Movie #1582 "First Man" concerns a GREAT event of the U.S. landing on the moon, but this is not a great movie. It's dark, brooding, dialogue-less, and filmed more like a documentary than other films in the genre of space travel. If you want to see a film that shows a frightening take off and travel in space , this is the film for you ---- there was so much shaking that I had to look away several times --- We have heard how nausea-inducing everything having to do with space travel can be, but rarely do we see it on the screen ---- but it gets tiring to watch --- the film made it look dangerous and kind of a trial by error kind of approach to sending people up in space at this time ---- very scary. We've seemed to have seen films like Apollo 13 and The Right Stuff pushing more the heroic aspect of the Nasa program --- the glorious, ticker-tape parades, and rarely see this ugly, scary, dangerous side --- and to watch what it does to one family, that was ailing already due to the death of Armstrong's little girl. Very sad, and it looms over the film through its entirety. I guess I expected more --- I never was pulled in emotionally, and the payoff, the moon landing and walk on the moon, didn't come across as exciting as it should have been. I would give this 3.5 out of 5 stars. Disappointing.
When America needed a hero, test pilot turned astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped up to the plate, becoming the first person to walk on the moon. This absorbing biopic recounts his extraordinary journey and the sacrifices demanded of him along the way.
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