The lead character is NOT interesting and Gosling's acting performance (as usual) is wooden, making this movie rather tedious to watch. Lacking in any new viewpoints.

Rating: 6/10 (15 September 2019)

Armstrong was simply not an interesting guy. Focussing an entire movie around his character WILL cause A problem:boredom. If one were to TRY to make such an introvert, flat character like Armstrong interesting one would need a much more subtle actor AND a more interesting screenplay. First Man is basically Gosling trying to do his thing, resulting in nothing much more than a barely acceptable (wooden) acting performance. Barely acceptable...
It looks reasonably pretty, but not in such a way that I would advice anyone to go see it. I constantly was reminded of seeing "Gravity", when I watched this movie. Because "Gravity" truly was IMPRESSIVE to look at, while this movie simply seems to piggyback on those same impressive space photography looks and failing at it. Trying to copy someone else's brilliant photography style often merely results in disappointment. Even the music score reminded me in parts of the same score in "Gravity". Watch the brilliant "Gravity" instead of this Ryan Gosling humdrum, that would be my advice.
This movie is definitely lacking in punch and spirit. It is lacking in new viewpoints as well.