Lonely Planet

Adonis 2022-11-04 21:54:46

First Man really touched me. The film describes this space travel from a different Armstrong personal perspective. More keywords in my eyes are loneliness and suffocation, not what historically promoted. feat.

At the beginning, I saw the recommendation on Weibo. The recommendation on Weibo was Armstrong's answer to why humans want to land on the moon. He said that it was to see the scenery we should have seen. Recently, I was reading a book called Conspiracy, which also talked about the work of state secret agencies. People there dedicate their lives to 701, and even if they complete their mission, they will be trapped in this mountain for life. And Armstrong in the movie is even more facing the danger of losing his life and fragmenting his family. Therefore, I have thought many times in the film, what power can make these people so dedicated to the country, in my opinion, they do not have any substantive goal driving force, for the illusory and intangible reasons of national security and progress The idea instilled by the state organization? Maybe that's not what he saw from the first man. His daughter was one of the reasons for him to land on the moon. Since his daughter died, he seems to have closed himself up and never told anyone about her daughter. His heart has long been like that on the moon. The same wasteland was left with only him.

The music of the movie is very well done, and it sets off that sense of loneliness very well. Humans are inherently lonely individuals, and perhaps this is the most moving part of the film for me.

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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.