Flat out tedious with no need to ever see again

Rating: 3/10 (17 March 2019)

How can you take the life of one of the most well known men on the planet and the most exciting missions that mankind has ever made and make it so utterly boring?
This really was an incredibly tedious snooze fest. Okay Neil might have been a quiet man but did we have to see him be so robotic and boring? What is the film trying to do? Was there ever a desire to, you know, want to entertain the audience?
Ths film is about the man and the incredible mission yet we are treated to a flurry of such pretensious chin rubbing shakey cam and 'up the nose' close ups. There are endless silences, long looks into the distances and noisy shakey scenes that have no excitement or emotional weight behind them.
Indeed the director is more concerned with reminding you that he and the DP are making this art rather than crafting a story that takes these buffoons out of the picture and showcases the man and the achievements.
This grandiose self important train wreck sucked the life and excitement from this whole endeavour. What a terrible and tedious way to honour this planets first ambassador.
Watch the documentary - In the shadow of the moon - if you really want to be awed and enthralled by what the Apollo missions achieved. That documentary leaves you feeling elated and amazed whilst this just left me feeling bored and cheated out of the money we paid for ths Blu Ray.