It is a portrait of a man haunted by death...

Rating: 8/10 (11 November 2018)

And this is what colours him for the rest of his life. It captures the reclusive but loyal Armstrong, doing the white House gig but not being very good at it. It shows the niggly but never overly close relationship he had with Aldrin. It shows real noments of family heartbreak and the mundanity of the lives of the astronaut wife. It's never syrupy, though the controversial bracelet scene is a pure stab at your heart
People came into this movie with preconceptions of what should be on screen. We got a sort-of biographical movie about a man who wanted to complete his mission and who was never happy in the spotlight, with a troubled heartbreaking family past and a troubled family present. This was never about jingoism, nor not even about heroism. It was about the nuts and bolts of life and how we cope it situations. I personally loved this movie. It portrayed Armstrong at the most dramatic moments of his life, and tied them back to the most debilitating, heartbreaking one of all.
But I guess, some of you don't get that