Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Edwin The storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.

bruce-barrett-662-807730 Director Richard Dale managed to shoot only Whites. One Black astronaut slipped through in passing. 0ne woman technician, a blond knockout, made the cut. No Black technicians were shown, male or female. Ironically, the narrator spouts a line when the Apollo missions were beginning, that the time for calculations is over, ironic in the light of the recent Margot Lee Shetterly book and 20th Century Fox film, "Hidden Figures," which tells the story of the essential calculations accomplished for years by NASA's "Colored Girls," as they were known at the time. Dale even managed to exclude Blacks from the decades of fascinated onlookers at launches, landings, tragedies, and successes.

samarthpai This film thrilled and moved me like nothing before it. If I had to choose between owning this film and owning every other movie in the world, I'd choose this film.Every movie or TV show about space claims to convey "the wonder of space." But this film manages to actually DO that.Spectacular shots! "The best views a rocketman has ever seen."The film is immensely entertaining, down to the tense moments before the moon landing, which had its own real-life version of the bomb-on-a- timer device used in lesser movies.I wish I were alive in the 60s, so that I could have seen all this as it happened.

yujin-ito I'm not seeing any reviews blasting this film for conveniently forgetting the Apollo 13 mishap. I was watching the film and I had to rewind because I thought I blacked out and missed it. Nope, they just chose to not even mention it. They left out one of the biggest events in the exploration of space. I'm still trying to understand why any editor would think that the Apollo 13 mission would be something deserving of the cutting room floor. The only thing I can think is that the geniuses at the BBC think that Apollo 13 was some sort of embarrassment. I watched the first 2 parts of this film but then turned it off when I realized the filmmakers weren't too concerned with telling an accurate story.

jlmooman3 Very seldom do I want to buy and own a movie.This is one of them. My girlfriend and I stumbled upon this film when my internet (and thereby Netflix) went down last night. KCET just so happened to be airing this "documentary" about the first 50 years of American manned spaceflight. And I hesitate to call it a documentary because it's not what you'd consider a traditional one. There was no agenda, no call to action, no extended interviews.It was a "film" in the grandest sense, as art. The combination of the cinematography, much of it from NASA's own cameras, some of it previously unseen, the music with original scores made just for this film, and the pacing of these snapshots in time - all culminated in a surreal experience. I literally sat at the edge of my seat, holding my breath. I have never been so enthralled.The only real negative about the film is the distribution. I couldn't find it easily. I had to go all the way to Amazon.de (Germany) to find it and get it shipped internationally. But that's not necessarily a fault of the film, just its limited distribution.This is not the film to learn about the American space program. There are plenty of documentaries and books that cover the details. This is a film to experience with your total attention. Turn down the lights, turn up the sound - because you're in for a ride.