10/22/2018 1 Comment First man (2018)Everyone knows about Neil Armstrong. Everyone has seen the pictures of their travels. But, not everyone knows or has seen the behind the scenes of this amazing American advancement. First Man tells the story chronologically of Armstrong’s space travel. While showing this giant step for man kind, Damien Chazelle, the director, has the life of Armstrong told in relation to the events happening with NASA.
I went to see this movie with my grandmother who was best friends with Janet Armstrong. My grandparents and the Armstrong’s went to college together, so they’ve known each other a loooonnnnggg time. She said that everything was portrayed correctly. But, my grandmother was in the marine corps so she was unable to be there. Apparently, Armstrong was not the best husband- which was definitely shown in the movie. Personally, I loved way Ryan Gosling played Armstrong but was annoyed with Armstrong as a person. I couldn’t tell if you were suppose to or if he just bothered me. I really liked that Chazelle showed the moon landing scenes in ways that people never have seen before. I thought it was nice because it expressed a little bit of the same awe that Armstrong had. Especially since most people have studied the moon landing, it’s refreshing to see everything in a more modern way. I loved the way that Chazelle had Gosling look up at the moon during scenes where Armstrong felt emotion. It made you connect with what was happening in the scene more. Although I knew what was going to happen, I still couldn’t help to feel exhilarated during the action scenes- which were very well choreographed. I also really liked the characters emotion. All of the actors did a fantastic job channeling what was happening in that moment. I will say that parts of the movie got a little confusing because the scenes jumped very quickly over a large gap of time. It was mainly confusing because it was not noted on the screen until after you pieced together that it was a different time. Over all, it was a good movie-I had fun while watching it.
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