For as long as I can remember, I've been enamored with the space program. Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Jim Lovell were names that I knew and people whom I idolized from a very young age. These explorers and the hundreds of thousands of people who worked behind the scenes brought us closer to the science fiction future that I have often dreamed about.
Thus, I enjoyed the movie. I feel that the attention to detail was amazing and the actors really captured their historical counterparts. Among the most powerful moments was the tragedy of Apollo 1, which this movie brought home in a way that nothing had for me before.
Still, this movie is not for everyone. While Connor, who has talked about wanting to be a astronaut, stayed focused on it throughout, the other boys were not as entranced. As a movie, Apollo 13 still stands as the most accessible and moving of the films I've seen that deal with the space program. What this movie does is make us have a deeper understanding of the humanity involved in the Apollo program.
It also reminds me that we have a great deal more exploring to do. We have more progress that still needs to be made. I would like to see humanity push towards those goals.
Thus, I enjoyed the movie. I feel that the attention to detail was amazing and the actors really captured their historical counterparts. Among the most powerful moments was the tragedy of Apollo 1, which this movie brought home in a way that nothing had for me before.
Still, this movie is not for everyone. While Connor, who has talked about wanting to be a astronaut, stayed focused on it throughout, the other boys were not as entranced. As a movie, Apollo 13 still stands as the most accessible and moving of the films I've seen that deal with the space program. What this movie does is make us have a deeper understanding of the humanity involved in the Apollo program.
It also reminds me that we have a great deal more exploring to do. We have more progress that still needs to be made. I would like to see humanity push towards those goals.
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