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The Dish is a movie about a satellite dish in Australia that is a part of Apollo 11, the landing on the moon. The satellite dish is located on a paddock in the middle of nowhere, near Parks. It is vital to the mission because it is the largest satellite dish in the southern hemisphere. When the satellite dish in the Unites States cannot see the space station, this satellite dish can. It also has video so it can capture images of the astronauts. The operators of the dish have to overcome adversity such as losing the space shuttle due to a power failure and high speed windstorms which threaten to destroy the dish.
I thought this movie was very good. It had a good plot and was humorous in several parts. It was a little slow getting started but then got pretty good. I really enjoyed when the satellite dish lost the space shuttle and blatantly lied to NASA about it.
There were several parts where the Australians in the movie felt they were being pushed around by the Americans. They felt that they were just as qualified as the NASA engineers but that the engineers looked down upon them. At one point in the movie, Russ gets mad at Al because he believes Al is not treating him with enough respect. At the same time, all of the dish operators feel a great sense of pride at being such an integral part of such a historic mission. They are honored that the United States asked them to help. This sentiment is most obvious in Cliff, who is the dish master. All in all, it is a good movie that I would recommend.