just because it's there

Johnathon 2022-10-12 04:02:45

The film starring Gosling tells the story of the human feat of landing on the moon. It's been a long time since I've seen a film like America, which shows the striving spirit of America's golden age, rather than murder, corruption and racial issues. The film tells about the many difficulties behind the success. The sacrifice of the test pilot, the death of his daughter, the condemnation of Congress, the questioning of black people, and even the incomprehension of his wife. The film does not answer every question, but at the end, Kennedy's speech is played in full as a response: Someone asked, why do we want to go to the moon? In our day, we choose to go to the moon, not because it is easy, but because it is difficult. Ask why we want to go to the moon, you can ask why we want to climb the highest mountain, why we want to fly across the Atlantic. 400 million people around the world watched the moon landing. After interviewing an Italian woman, she said, I have always believed in Americans that they can do it. In the film, when Armstrong was screened by the Appollo program, when asked if he thought the moon landing was important, he thought about it and replied: It is very important, because the moon landing can give us a vision of the world, and maybe we are very early. A vision that should have existed before, but was only possible today. This field of view is the end of the film, the surface of the moon, the little planet that the astronauts see when they look back at the earth. It is also the interface when we open WeChat. "When you are on the earth, you will feel that this is the whole world. But when you are in outer space, you will find that this is just a thin layer on the surface of the earth." Landing on the moon makes humans look up at the stars and form a sadness for the world pity. Human beings need this kind of feeling, otherwise, at most, we will only know that the East is short and the West is short, and we don’t know the past and the future, forget the history, and don’t care about the distance. Spielberg is the producer of the film, which guarantees high quality. The color of the film is deliberately adjusted to the texture of the tape film in the 1980s, and the very realistic photography is added, which does not make people feel the chaos of computer special effects. The music has always been very forbidding, and only used a waltz similar to "2001 A Space Odyssey" when the first docking was successful, and the symphony was used when the moon landing was successful. In this way, the sound of the scene is highlighted. The huge roar of the aircraft, the trembling of the wings, and the warning whistle made the audience and the astronauts feel extremely confused and nervous in the airtight chamber. Armstrong and his daughter who died of cancer are the most important emotional lines in the film. The thrill of adventure is behind the risk of a goodbye between parents and children. On the eve of the moon landing, at Armstrong's home, there was no excitement, only questions: What if you can't come back? Facing this possibility, the children hugged their father tightly. However, Armstrong still chooses Select forward. In fact, many times, we are just a responsibility, there is no great words, just to complete the task, no matter how difficult, the task to be completed.

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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.