A Great Story Put Me Asleep

Rating: 3/10 (23 February 2019)

The movie had so much potential. An incredible story. A great book. A complete snooze of a movie. Full off historical mistakes and dull, plodding pace.
I suppose all movies about the American Space Program will be judged against Ron Howard's great Apollo 13. That movie conveyed the energy even the simplest action had in the race for the moon. This character study of Neil Armstrong left me cold.
I heard that Armstrong's boys said it was an accurate portrayal of the man. That may be, but could he be really have been as lifeless as Ryan Gosling's interpretation? I have to blame the director.
Maybe they had to pay Gosling so much that there was no budget left for upscale sets and CGI. The whole movie felt somewhat low budget.
If I was in a movie theater, I might have walked out.