This is ground control to Major Tom.

Rating: 8/10 (16 December 2018)

July 20, 1969, the day the first man walked on the moon. It's a historical date and it's about time they make a decent movie about this memorable day. To me First Man was entertaining from the beginning till the end. No fancy sci-fi gadgets, but more raw images where you get the sensation that alot could go wrong. Neil Armstrong, played beautifully by Ryan Gosling, was a devoted man to his career, maybe not as much to his family, but then again the life of an astronaut can't be that simple as for example the life of a postman. I thought it was a pretty good resumé of the day-to-day life of Neil Armstrong, with not only his first steps on the moon but also of previous incidents in the sky. Those events were nicely shot as they gave the audience that feeling that anything could go wrong anytime now. It's a long movie, but it's never boring, and I think they could have made it even longer as this was one event nobody will ever forget about.