Review of First Man (2018) by Superkev — 20 Nov 2018
First Man went to great lengths to highlight in lengthy detail every major failure of the space program up to Apollo 11 with no balance to it. This movie spent zero time on any of the successes until the end with the successful landing on the moon.
The movie itself is well made, well acted and the special effects were fine. This is this movie depicted an complete rotten life for Neil Armstrong that seemingly turns him into this nearly emotionless stoic.
They should have mixed in a little bit more of the Right Stuff and show at least something of the many successes leading up to Apollo 11. The movie was highly riveting in a misleading way most of the time.
The actual landing sequence was decent and I thought it was the best part in the movie. But seriously you get 2hrs of tragedy, 20 minutes of spaceflight and really nothing positive about the program. They literally spend more time discussing Russia's successes at the time than anything NASA did.
It is a very adept attempt at revisionist history.
This review of First Man (2018) was written by Superkev on 20 Nov 2018.
First Man has generally received positive reviews.
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