Product: For All Mankind [VHS] (1989)
Rating: 1.0
Lost Potential
Unfortunately, Reinert completely fails as a storyteller and this film was an epic disappointment. I wanted to like it. I love everything about the space program.However, this film with all of it's incredible potential is a big yawn. Even though his intent was to combine all the missions to tell one story, it is very disjointed.There is just no flow to this film. I'm a filmmaker and hate to be critical of films but I am just so disappointed.There have been two films made in the last 35 years that do justice to the Apollo missions. In fact they are films that will give you goose bumps and put a lumpin your throat. The fist and by far the best is called "The Greatest Adventure" produced by NFL Films believe it or not. They did for the Apollo missions what theydo for football but even better and Orson Welles did the narration. This film was produced in 1979 and is hard to find but is one of the few films that includesNeil Armstrong being interviewed. It is a MUST SEE!!!!! The next film would be Ron Howard's "In the Shadow of the Moon". This too is an excellent documentarybut not quite as good as "The Greatest Adventure" which is probably the best film ever produced on the Apollo missions.