The First Man

Sadye 2022-11-17 07:16:43

I don't know why I have been fascinated by movies like Dunkirk, The First Man on the Moon, and Thirteen Days. In the context of World War II and the Cold War, there is a different sense of shock.

The film vaguely sets aside patriotism, so it's hard to figure out whether Neil Armstrong's involvement in the moon landing was out of a moment of madness or for his daughter. Following the accident of several of his colleagues, the film cleverly plots Neil's relationship with his wife and children, including their lost daughter Karen. In the US-Soviet technology competition in the 1960s, it was not easy to be the first person to land on the moon, and it was not easy to be a pioneer. In this case, Neil was under the pressure of Congress and the pressure of the family (of course, the film did not directly description) went to space to land on the moon. Fortunately, he landed on the moon, which is "That's one step for man, one giant leap for mankind." He threw his daughter's bracelet on the moon, reminiscing about the old days... In fact, multiple identities in the movie Armstrong, the most impressive is the clip of him and his wife. Although his wife is an outsider, she always pulls him, like gravity...

In the end, btw, I feel that the director deliberately made Commander Gao look more handsome, especially the close-up of his profile in the spaceship, which highlights his long eyelashes :)

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First Man quotes

  • Janet Armstrong: It'll be an adventure.

  • Bob Gilruth: Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know there is no hope for their recovery.

    Bob Gilruth: They will be mourned by their families; they will be mourned by a Mother Earth that dared send two of her sons into the unknown...

    Bob Gilruth: Others will follow, and surely find their way home. But these men were the first, and they will remain the foremost in our hearts.

    Bob Gilruth: For every human being who looks up at the moon in nights to come will know there is some corner of another world that is forever mankind.