FIRST MAN | 10.12.18 | Universal | Damien Chazelle | Ryan Gosling | Neil Armstrong biopic

[dudalb]

45 minutes ago, ThePhasmid said:

It's hard to top The Right Stuff, but this might be a worthy successor. Moon Landing deniers be damned.

"Apollo 13" says hi.

And then there was a really good HBO miniseries called "From The Earth To The Moon" about the entire Apollo program,which sort of a spinoff of Apollo 13, and was produced by Ron Howard .

But I agree that the Moon Hoaxers are morons.

[CoolioD1]

9 minutes ago, dudalb said:

We already had a good successor to The Right Stuff, it was called "Apollo 13".

 

4 minutes ago, dudalb said:

"Apollo 13" says hi.

the first draft was better. less unnecessary snark. 

Edited August 29, 2018 by CoolioD1

[Godzilla]

I think this could break out. 

 

$40M OW 

$150M DOM

$400M WW

[antovolk]

Chazelle went and bloody did it. Really quite brilliant, manages to nail the balance of focusing on Armstrong the man and Gemini/Apollo. Those space sequences though give Howard, Nolan et al run for their money. 
 

This may be the best Gosling performance I've seen, exuding so much in the internalised role that is Armstrong, great fit. Foy, Clarke and Chandler also great to watch.

 

Major props to Damien though - it would have been easy to go more traditional with the directing but this was a lot more down to earth, while not skimping (and I loved this about the space sequences) the majesty of it all. While Nolan/Interstellar influences are visible in the space sequences, Damien and Hurwitz pays even more overt homage to 2001/Kubrick and it's GLORIOUS. Amongst the Chazelle filmography it's overall quite a bit more low key and less showy than even Whiplash and La La Land, sort of back to what he had in Guy and Madeline, but this was really the best way to tackle this story, bravo to all. Now, dear cinema gods, please get me to an IMAX 70mm screening stat 🙏

 

Additional notes - there are a couple deleted sequences from the trailers that aren't in the film. And the score from Hurwitz. It's a lot more low key but in moments really shines. It's very reminiscent of Gravity in that mix between electronics and orchestra although there are a few fully orchestral cues that are highlights including *that* homage. Also - a bit of theremin - you think it's a solo choir voice but listen closely. What stuck out at me right away was that there is an element of the final score in the marketing - go back and watch the very first part (before the Universal logos) of the first trailer from June.... And lastly, that opening shot is iconic as hell. That is all.

 

All in all, this film lived up to my massive hype and then some.

[filmlover]

Chazelle delivers again. Also sounds like this is a must-see on the biggest screen possible so fingers crossed this becomes another Gravity/The Martian at the box office.

[Alli]

the reviews at letterboxd seem kinda mixed

[Joel M]

First trailer at ytb has only 1,3 mil views though. Isn't that weak for such a big project?

[filmlover]

5 minutes ago, Joel M said:

First trailer at ytb has only 1,3 mil views though. Isn't that weak for such a big project?

This movie is gonna skew pretty old for the most part. I wouldn't expect it to be a social media monster.

[tonytr87]

2 hours ago, dudalb said:

"Apollo 13" says hi.

And then there was a really good HBO miniseries called "From The Earth To The Moon" about the entire Apollo program,which sort of a spinoff of Apollo 13, and was produced by Ron Howard .

But I agree that the Moon Hoaxers are morons.

 

And it doesn't help when you have relatively intelligent celebrities like Joe Rogan entertaining these dumb-ass conspiracies. 

[Steele131]

31 minutes ago, Alli said:

the reviews at letterboxd seem kinda mixed

>letterboxd

[Eric is Quiet]

45 minutes ago, Joel M said:

First trailer at ytb has only 1,3 mil views though. Isn't that weak for such a big project?

That's because the trailer up now was a re-upload, because the initial trailer got the date wrong or something. It's currently unlisted, but I believe it got about 6 million or so views before being unlisted.

 

 

EDIT: Actually, it's at 7.5M views.

 

This is the trailer that got unlisted btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9Y7DTCn7Cc

 

Edited August 29, 2018 by CoolEric258

[antovolk]

5 hours ago, CoolEric258 said:

That's because the trailer up now was a re-upload, because the initial trailer got the date wrong or something. It's currently unlisted, but I believe it got about 6 million or so views before being unlisted.

 

 

EDIT: Actually, it's at 7.5M views.

 

This is the trailer that got unlisted btw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9Y7DTCn7Cc

 

The initial trailer drop used audio from the Challenger space shuttle mission right before the explosion, which the studio was rightly criticised for. Hence the re edit and re release. Ironic that the very clip with the Challenger audio played at the opening ceremony of the fest before the film began.

[Filmovie]

Saw it in Venice. Great movie.

[DAJK]

Pretty damn excited for this, I’m assuming it’s something I should shell out the extra money for in IMAX?

[WrathOfHan]

23 minutes ago, DAJK said:

Pretty damn excited for this, I’m assuming it’s something I should shell out the extra money for in IMAX?

Yes; it was filmed with IMAX cameras

[KeepItU25071906]

Fuck, I feel ... anything about this.

 

Sad. I like space and anything about space (except Star Wars, of course) but day after day, closer and closer to the premiere, my excitement was fading out.

 

 

 

 

Of course, I'm going to the theatre in October, but without interest which I hade with Arrival and Nolan, and Alfonso.

 

 

I feel the Martian level vibes here. 

 

 

Edited August 30, 2018 by KeepItU25071906

[The Stingray]

Standard biopic fare. This kid seems to be all about the awards. Looks boring to me. Nice craftsmanship, tho.
 

[ban1o]

Lol 😂 at the right wing outrage towards this movie lmao. Marco Rubio even tweeted about it. 

[WrathOfHan]

18 minutes ago, ban1o said:

Lol 😂 at the right wing outrage towards this movie lmao. Marco Rubio even tweeted about it. 

looooooooooooooooooooooool

 

[ban1o]

6 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

looooooooooooooooooooooool

 

Apparently the American Flag on the moon is in the movie it’s just they don’t go through the detailed process of him taking it out and putting it on since it was something that was very meticulously organized by NASA and they didn’t see a point 

 

imagine if Trump tweets though lol 😂 

Edited August 31, 2018 by ban1o