Very very disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (30 November 2018)

I've waited a long time for an Armstrong biopic. Unfortunately it turned out not not to be worth it.
Plodding storyline, incomprehensible events and appalling direction.
I've got a pretty good knowledge of the 60s space programme but anybody who doesn't will be lost right from the beginning of this film. No explanation, establishing shots or narrative to give any sort of context to what is going on in key events.
Also, although the exploration of Armstrong's relationship with his wife was fairly interesting, the depiction of the same with his fellow astronauts and Aldrin in particular was a major lost opportunity. After the movie, I felt no wiser at all than I did before in this respect.
But the major failing of this movie is the awful vertigo inducing camerawork. Pivotal action sequences and events are told through blurred out of focus shots of extreme close ups. The shaky handheld camerawork just left me feeling ill. I really don't know what on earth would drive any competant director to depict huge space vehicles being launched on towers of flame by holding an out of focus camera 2 inches away from someone's nostrils for 5 minutes.
I had hoped that "First Man," would sit within the pantheon of such movies as "The Right Stuff," and "Apollo 13." No such luck. What a waste.