A deeply personal take behind the moon mission

Rating: 7/10 (7 March 2020)

First Man is a deeply personal and grounded story behind the landing of Neil Armstrong on Moon in 1969.It tells about the story, the politics the struggles, the journey, the failures behind the Apollo mission.It tells the story behind the failures of 10 missions prior to success of Apollo 11 mission.It also doesn't shy away of the criticism and protest behind spending so much public money on the missions.Neil Armstrong is shown as motivated & busy man who has set his goals straight, how much he sacrificed for the mission.The losing of his daughter, the environment in his family, the relationships.He is seeing the moon mission as an escape from Earth & that's where is becomes a personal story.
The film is slow in it's narrative, and the lead character doesn't speak much.The shaky camera scenes were odd.But the film lands successfully for the penultimate moment which is the moon landing.And that is the obviously the best moment.I liked the film, but it could have been better.The pace and narrative is the issue.