was a made up story, I would have sworn this was an actual documentary.

The special effects are very well done. The set pieces are compact and yet beilevable, and the only slight touches of cgi as far as the enviorment goes contributes to the feel of the entire movie. At no time, other than once towards the end, did I find myself taken out of the experience. This was mainly because I was focusing more on the astronauts and their story rather than the story of the enviorment, so when the focus suddenly shifted I was shocked just enough to be taken out of the experience.

The Soundtrack is glorious. It is done by Bear McCreary, the mind behind the soundtrack for Battlestar Galactica.The sound design throughout the whole movie fit well and never did anything sound out of place. The resonating baseline set the mood well and fufilled the experience.

Over all I really enjoyed this movie. It reminds me of 2010:The Year We Make contact, and is one of the better space movies made in the last few years. It is definitley worth a watch and won't disappoint as long as you are into the whole space exploration genre.