Friday, October 19, 2018

First Man (2018)

Director: Damien Chazelle. Cast: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Corey Stoll, Ciarán Hinds, Lukas Haas. 141 min. Rated PG-13. Biography/History.

It's not about the first man who walked on the moon. Not about the space race, and an obsessed U.S. beating the Russians. Not about how Armstrong's famously quiet attitude was pivotal in his life story, nor how many people died for the dream to happen. While these do have a role, it's about Chazelle putting you in the cockpit of that module, placing you in that person's life, making you feel the weight, the fear, the joy of being him - almost to a fault, because the movie is only those moments. But then, that's what cinema is all about.

Mo says:
MoMagic!

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