First Man
Now that’s what I’m talking about. Makes Apollo 13 look like a home movie, and it’s not even about the effects. Just sheer moviemaking ability and great performances. It’s also not a sausage fest, unlike the whole Apollo program.
I like they used the real deal CapCom communication from Houston, and the actors are replying the real deal too, at least on the crucial minutes of terror that follow four days of tedium.
I liked it even more how the criticism of the Apollo project still had time to be mentioned, including a rendition of Whitey on the Moon. As with most history about that time, there was no mention that Werner von Braun was in mission control in July 20, 1969, little over 20 years after making all those widows and cripples in old London town. Hey hey, LBJ, how many kids you killed today?
This film is so anti-patriot, there are dozens of non-Americans in big roles! Gosling is perfect for the role, he sells the socially stunted nerd very well, while Buzz is the jock, and Michael Collins is played by a guy that I always liked but haven’t seen in a bigger film since Inception.
If this is Saving Private Ryan if written by a non-fascist, Apollo 13 is A Bridge Too Far if directed by Uwe Boll.
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