Director wasnt born then

Rating: 5/10 (12 January 2019)

I dont truly believe that it's not possible to make the film an Amerivan Icon like Armstrong deserves unless you saw it yourself, that would be am idiotic thing to say, especially given the immense amount of movies that feature directors filming Schindler's List with so much effect! BUT
At the same age as this amazing director, I can feel the overwhelming difference immediately pour from what every American should feel when talking about Neil and the moon landing---and only patriotic reviews from people who were alive then have those feelings just by reading the review of a couple of people (that werent disrespectful).
It is the landmark of the 20th century! Theres tragedies, like the Titanic, great depression, holocaust, bomb dropped, pearl harbor, JFK, Martin Luther king, not to mention the wars---theres so much tragic events that are easily remembered and I think sometimes it can become a dark cloud covering that giant bright circle Lunar rock hanging in the sky. The fact that a human being---not a Robot, walked on that thing saying those famous words and stuck an AMERICAN flag on the moon----thats absolutely incredible and the best improbability in history that I can think of that an american conquered!
That's big stuff. From the director of Whiplash and La La Land, when I heard about the production underway, I thought 'what a great choice because he has a way of capturing human embodiment. Raw emotions.' But, the thing is music was always playing or it was a charming scene.
One gentlemen expressed it fine, saying the book portrayed Armstrong as an obsessive man for flight but the one I spent over two hours with was not the man I've done research on---an american hero but a man plagued by inner demons.
Ryan Gosling is actually an actor that I always say he did an outstanding job, but I found him miscast or in this case, perhaps casted as the version DC was looking for. Just a sad man. Gosling is best polishing his strengths when hes confident and in his comfort zone. Not having eyes carrying the weight of a burden all the time it seemed.
Overall, I suppose this is maybe too harsh, but I think the one and only man that could have caught this task is CLINT EASTWOOD 5 years ago among others. The review I read of that person reminded me that my mom was ten when he touched the rocky sand. The best generation imo got to see something today we're all about advanced tech and bots to Mars but havent ever been back to the moon. If I saw a moon landing, I would make the passionate movie I could. Yeah, I could watch it now and study it, but it doesnt represent all that we stood for then.

This isnt bad directing, it's bad storytelling imo.