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Originally Posted by JerryLBell
Except that it is actually shown on the moon in the film. It's just that the film centers around the experience of being the first man on the moon and is thus about Neil Armstrong. It's a character-driven movie, not the simplistic or jingoistic film about American exceptionalism that some folks wanted it to be. When I saw it, some guy shouted out "Where's the flag?" in an angry tone about two second after Armstrong first stepped out onto the moon, well before Aldrin had come out of the capsule and well before they would have, together, planted the flag. When the flag appeared on the screen a few minutes later, I felt like shouting back, "THERE'S the flag, moron!" but though I would not disturb my fellow movie goers further.
And the film is extremely accurate on the technical details. Compared to 99% of science fiction films, the whole landing is laborious, slow, tedious and tiresome. But that's the way the technology was (and it hasn't improved all that much since then).
As a fan of character-driven films, I found this one quite good. As a space buff of long standing, I was thrilled. No film is for everybody though and your mileage may vary.
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I had one of those "Where's the flag!" screamers when I saw it too. Good review of the movie, though.
I wish we could get back to the movie rather than all this current events oriented political crap.
Any one can wave a flag. It means next to NOTHING. That person may or may not believe in what makes this country great-- those are the ideals that are in the US Constitution.