 Alright, so we've seen how well Ryan Gosling can sing and dance and la la land So let's see how well he can fly to the moon. My name is Brandon Keith Avery and This is just my pain Hey, what's going on everyone? Thank you so much for tuning into my opinion slash review for first man I really do appreciate it now What first man is about is it is a looser biography or biopic of Neil Armstrong You don't know who Neil Armstrong is. He is the first man that landed on the moon in 1969 or could be 1968 Please forgive me if I don't get that date exactly right But it starts Ryan Gosling as I said in my intro. We've seen him singing dance He got a lot of attention for la la land and I really did like that movie He's also was in Blade Runner 2049 the nice guys the big short gangster squad You know, he has a very the eyes of Mars was really good, too He has a very long Femography as far as acting is concerned now this film is being directed by Damien Chazelle They've worked together before him and Ryan Gosling Damien Chazelle is the writer and director for a la la land And he was the writer and director for whiplash which came out a few years ago, which is a really great film I remember I think it was 2015 it may have been 2014 But that was one of the better movies that I saw all year But this film right here takes place from 1961 to 1969 and it kind of gives you the life of Neil Armstrong played through Ryan Gosling now this film is by Universal This is the first time Universal has ever used IMAX cameras for their sequences and I'm a big IMAX fan I had a chance to see this film early, but I missed it I was like now I'm gonna wait even later so I can try to catch just like Saturday morning or something Early showing of the day to see it in IMAX because those tickets are very expensive And not only do you get a wide shot, but you get a nice tall shot right here There's usually not any black or bars at the top and bottom when you take it home and watch it on Blu-ray or DVD And I'll have to say why am I max fan? This is the first time that I was not impressed with the IMAX ratio I just wasn't impressed at all. Usually it's just a big spectacle You're mesmerized as you're sitting in a theater, but as we're seeing Ryan Gosling floating around in space and things like that You know, it just really didn't do anything for me Even though I paid for a cheaper early bird price for my IMAX ticket This is the first time that I've actually seen an IMAX film that was shot with actual IMAX cameras to me That just was not worth it But what was worth it was the perspective that this film did give you as far as astronauts or space travel And the reason why I say this we really got a Pretty decent example of Martian which played What is his name goodness gracious? I can't but I can't but Matt Damon. Yeah Matt Damon He was the Martian and we also sound your bullock and gravity, you know, Martian was his own little thing It was a great film. I liked that gravity was mostly one take the whole time But this film right here with first man It really did get to show you the perspective of the actual astronauts as they're like getting buckled up in their seat and Trying to get you know fixated and all that good stuff You really got a nice first-person view of what the experience is and after watching this movie I can just say with confidence that I didn't never want to fly in space I mean unless you know technology advances in itself, which of course it did because this took place During the 60s, but this is definitely not for the claustrophobic I mean we're like, you know that just the way that Director use some of the angles and the shots in this film. I was like, oh my gosh Like I mean these guys really have a lot of balls just to like go up and you know and just do this and a lot of it Is very experimental and you know There's a lot of death and tragedy and trials and tribulations and things like that that go through in this film And we really do get to see how Neil Armstrong had to deal with that film Excuse me not deal with this film but deal with these moments And that's just what it's really about it's kind of like half about what is life and how he deals with trauma And then you know how that relates to him trying to you know Be the first person to land on the moon or whatever and you know, he does deal with a lot I like how the film kind of foreshadowed how you know What his motivation was for flying on the moon and like what it meant to him Because that type of thing can mean a lot to a lot of people when I was looking some things up You know actually there was a lot of controversy with this film when it debuted At a film festival a couple of months ago and sliced spoiler here They don't show him actually stomping the flag into the ground and there was a number of reasons why and that's just because they said if you really It was you know Neil Armstrong is not here anymore. He passed away in 2012. He was born in 1930 So rest in peace sir But a lot of people were saying if you really knew Armstrong, you know He really didn't care about borders and country Well, he cared about it But he really didn't consider himself American hero and they felt they're leaving that part out of the film would you know Which you know translate over borders and countries and things like that and you know, I can understand that to a degree I don't have that much stake in the game. I'm not over here. Just like yeah, we were the first to land on the moon I mean, you know, hey it is what it is, you know, that is something to be proud of but you know Understand where they're coming from, you know in this film But you know flying to the moon and you know That can mean a lot to a lot of people and a lot of things like what their motivation is going and Whether it's true or not I really like the way they tied the bow and wrapped up to where you know And they showed us and didn't tell us like why he was going to the moon And it was a very touching moment the acting in this film was pretty good, too We got a pretty decent performance from Ryan Gosling and also his wife Who was being played by Claire for Claire Claire for I don't know her is you spell her name FY I don't know why I can't say Claire foie. That's his name. Jenna Armstrong She did a very very great job, you know, and you know to me in this film She had a small role but when she did pop on screen She really did pop and I was like, okay, you know them saying this this lady right here It's not someone to be to be messing with we got bulls Aldrin in here also being played by Corey Stowe It was kind of interest in the way they showed him kind of like a jerk then really nobody wanted to you know be around And you know there was this film also kind of hit on like sacrifices and you know Just a balance of life and you know, you know, you got to take care of your family But at the same time you you know you working for the country and things like that You know, I'm also kind of a cool thing about this movie is that when they landed on the moon They there was a lot of real recordings from real life, you know in Houston in Florida You know that they use in this movie or whatever it was the real live Recording and I kind of thought that was cool And I'm not finna sit here and just pretend that when I heard when I heard in the film Oh man, that was the real voice. I didn't notice that I just looked it up You know before I hit record on this but at the same time I respected and think that's pretty cool But hands down the best part that I loved about this movie was the score that the composition was brilliant It was done by Justin Hurwitz. I mean like seriously It was a beautiful orchestra a beautiful symphony a very talented man, you know was doing his thing or whatever You know putting this performance together. I mean it was it was lovely and there was a two songs in particular It was one of them that got me to where they was Ryan Gosling was in space I don't want to tell you exactly when and he was losing control a lot of something and it was kind of like out of a Horoscene and Ryan Gosling is the villain, but space itself was the monster It was the slasher and this the way it was kind of spinning around and with the sound effects Can I like this eerie like I Know I'm pretty not really not giving you a good example You just kind of had to be there in the theater and with the music in the background I was kind of to I was you know, I was kind of taken back by that I was like man, they're really doing a good job of like, you know You know putting you in this situation and making you kind of feel exactly what it's feel like what Ryan God's feelings like oh crap I'm about to die in space and ain't nobody coming to get me You know I'm saying but two other scenes one. I just don't remember I just remember that the song came in two particular times two separate times But when he was actually landing on the moon like when the the rover or whatever was hovering over trying to land The music right there was like so damn good like seriously I was a Santa myself I cannot wait to this movie in so I can go to the store or go home and download this soundtrack because it was just that dope I couldn't tell what music instrument It was it was going back and forth between like a piano and like a harp or maybe it was both of them What a combination a whole bunch of other stuff because I'm not no music expert But there was hitting that whole big time I mean seriously like I got to the edge of my seat and I was this like I started closing my eyes and going like this And I was all not gotta open my eyes. I gotta see what's going on But like I was just that into the beat or whatever you know I'm seeing it was it was very it was just so majestic and Poetic this soundtrack or whatever like it really did stand out to me like seriously I if nothing else I do want this soundtrack or this song to get some type of recognition when it comes to a war season because it was Just that damn good like seriously guys what I'm done with this video and upload and all that stuff if I remember off the top My head I'm gonna find out the name of that song and I'm gonna be jammed with it in my car But I said all the good things in the film, but let's talk about the bed Honestly, it is a bit long the runtime comes in at around two hours and 21 minutes And that was just some times to where I was just a little bored It's and I hate to sound insensitive, but especially when it came to Neil Armstrong's You know what he was dealing with at home or whatever it was kind of long and drawn out and daunting and you know I really just didn't really find anything that interesting until there was actually like in the space shuttle I had the suits on or was on the moon or anything like that all the extra stuff just wasn't that interesting to me I still enjoyed the film, but I just can't say oh my gosh You just need to run out and see this thing if I had to rate first man out of a one out of ten I will give it a seven out of ten. 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