Mesmerizing, Humbling, and Harrowing Cinematic Experience

Rating: 10/10 (12 October 2018)

FIRST MAN straps you in and sends you on an intense and at times terrifying cinematic experience through Armstrong's eyes. Beginning with the cold, dark days of his toddler girl's gut wrenching funeral to numerous near catastrophic failures as a test pilot and astronaut, Chazelle has crafted a masterpiece of space cinematography. A vertigo inducing Gemini-8 sequence and a harrowing final descent to the lunar surface are captivating and ground-breaking film material for a biopic. The starkness of the lunar surface is haunting and jaw-dropping. Gosling and Foy are flawless and reveal the true heroism and sacrifices Armstrong and his family made for mankind's greatest adventure.