Worse than just grim; This was a social engineering proof. A Snowflake film.

Rating: 4/10 (24 June 2019)

This was made by frightened, weak people overwhelmed by life. This is how they see things? Good god!
It was shot like a horror film!
Every scene was focused from the perspective of fear and trepidation. Our hero is boarding Gemini! They will launch into space! Oh my! The *true* test pilot's mind is alert, sharp, keeping adrenaline balanced with clarity is the challenge. This is the adventure of a lifetime. He is part of an epic, proud journey! He helped design the craft he is going up in!
But no.., the film maker decided to focus on Neil's expression of anxiety, directing the actor to cast about with wide eyes like a timid rabbit, awed by the rocking lights and the rumbles and all the mysterious big things. What a crock!
What kind of loser made this mockery of masculinity?
This film is a soy-infused failure.
The only good thing about First Man were the high production values in everything else; the set designs and visuals looked genuine and real. But the story vision was unbelievable garbage which utterly failed to do justice to our heroes and grand visions -which were quite real, coming from a time when people had more strength and joy and motivation. Ask an older person who was there. I had the honor of meeting a 90 year-old rocket engineer who worked on the various NASA projects during those heady years. His eyes still sparkle as he described it.
This awful film made by fools or liars or cowards or all three.