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Post by Gaz on Sept 5, 2018 11:15:33 GMT
Finally, a movie about Neil Armstrong....a man of true grit and undoubtedly mans most dangerous mission This comes out in October.
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Post by 4th Chord on Sept 5, 2018 14:51:38 GMT
Finally, a movie about Neil Armstrong....a man of true grit and undoubtedly mans most dangerous mission This comes out in October. I reckon I'll nip along one afternoon to the VUE cinema down the road and enjoy it on the big screen. |
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Post by Detroit on Sept 5, 2018 15:33:50 GMT
October? I'll wait for Davy's review before I watch it. He's most likely camped out in the ticket cue already.
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Post by 4th Chord on Sept 6, 2018 10:10:21 GMT
When questioned about the moment's omission from the film at the Venice Film Festival last week, Gosling said Armstrong never really "viewed himself as an American hero." "From my interviews with his family and people that knew him, it was quite the opposite. And we wanted the film to reflect Neil," Gosling said. Director Damien Chazelle said he did not mean to make a political statement by leaving the flag-planting moment out of the movie, and pointed out that other scenes show the flag on the lunar surface. While many conservative critics tore the movie apart on Twitter, Armstrong's sons, Rick and Mark, defended Chazelle in a statement to the Hollywood Reporter with author James R. Hansen, whose Armstrong biography offered the basis of the script. The three wrote: "Although Neil didn’t see himself that way, he was an American hero. He was also an engineer and a pilot, a father and a friend, a man who suffered privately through great tragedies with incredible grace. This is why, though there are numerous shots of the American flag on the moon, the filmmakers chose to focus on Neil looking back at the earth, his walk to Little West Crater, his unique, personal experience of completing this journey, a journey that has seen so many incredible highs and devastating lows. In short, we do not feel this movie is anti-American in the slightest. Quite the opposite." |
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Post by Gaz on Sept 6, 2018 11:51:23 GMT
In time the omission of the planting of the American flag will dissipate from the telling of the heroics of Neil Armstrong. I still can’t fathom being in the position that those astronauts were in. But never forget the feats of all involved especially engineers who were the brains behind the the space program... including those on the Russian side.
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Post by Gaz on Sept 6, 2018 12:02:01 GMT
October? I'll wait for Davy's review before I watch it. He's most likely camped out in the ticket cue already. I can guarantee Davo (wherever he is) would be the last one to view the movie. He’d probably say there’s a lot of Kubrick’s Nevada film footage used in the film hehe. Considering Chinas latest footage of the moons surface, Kubrick was a damn good visionary ;-) |
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Post by Gaz on Oct 14, 2018 10:15:48 GMT
When questioned about the moment's omission from the film at the Venice Film Festival last week, Gosling said Armstrong never really "viewed himself as an American hero." "From my interviews with his family and people that knew him, it was quite the opposite. And we wanted the film to reflect Neil," Gosling said. Director Damien Chazelle said he did not mean to make a political statement by leaving the flag-planting moment out of the movie, and pointed out that other scenes show the flag on the lunar surface. While many conservative critics tore the movie apart on Twitter, Armstrong's sons, Rick and Mark, defended Chazelle in a statement to the Hollywood Reporter with author James R. Hansen, whose Armstrong biography offered the basis of the script. The three wrote: "Although Neil didn’t see himself that way, he was an American hero. He was also an engineer and a pilot, a father and a friend, a man who suffered privately through great tragedies with incredible grace. This is why, though there are numerous shots of the American flag on the moon, the filmmakers chose to focus on Neil looking back at the earth, his walk to Little West Crater, his unique, personal experience of completing this journey, a journey that has seen so many incredible highs and devastating lows. In short, we do not feel this movie is anti-American in the slightest. Quite the opposite." I saw it this arvo and its focus is on Neil Armstrong, a private and intense character and I believe of all the fellas chosen for 'the right stuff', he was picked as above the others for his calmness under extreme duress. The scene on the Little West Crater is poignant. I never knew he lost his dear little daughter. |
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Post by 4th Chord on Oct 15, 2018 19:34:43 GMT
I can guarantee Davo (wherever he is) would be the last one to view the movie. Correct. A fictional film about a fictional event. No thanks. Did you know that tides are caused by sea monsters? Fact. |
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Post by Gaz on Oct 17, 2018 9:45:29 GMT
Did you know that tides are caused by sea monsters? Fact. Only if they all fart at the same time, while facing the same direction. Fact. Must be quite a site every 12 hours. BTW.. Does Loch Ness have tides with Nessie down there? |
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Post by 4th Chord on Oct 17, 2018 10:17:01 GMT
Only if they all fart at the same time, while facing the same direction. Fact. Must be quite a site every 12 hours. BTW.. Does Loch Ness have tides with Nessie down there?  Loch Ness is cut off from the sea but funnily enough it does have 'tides' as the country actually rises and falls by about a few cm as the huge mass of ocean tides rises and falls around the coastline. Loch Ness therefore rises and falls by........1.5mm! |
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Post by Gaz on Oct 17, 2018 10:18:48 GMT
Must be quite a site every 12 hours. BTW.. Does Loch Ness have tides with Nessie down there? Loch Ness is cut off from the sea but funnily enough it does have 'tides' as the country actually rises and falls by about a few cm as the huge mass of ocean tides rises and falls around the coastline. Loch Ness therefore rises and falls by........1.5mm! Nessie obviously has a gas problem. |
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Post by Gaz on Oct 17, 2018 11:20:56 GMT
Nessie obviously has a gas problem. Nessie doesn't exist, Gaz. How do you know? |
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Post by Gaz on Oct 17, 2018 20:28:42 GMT
Because it was first "spotted" by St Columba on August 22nd, in the year 565AD - which means it's at least 1,453 years old. Not very likely, is it?.... It's a legend created by Highlanders to fleece tourists. Nothing more. Why do you think the first annual "sighting" is always at the end of April?....just in time for the start of the main tourist season. Good fun, but unlike the moon landings, nothing more than a myth. Agreed |
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