Originally Posted by
Lainey
First Man about the U.S. and the race to the moon. I thought the pacing was good, Ryan Gosling was very good as Neil Armstrong, but especially interesting to me was the sound effects - you could almost feel yourself inside these space capsules with the shaking and the metal rattling and the clicks of the switches and their harnesses. It felt like we sent these guys to the moon in a glorified tin can.
I also liked that they didn't gloss over the real dangers, and clearly showed those early astronauts who died for the mission. Still an incredible scientific achievement.