Disappointed

Rating: 6/10 (1 March 2019)

After watching the trailer I felt that this film would be an uplifting biopic of human achievement told from the personal perspective of Neil Armstrong. After seeing the film I came away feeling disappointed and let down. The film starts up slow, with the feeling that one has started in the middle or somehow missed something important. I feel that Ryan Gosling's portrayal of Neil Armstrong was a bit weak and very stoic; I'm not sure he smile more than twice. The script (or lack of it) was very bad; there is very little dialog, and a lot of staring into space. The visual effects are very good; however, many of the views feel incomplete (for instance: you hardly ever get a good look at the Saturn V Rocket). The score wasn't bad, it wasn't over the top either. I believe if there would have been more dialog, and less feelings and emotions this film would have been much better. As it is, I personally think they could have cut around a half hour of the film and nobody would ever notice.