A wonderful, full dimension piece of history, made into a two dimensional flop/

Rating: 1/10 (27 October 2018)

This could have been done better, if James Cameron had been asked to just make a 'go to the moon movie'. The history of this event was removed and having watching it intently when it was happening live, I was disappointed beyond words that the pride I felt when seeing the American flag in 1969, was purposely omitted. Of course Ryan Gosling was chic and stylish enough to admit his Canadian birth gives him a "cognitive bias", what ever the heck that means, except possibly, it is his way of saying this wasn't an American accomplishment but more of a 'We Are The World' Moment. He explained for the producers that, "I think this was widely regarded in the end as a human achievement and that's how we chose to view it,' the actor told The Telegraph. "I also think Neil was extremely humble, as were many of these astronauts, and time and time again he deferred the focus from himself to the 400,000 people who made the mission possible." Well. no Ryan, you have that butt backwards and upside down. yes, Neil Armstrong as well as all the crews of Apollo missions were humble men but they were first and foremost Americans. The history of this included the often overlooked time of a heightened Cold War, when getting into space and to the Moon was as much an effort to keep the former Soviet Union from possibly weaponizing both as it was for exploration. Of course, Neil Armstrong and those of the Apollo missions are gone and could not be consulted as advisors or for their opinions regarding the political non-statements. I gave this movie one star because it could have been done FAR better and it could have actually followed the true history instead of what the current political climate of anti-Americanism. In historical films, either show the true history. or don't make it at all. Unless of course they want to start making movies that the the Confederate States as the good guys and the North as oppressors. Tell me how that would play in Poughkeepsie.