Sad that a story of a great man was in the hands of self indulgent filmmakers

Rating: 2/10 (17 October 2018)

This was a film you would hope would be in the same class as Apollo 13. Something inspirational that really stirs something inside of you.
Unfortunately the story of Neil Armstrong was left in the hands of self indulgent filmmakers. The pace it moved at is painfully slow with unnecessary shots to add to the slow pace. Too many close up in which there would be no reasoning for them. The unsteady shaky cinamaphotography does work when they are punch through the atmosphere but doesn't belong in the scenes on the ground. From all of this I found it quite hard to escape into the story and focus on such a great man, and was more focused on the letdown the editing and camera work.
I can say that the acting from all of the cast is still wonderful. Clair Foy is spectacular as always. In terms of costume, sets etc it was visually authentic and amazing to look at.