No matter how detailed the text in the book is, it is impossible to completely restore the history. If the text is videoized, it is easy to lead the audience astray, but it is fortunate that the Americans have set an example in this regard. The gloomy light, the film-like image quality, the realistic performance, and the sound effects that are not soft but strive to be perfectly restored, all clearly and profoundly express the frustration and confusion of the United States in the 1960s. In that era when the political significance of spaceflight was far greater than the scientific significance, the Americans were almost completely defeated. The first artificial satellite, the first astronaut, the first space station, the first spacewalk, every plan was destroyed by the Soviets. One step ahead. On the earth, after the unsuccessful Korean War, the United States began to sink into the quagmire of the Vietnam War in the 1960s. This is definitely a more lost era than today.
"That's one small step for a man, but one giant leap for mankind." We all know this famous saying that was written into textbooks, but what was overshadowed by the radiance that seemed to have the whole of humanity in mind was the astronaut's personal emotions with thought. In the movie, Armstrong, who is not an astronaut, is actually immersed in the grief of his daughter's death for a long time. He is not a competent husband, nor is he a lovely father. Even before joining NASA, he was a plane that was suspended due to frequent accidents. test pilot. He may be one of the most lost people in this lost kingdom. In order to numb himself, Armstrong intensified his efforts to devote his energy to the aerospace industry. In work, this calmness made him an elite among astronauts. Outside of work, this coldness caused him to be separated from his family more and more deeply. Still loving each other, but the dangers of spaceflight overwhelm that love.
This time, the director of "La La Land", Damien Chazelle, is collaborating with High Commander. The most admirable thing about him is the focus he insisted on during the shooting and the restraint he insisted on in the narrative. During each flight, the violent friction of the air and the sharp sound of twisted rivets, as well as the suppressed vision in the space capsule, are frightening. The scene where the rocket takes off straight through the thick black smoke is actually even more shocking. The director compresses the noise in the background of patriotism and great power politics into a small range. The actual Apollo 8 plan to land on the moon is not long, but he focuses more on the Gemini plan and the catastrophic accident that paved the way for the Apollo plan. On the Apollo 1, through the tense atmosphere of life and death, the violent conflict between husband and wife highlights the sharp contradiction between Armstrong's career and family.
On the eve of the moon landing, Armstrong was willing to say goodbye to his son face to face after his wife became mad. In fact, it was not that he was reluctant, but that he really didn't know how to say goodbye. It's hard for the family to sit together, and Armstrong will only spit out the sentence "Does anyone have any other questions?" Like a press conference Coming over makes him lose the ability to love again. The price of landing on the moon is not only youth and security, but also the freedom and happiness that ordinary people have at their fingertips.
After successfully landing on the moon, standing on the surface of the moon, Armstrong threw the small bracelet of his daughter, who had been thinking infinitely, into the crater. This was his determination to say goodbye to his former self. In the movie, this is a happy ending, but in reality, Armstrong's marriage finally broke down.
Finally, let’s talk about a digression. When the aerospace achievements of the DPRK are obvious to all, the Chang’e-4, as the first human spacecraft to land on the back of the moon, is still working stably, which indeed makes the Chinese people proud, but this does not mean that we can catch up with the US. Just around the corner . The simplest, look at our most powerful heavy-duty rocket, the Long March 5, with a total thrust of 1,074 tons, which can transport a 25-ton load to low-Earth orbit, while the Saturn 5, which implemented the Apollo program, has a total thrust of 3,408 tons and is near-Earth. The orbital capacity is 118 tons, which is not counting the god-level energy number of the former Soviet Union, and the low-Earth orbit capacity reaches an unimaginable 270 tons! ! ! ! It is more than ten times our size! ! The point is that all of this happened nearly half a century ago, and the name of the US-Soviet superpower is really not worthy of a casual name.
This film made me inexplicably think of an animated film "Wang Li Cosmos Army" that is older than me. Those who look up to the stars and make this their career, if they really succeed, their blood and sweat may be more than we can imagine. Hundred times, this is also the weight of the word "pioneer".
It's a very connotative film, it is worth wearing headphones to feel carefully, recommend it, do not collect it.
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