But as much as this is a movie about the Space Race, everything about Chazelle's storytelling approach is more about finding the man within the historic achievement for the space agency, America, and all of humanity. We follow Ryan Gosling as Neil and Claire Foy as wife Janet from his early days as a pilot, joining NASA, training and time on the Gemini program - including the near-fatal Gemini 8 mission - all building towards the fate-redefining Apollo 11 mission. The latest movie from director Damien Chazelle is, of course, the story of Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11 and the first man on the Moon. But its final moments - Neil Armstrong's iconic Moon landing and his bittersweet return to Earth - are most certainly some of its most perplexing.
In fact, First Man as a movie is not what you expect. 4, when he posted this photo and noted he had a "nice time" on set.First Man's ending is not what you expect. The closest he came to public comment was on Oct. Though it does sound as though he told Chazelle and Singer exactly what he thought about a lot of things. And Buzz is one of the rare people that actually speaks."Īnd yet despite being outspoken on modern NASA and promoting available signed photos of his missions, Buzz has remained surprisingly quiet about his thoughts on the finished film. One thing I think that’s great about that character is that here you’ve got a culture of people who make it a habit to not say what they’re feeling - to not say the kind of uncomfortable truths. he was on set when we were shooting the Cape Canaveral stuff and he was talking with Josh for a long time in prep. Asked what his response was, director Damien Chazelle offered: "You know, we tried to have everyone basically who we could to be as involved in the movie as possible to get the real info from them. Speaking to Uproxx, First Man scriptwriter Josh Singer said that Aldrin had seen the film. It's interesting to note that in the credits both Armstrong sons get direct thanks, and a number of NASA engineers and space historians are thanked by the producers, but Aldrin's name is missing from the IMDB listings. 2, 2018 he posted two pictures of the flag on the moon with patriotic hashtags.īeyond that, Aldrin hasn't offered any direct opinions on the film. While Aldrin didn't directly comment, on Sept. 31, 2018 tweet calling the action "total lunacy". When Gosling, who plays Armstrong, reflected on the astronaut's personality and made a small joke about how the movie doesn't specifically show the flag planting on the moon, Marco Rubio took the opportunity to trump up the issue with an Aug. Slate details the entire history of the "controversy" including Aldrin's brief non-comment. "Is it really necessary to point out to the crowd that somebody else was first when we all went through the same training, we all landed at the same time and all contributed? But for the rest of my life I'll always be identified as the second man to walk on the moon."įirst Man premiered at the Venice Film Festival to generally positive reviews and a storm of comments made by politians and talking heads criticizing the use - or lack thereof - of the U.S. "After years and years of being asked to speak to a group of people and then be introduced as the second man on the moon, it does get a little frustrating," he told the publication. It's based on the sole personally-approved Armstrong biography and was affirmed by his sons, but given his role as bluntly-spoken foil to Armstrong's quiet stoic, what does Buzz Aldrin think of First Man ?įor Space, James Hansen, who wrote the biography the film is based on, notes Armstrong was known for his quiet, unassuming personality, while a National Geographic interview paints Aldrin as a more flamboyant spokesperson for the space program, who nonetheless feels the sting of not being first. The film covers the years leading up to and including the very first moon landing, which Armstrong made with fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
First Man is a different sort of space film, a biography focusing on the personal toll the Apollo 11 mission took on astronaut Neil Armstrong.
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