[Impy]

I saw it the other day. 3 stars.

The flag thing (you see it but don’t see it being planted), I get it but I think “our side” is overreacting, I don’t think it was any grand conspiracy to “not offend foreigners” or any such, it was an artistic choice by the director. I wasn’t so much a “moon landing movie” per see (I can hardly believe that other than a 1996 tv movie there hasn’t been one) as a biopic of Armstrong’s career, the focus was all on him during the landing. Big emotional punch, I knew he’d be leaving that bracelet on the moon (if something that that actually happened it’s not public knowledge).

I would liked to seen more of Aldrin, they cut a scene that I think was important, when Armstrong was offered the chance to replace him but didn’t.

[Bender2]

Once the director Damien Chazelle and lead actor Ryan Gosling made it plain that they felt the whole thing represented 'a diverse mankind's achievement' product rather than a product of good old American know-how, grit and determination, I decided to not spend a penny on the film.

I have enjoyed Gosling acting for the most part and his occasional antics on "Graham Norton Show" Youtube clips but once he made his in-your-face stupid choice of liberal diverse mankind fantasy over historical fact, I have cut him off from my money via ticket sales.

And without doubt, he is shaking in his boots... as to how his next Rolls Royce will be paid for!

[GOPsterinMA]

“our side”

The permanently aggrieved mentality permeates all sides of the political spectrum.