One of the better biopics

Rating: 7/10 (3 September 2019)

As far as this little "genre" of film goes, First Man has to be up there as one of the best. Perhaps overly long, but that's a fault that comes with the territory of a biography it handles the stages of Armstrongs career peak extremely well, showing both the grim struggles at home and the sky high challenges in his work life. At fault of the film I felt as though Chazelle mishandled the relationships between some of the minor character towards Gosling and such the deaths of these or as they become phased out their impacts are minor if at all. Generally speaking however the training and build up to the mission is marvellous with space flight trials and the NASA based training programme all captured on film in such a jaw dropping fashion of beauty, pushing the limits of current cinema technology. A beauty to watch and an interesting focus if you've got the time it's worth seeing