Most realistic but shaky handheld camera and Gosling hurt it

Rating: 6/10 (15 October 2018)

The historic integrity and realism of experiencing the Gemini and Apollo missions from the astronauts' perspectives and a bit of their families really made this enjoyable.
Unfortunately, the casting choice of Ryan Gosling is a poor choice and really hurt the movie and the role of Neil Armstrong.
Gosling has an extremely narrow range and can be not only quite unconvincing but even oblivious and vapid, which are not traits of Neil Armstrong as evidenced in a great deal of available footage.
Also disappointing was the rather obtuse usage of shaky handheld shooting which is frequently out of focus, dizzying and leaves us, the audience, believing that the cinema's projector is not working correctly. In fact, how would the projector personnel even be able to focus when it appears that the footage is so poorly shot.
To the director and producers: we the paying audience pay our high ticket prices and expect to see a multi-million dollar production shot with the highest quality cameras, lighting, equipment and editing. We do really ever want to see a box office movie that appears it was shot by our 7 year old with the first iPhone.
In addition, there already exists ample original, old footage which suffers from age and dated technology. We all lose out on the perfect opportunity to see historic moments and life the way it would have and could have been recorded had they possessed today's technology. Not everything in the movie is shot this way, but enough that it really ruins the flow and continuity of the story, becoming a distraction.