Poetry in Motion

Rating: 8/10 (2 October 2018)

I was able to see this at a VIP preview showing tonight and I enjoyed it very much. It was very different from other space movies I've seen. It was much slower paced, very detail oriented with lots of emotion. Lots of "behind the scenes" moments at home with Neil Armstrong and his family. So many unspoken gestures and nuances between him and his wife. Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy were able to show volumes of emotions with their eyes and facial expressions. It had a Super 8 home movie feel to it as well, more grainy like the films were in the 1960s. The sound effects were amazing. The metal-on-metal scraping, the way the spaceship was shaking violently and all the mechanical noises, the dials spinning, it was like you were almost there with him. The footage of Neil and Buzz landing on the moon was wonderful too. The detail was amazing. The film was like poetry in motion, compared to the typical action/adventure feel other space movies have. I enjoyed it very much.