daniel-dippel

Overall an incredible movie - Herbert would be proud. I feel as if I have been to Arrakis (more sweating would have been more natural lol) and Geidi Prime (Frank would have rewritten some of this world to match the movie!). Only three minor-ish complaints (which keeps it from being a 10/10). 1. The acceptance of Paul seemed hurried (needed another short scene or two - I realize adds a couple minutes to a long movie), 2. Some dialogue was a bit generic and too brief - could have just stated a little more eloquently from time to time, and 3. I really wanted to see the Spacing Guild and folding of space ("spice" is the backbone of everything and leaving it out feels odd... probably saving for next movie and budgetary reasons got cut from script). I do recommend reading the first book, Dune... but not horrible to do it after watching both movies (I rarely say this). Anyway, a big two thumbs up!

I now laugh when I reread some of the negative reviews - to summarize: it made me have motion sickness so I left, didn't develop the orher characters enough, too somber and brooding, didn't cover all of the events of Niel Armstrongs career, etc. Well, most of these individuals missed the point of the movie or don't understand this genre of storytelling. It is a first person account basically told through the eyes of the first person to walk on the moon. I found this refreshing and not your typical Hollywood approach of trying to fit too much, too thinly for such an epic sweeping story that covers decades and dozen of key figures. It could have been 3-3.5 hours long. Yes, it could have been a TV mini-series or two (or more) movies. I love that it was told through the eyes of one central figure. Told through the eyes of the man that all of the accumulated effort of thousands of people and billions of dollars spent to accomplish one goal before the Soviets and for humankind - having a human step foot on the moon for the first time. I cannot remember a cinematic experience that got me as close to experiencing what it was truly like to be there first hand, in the drivers seat if you will, or better put, insabely strapped into a coffin fixed atop a massive liquid fuel explosion. How any person would be brave enough to face this, be able to perform well while in the thick of it and want to do it again and again is beyond words (or sanity). With death and fear all around no wonder there was a dark cloud hanging over everyone. I am sure all of us have marvelled at what has been accomplished by the NASA space missions especially Apollo. The movie Apollo 13 was a very good story that I thought put me as close to being an Astronaut as i could get. I was wrong. So, go and see First Man. Go and let yourself become THE astronaut. THE first human that was there at the very top of a giant pyramid of people because many before had made the ultimate sacrifice to make possible one giant leap for mankind. i will never look at another manned space vehicle, past or present, or astronaut again the same way,