Now, I am glad they didn't made this into an action packed blockbuster movie. At the same time this movie is not easy to watch. And this is not about the technical side or the training. It is about the man Armstrong. Unfortunately those parts I didn't find interesting.
A lot of the movie is done in a kind of documentary style. The shaky, handheld camera is underlining that fact. You see the scenes more from the outside looking in instead of having the feeling of being with the characters. And it is moving very slow during those elements. Than there are the moments inside a vehicle which are very good. No one of us will ever know what it feels like to sit inside those but this gave me a good idea how intense this must have been. But those two sides of the story don't gel with one another. They almost feel like two seperate movies.
The thing I really struggle with is the amount of errors. Small ones mostly but nonetheless errors. A movie that depicts historical events should stay more true to them. But like always things are added and changed to amp up the drama.
The experience of watching a movie is always a personal one and ultimately I ended up being a bit dissapointed. I had hoped for something more along the lines of "The Right Stuff" from 1983.
Review by FinFanBlockedParent2019-01-18T20:19:59Z
Now, I am glad they didn't made this into an action packed blockbuster movie. At the same time this movie is not easy to watch. And this is not about the technical side or the training. It is about the man Armstrong. Unfortunately those parts I didn't find interesting.
A lot of the movie is done in a kind of documentary style. The shaky, handheld camera is underlining that fact. You see the scenes more from the outside looking in instead of having the feeling of being with the characters. And it is moving very slow during those elements. Than there are the moments inside a vehicle which are very good. No one of us will ever know what it feels like to sit inside those but this gave me a good idea how intense this must have been. But those two sides of the story don't gel with one another. They almost feel like two seperate movies.
The thing I really struggle with is the amount of errors. Small ones mostly but nonetheless errors. A movie that depicts historical events should stay more true to them. But like always things are added and changed to amp up the drama.
The experience of watching a movie is always a personal one and ultimately I ended up being a bit dissapointed. I had hoped for something more along the lines of "The Right Stuff" from 1983.