"First Man" Impressions (VANITY)

My Opinion ^ | 13OCT18 | FSE

[Moonman62]

At least they have flags on their spacesuits.

Except for a hardware delay, Pete Conrad would have been the first man on the Moon.

I think Armstrong was the perfect man for the job. It’s funny how those things turn out.

[ozaukeemom]

That is all well and good except that they actually admitted to purposely leaving it out. They did not want it to focus on America accomplishing this great feat. So, no thanks, I will not be seeing it.

[JennysCool]

Thank you for that well-written review! Kudos!

[BenLurkin]

Interesting about the sound. Might make it worth experiencing in a theater.

[frogjerk]

Could the filmmakers have worked them putting up the flag in a quick cut as part of the montage? Yes, I think so. Would it have detracted from the film? No, I don't think so.

So why leave it out then? They are looking to be historically accurate, right? I can't stand PC crap.

[Pelham]

“There are contemporary interviews of young Baby Boomers whining that space program money could be spent to solve all of our society’s ills instead of being wasted on exploration.”

I was 18 at the Moon landing so I remember it well. The film makers must have looked long and hard to find someone saying that because I never, ever heard anyone whining about the Moon landing. It easily could have been staged by the news crew at the time considering the liberal dominance of the news even then.

I was driving across the South one night in July 1969 and I stopped at a gas station in Cajun country. I went into the office to pay for my gas and when I glanced at the black and white TV they had there I saw an astronaut standing on the Moon.

[marron]

When they landed on the moon, I thought for sure that by the year 2000 we would be on Mars.

Instead politicians convinced everyone, or at least themselves, that all that money would be better spent on earth, and they killed the space program. So 50 years later we can’t even get back to the moon, a mere three days from home. We still have poor people, we still have highways with potholes, the decision to remain earthbound has in my opinion been a stupefyingly stupid mistake.

[Nifster]

I know about the space program because my auntie was a rocket scientist....NACA and NASA. She inspired me to change majors

[StolarStorm]

My mother was pregnant with me when we landed on the moon so I missed it, but we lived a few streets away from the Johnson Space Center. My dad was working at NASA as part of the film crew at the time (ended up a GC in Mission Control). Some of the wobbly film work during press conferences was his work. :)

After college I signed up and did my part as well, and worked with Gene Kranz's son of all people. NASA at that time was a family, a generation of us grew up with Apollo and then went to work the Shuttle program. My son wants to go to Mars (good luck kid)

[Future Snake Eater]

It’s not historically inaccurate. It’s just not historically complete. There are other aspects of Armstrong’s life and career they skipped over, too. And you see the flag out there in other shots anyway.

[Jamestown1630]

I appreciate the review. I don’t think I’ve seen a movie in the theater in over 20 years, but I might go to see this one.

[King Moonracer]

The “whitey on the moon crap” pissed me off. Eff the gibmedats.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Gotta see it bow!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Gotta see it now!

[Gay State Conservative]

I'll never see this film.The decision of the Producers/Directors/Writers to intentionally delete the American flag says "no way,Jose" to me.

The moon landings were not "human achievements"...they were AMERICAN achievements.

[Radix]

Not watching, ever.

[fatima]

No excuse-hope they lose money.Gosling is not an American and has a smart mouth for money.