Posted on 10/13/2018 6:49:16 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater
“I never, ever heard anyone whining about the Moon landing”
Ditto. I was just two weeks shy of my 18th birthday. My Dad was in aerospace building critical missile and spacecraft systems (Polaris, ERTS/Nimbus, MJS/Voyager) so we watched closely. Like you, I never recall any “baby boomers whining about the moon landing.” There was lots of debate in the early and mid 60s about the size of the space budget and whether we should spend that money here to fix social ills, but as the moon landing drew near, the entire nation and world became transfixed and those concerns faded away.
It was a most amazing time. It was probably the one event that drew the entire world together more than any other event in my lifetime.
There was a photo of a wiped out street from Hurricane Michael. Grey mud covered everything, but a guy was rigging up an American flag on his porch. The contrast in color was amazing - and is just the sort of thing to give people hope.
Usually it is a catastophe or a war against such evil (like WWII that brings Americans together - and brings out the true meaning of “America”. The moon landings was a rarity I think in something good and great happening to bring Americans together. A shame to try to rewrite history with regard to the flag.
The Olympics might be another event that brings us together - but not like the moon landing did. (Hmm - do they ever take out the scenes where the skier or skater grabs an American flag and skates around the rink holding it high?)
Pete Conrad way a great guy. My Dad knew him, met him when I was 17.
“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.”
Amen,Brother!
Thanks for the review,I’ll see it.
Are you perceiving we didn't like it yet?
Thanks for the review. I’ll buy the bluray when it’s released.
The really tight shots were there to put us in the capsules with the astronauts. Usually filmmakers build their space capsules larger than what they actually were for logistical purposes of moving cameras around in them. These capsules are actual size and were a pain to film in as you can imagine. I appreciated the attention and dedication to detail.
The Gemini 8 launch, especially, could easily be deemed "boring" because you're not looking at anything important, but I thought it was amazing in showing just what it was like to sit on top of that rocket, praying it doesn't explode or fly apart after ignition.
You saw it and this was your conclusion? Or are you parroting nonsense from other people who also haven't seen it?
I didn’t forget either of those things. You just don’t know how to read.
They didn't cover it up. It's right there. So are all the U.S. flag patches and decals and the praise for the achievement of America afterwards. Your entire premise is wrong.
I liked it. It’s clear the film makers were painstaking about accuracy. The events were thoroughly researched. Gosling was excellent for the part.
The soundtrack was incredible. You felt like you were there.
Although these men were stellar engineers and pilots, they were also human, with apprehension and fears. The movie showed this.
Armstrong was a private and singleminded person. He kept his feelings close to the vest and never talked about his deceased daughter, whom he clearly had a special relationship with. His press conferences were awkward-he didn’t give more than a three word answer to any question.
The prickly relationship with his wife was believable and probably similar to most relationships with this dynamic. Both he and Janet had very tough shells which seemed impossible to penetrate. In the situation where death is on the line with every mission, it was no doubt safer that way. Foy’s native British snuck through on a few occasions, but I was particularly interested in that, so was listening closely for it.
The only aspect that bothered me a little was the jerky nature of the filming (not referring to the flight scenes where no doubt it was realistic). I know this is a technique to simulate home movie and documentary filming, but it’s just not my cup of tea.
Definitely worth seeing and the finest movie I’ve seen so far this year.
If you’re going to skip something, skip A Star Is Born - yuch.
A Navy SEAL astronaut interviews the "First Man" director. According to some on this board, he, too, must be a "fraud."
I can believe it about “A Star Is Born.” I tend not to give a damn about the “this is what it’s like to get famous and be famous!” Whatever. Same reason I still haven’t seen Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land.” I can’t get behind worshiping a city as Hollywood is periodically wont to do.
However, if you haven’t seen Chazelle’s “Whiplash,” then I highly recommend it. Amazing film with some brilliant performances.
Everyone makes their own subjective decisions about things like this. A lot of Freepers claim they no longer watch football; but I’m sure that many others do, as they’ve decided that their particular interest outweighs any good they might do by boycotting.
I don’t think there are many products today that we can be assured are free from leftist influence. And every one of them involves the contribution and supports the livelihoods of a lot of ‘little people’ that we DO agree with. (A lot of people here despise Amazon, but for some of us with limited ability to get around or without access to convenient neighborhood shopping find it a godsend – and it, too, provides trade opportunities to many small, true-blue American businesses and individuals.)
It seems to me that people can express their opinions and feelings about an issue without the personal attacks that some others have made on this thread. I thought the original poster did an excellent and even-handed job in this review; and while I may not see this film in the theater, I will definitely see it. (And it sounds like it might be very inspiring to young people contemplating careers, as long as the larger history is also inculcated.)
I appreciate your opinion but, no thank you. They made it quite clear this is not celebrating American exceptionalism, and that just upsets me.
I imagine tptb are quite happy that the lack of acknowledgement is not bothering most movie goers. They got their point across. That the US is the country that landed on the moon, doesn’t matter.
I will not be making a contribution at that altar.
I forget the old time actor who said he was slow on his lines because it increased his camera time.
She was worried, rightfully so, about his safety. When Gemini 8 is spinning out of control and Armstrong and Scott are clearly in real trouble, NASA cut off the radio transmission. Any wife who cared about her husband would’ve been very angry about that. I didn’t think she was overdone at all.
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