This is an amazing biopic.
When watching the launch of the rocket on the computer screen, watching the color outside the porthole gradually become dark in the film, and watching a bright blue with gold borders slowly appearing, I seem to be in a kind of God's perspective at the same time. Looking at myself. This angle of view is pulled away from the body, gradually raised, and rises rapidly until it overlooks the entire blue planet, just like the amazing long shot in "The Wandering Earth".
There are a lot of details in the film, and some of the film reviews have written very well, and I can't write better than them, so I just recorded the points that touched me the most when watching the film.
When Armstrong stands on the moon, the director presents us with a great sense of loneliness. In ancient mythology, where Armstrong is is heaven, and he cannot be any closer to his daughter than at any moment. But there is no hustle and bustle, no bouquet, no beautiful scene, and the thoughts of her daughter are still flashing back, intertwined with the appearance of this desolate planet in front of her. The moment Armstrong dropped his daughter's bracelet into the crater, he went from being a hero to being a father in an instant.
Even though he knew that his mission ultimately prevented him from fulfilling the demands of a family for a father and a wife for a husband. His exploration of the moon prevented him from focusing more on his family. When he suddenly left his wife and left alone, when he didn't want to talk to his children before leaving, when he passed a kiss on the side of the isolation window but didn't get the same response, his heart was clear. He looked up at the moon countless times, and in his heart he knew exactly where he belonged.
But he still reluctant to give up the warmth of his family. Unfortunately, the sorrow for the deceased did not make him cherish the living more. He was still running away, he was just constructing his own dream.
The film is not about a heroic rendering, but an attempt to explain the inner depth of people under the halo. The deceased "comrade-in-arms", the deceased daughter, the failure, the success, the family, the personal, the lively, the loneliness... all mixed together and revealed.
People can always wear masks to deal with different occasions. How many of them are true thoughts in their hearts? Which representation can we get closer to reality? Neil at the White House dinner, Janet under the camera, and Armstrong packing his bags to pass the time may all be part of the truth, but they are all very false.
What is the historical truth and how much of this movie is true, I am not too persistent to distinguish. The "Armstrong" presented in this film can already make me think about something, which is enough.
After watching the movie, what lingered in my mind was a question asked by a reporter in the movie: what is the significance of this exploration?
If I were to answer in one sentence, I would say: It is the continuous exploration of human beings that has achieved the height of human civilization.
If we can live in harmony with our earth home and human beings can live on this land, then one day we will say goodbye to this land and start a new journey to the stars.
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