Big vs The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
Big has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6/10 for The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon). The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon is the shorter watch at 9m compared with 1h 44m. The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon is the older of the two (1907 against 1988). Both are comedy, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Big
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon| Big | The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 1907 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 9m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Penny Marshall | Georges Méliès |
| Main cast | Tom Hanks, John Heard, Jon Lovitz, Robert Loggia, Elizabeth Perkins | Georges Méliès, Mademoiselle Bodson, Manuel |
Synopsis
Big
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
The Eclipse: Courtship of the Sun and Moon
In this film, Méliès concocts a combination fairy- and morality tale about the foolishness of trying to look too deeply into the workings of an unstable and inscrutable universe. At a medieval school, an old astronomer begins to teach a class of young men, all armed with telescopes, about the art of scrutinising an imminent eclipse. When a mechanical clock strikes twelve, all the young men rush to the windows and fix their telescopes on the…
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