Saw it Saturday on IMAX 7/10...The Ugly- I came out from the movie feeling that this was an Anti Space exploration movie , there are at least 9 instances of people asking is it worth the cost, saying we should stop that it was to costly, and not a single answer or justification of why we should do it. (unless you take the answer from Kennedy's speech that we do it because it was hard or a Frenchwoman(not an American) saying it was worth it (when she didn't spend a single dime on it). You get the feeling that it is more of a "am glad that It is over" rather than a celebration of what we (and he) were able to accomplish.To get a better understanding of what I mean watch "Gagarin" (is on Netflix with English subtitles) they both have great photography and effects. They both tell of the struggles and triumphs that formed them into who they were, but while Gagarin is a celebration of space and why we do it. First man just seems to ask why did we do it?
...spacecraft, especially the interiors, which appear very weathered even prior to use. Switches are scuffed. Plastic is oxidized. Interior panels look like they've been smeared with oily rags....
I watched the movie on IMAX at the Air and Space Museum. I became nauseated about halfway through because of the shaky camera, so had to close my eyes for all of the shaky scenes that remained. Also, the center audio channel (dialog) was muddied. The muddied dialog also happened with Interstellar which I also saw there, so maybe it is the theater, maybe it is the IMAX audio mixing, maybe it was the same muddied dialog on all screens.It was an enjoyable movie, but I left with the sense that I didn't understand Neil Armstrong any better afterward than before.
The depiction of NASA personnel and their behavior. Manned spaceflight is serious business. I think the movie depicted that message clearly. But were all NASA astronauts and engineers so grim, 100% of the time?