First Man (4K Ultra-HD + Blu-ray) [2018] [Region Free]

Everyone knows who Neil Armstrong was. And why he has such a place in history. But nobody really knows much about Neil Armstrong the man himself. Not least because he was a very private individual. Director Damien Chazelle brings us a biopic movie on the subject, with Ryan Gosling in the lead, that aims to shed some light on the man who was the first to walk on the moon. This is not a biopic that covers his entire life, though. Just the decade before the Apollo eleven mission. During which time Neil Armstrong flew many different craft, often coming very close to catastrophe in some primitive and dangerous experimental machines. When he suffered personal loss. And when he became part of a mission that the whole world would watch. That could very easily have failed. How does some cope with all this? First man has cinematography that makes it look like something from the era. The sound design is incredible, and it really makes you feel as if you are in these machines that are rickety and might come apart at any moment. But it also has human perspective. Ryan Gosling's Neil is a fascinating watch, a man who doesn't seem to be able to articulate his feelings, even though he clearly has them, and a man of incredibly intense focus. Claire Foy also stands out for her portrayal of his wife Janet, who mans the home front under all the pressure while her husband is doing all this. There's a lot of other figures from the history, some of whom you might blink and miss if you don't know the subject. But Corey Stoll [Eph from TV show 'the Strain] does manage to make an impression as Buzz Aldrin. And fans of tv show Gotham watch out for Riddler Corey Michael Smith as astronaut Roger Chaffee. Even though you know how the sequence will go, the lunar landing ends up being one of the tensest bits of cinema you will ever see. And although it doesn't show the flag planting, it doesn't show the difficulties they had in take off either, so it's not as selective as it was accused of being. This is a portrayal of one remarkable man who was at the centre of one remarkable achievement, and it brings it all to life in a manner you will never forget. With a subtle but memorable score as well. Well worth five stars. The dvd has the following language and subtitle options: Languages: English. English audio description. Subtitles; English. It goes into the menu when loaded without trailers or ads to get through. Extras; Deleted scenes. Two of these, which can be watched individually or in a row. One is four minutes long. The other no more than thirty seconds. There's a commentary from the director, the writer, and the editor. Plus a few short featurettes. Which run from two to six minutes. Shooting for the moon. One of those general overview of the movie featurettes. Preparing to launch. About the genesis of the film. Giant leap in one small step. About Neil Armstrong himself. This one is really good. Mission gone wrong. About filming the sequences of flying the machines. Putting you in the seat. More about general filming. Recreating the moon landing. Which speaks for itself. Shooting at NASA. some fascinating film of NASA locations. Astronaut training. more of the above.

Although the film briefly starts off in 1961, the story really lifts off in 1965 when Neil Armstrong played by Ryan Gosling and his family settle in Houston after his young daughters passing. The story is about Neil Armstrongs time both at home and indeed preparing for the ultimate mission - to land on the Moon. At home he's had to face the unthinkable by losing his two and a half year-old daughter Karen who suffered with a brain-tumour......a difficult time for both himself and indeed his family, wife Janet (Clair Foy) and young son Rick......now at the beginning of his training including using untried equipment and test-flights his wife and children have many an anxiouis wait ahead of the 1969 flight. The film is basically a bioptic, i felt although Ryan Gosling wasn't perhaps the best choice for the role, however the film did hold my attention and did have many a tense sequence and indeed edge-of-your-seat moments.....in my view certainly a film worthy of a viewing.

Exceptional, revealing story, which focuses on the personal stories and the unglossed reality of being involved in this amazing adventure. This film is a revelation and manages to convey the reality of what they did like no other film I've seen. The lift off scene is spectacular: the sound is used incredibly effectively to tell the story of that experience. Blew me away 10/10

So, it's a film about the first man on the moon, of course, and it's really well done, with a great performance by Ryan Gosling (as Neil Armstrong) in a very difficult role. Judging from this, and also from various other things that I have seen and read on Armstrong, he was a very complex character, very non-showy, introverted in many ways, and not one to communicate much of his feelings or thoughts at all. In short, extremely difficult to play as a character but Gosling completely pulls it off in, as far as I am concerned, his best performance to date. His wife is played by Claire Foy, who does her usual great job as well - again not over the top or showy, just an ordinary woman married to an ordinary man who did an extraordinary thing, the prospect of which terrified her. The supporting cast are all superb, without exception, and the story itself goes into hitherto unknown (to me) depths of each (absolutely terrifying, death-defying, although not always defying) stage in the U.S. space program, which was at that time brand new and no one really had any idea of what they were doing. Things blew up for no jknown reason, people were burned alive in capsules in test launches, no one knew if the instrumentation was any real good, no one knew if they would land safely on the Moon or if they would - or could - get back to Earth even if they did. Extraordinary stuff, and at the heart of it all the great performance of Ryan Gosling. It's an absolute cracker of a film. In fact, I'm going to watch it again now.

The film drags. You're waiting for it to get going but it never really does. Dramatic episodes are told as asides and lack either tension or drama. Everyone seems a bit bored. The problem is down to the script, which just lacks zing - there's neither enough depth on the characterisation nor enough action. There are huge leaps in time and the end seems rushed. It's not a terrible film, but it's not a good one either.

Great movie, definately worth a watch, recommend this one

Test effectué le 12 avril 2019 en VO sur vidéoprojecteur JVC DLA X35 3D Blanc, écran lumene diagonale 2.70 m, ensemble 5.1 Bowers & Wilking, double subwoofer Velodine CHT -10 Q, platine Blue Ray 3D Pioneer BDP - LX54, ampli Yamaha RX - V1067. 1) Le blue Ray : Belle édition Digipack métallique tout en sobriété : au recto la figure méditative de Neil Armstrong face à la désolation lunaire, au verso sa frêle silhouette perdue dans l'immensité d'une nuit d'encre. Un résumé saisissant de la tonalité grave du film. L'image, comme la bande son, alterne scènes intimistes et fastueuses reconstitutions technologiques. Les noirs sont denses offrant une profondeur de champ exemplaire. Les flashs stroboscopiques des vols stratosphérique mettent votre dalle ou votre vidéo projecteur à rude épreuve. Une froide lumière bleue baigne l'ensemble. Compression remarquable. La bande son est un top démo : vols d'essai, crashs, décollages de la fusée Agena et de Saturne V explosifs. le mixage met toutes les enceintes à contribution, les subwoofers plus que toute autre. 2) Le film : Dés son plan d'ouverture, First Man se présente comme un évident hommage au chef d'œuvre majeur qu'est "L"étoffe des héros" (The Right Stuff") de Phillip Kauffman sorti en 1983 dont on ne saurait trop recommander le visionnage. Le plan d'ouverture est le même : une mer de nuages perçue depuis le cockpit du Bell X-1 de Chuck Yaeger, le North American X-15 de Neil Armstrong. Autre image forte : Jaeger s'éloignant de la carcasse en flammes de son Lockheed NF-104A, Armstrong abandonnant le Lunar Lander Simulator dans une boule de feu. Mais là où le film de Kaufman insistait sur le collectif, l'amitié, l'enthousiasme des pionniers de l'espace, celui de Damien Chazelle joue la carte de l'intimisme, du secret d'une âme frappée par le deuil. Outre le drame au cœur du destin du couple Armstrong, le film rappelle avec justesse l'extrême rudesse de ces années d'exploration : pour les hommes, comme pour leurs épouses victimes collatérales de leur suicidaire passion. Passion nourrie d'une foi inébranlable dans l' apport de la conquête spatiale à la marche de l'Humanité, ce qui nous vaut un bel échange entre Armstrong et la direction de la NASA. On tremble à la vision de l'habitacle spartiate dans lequel embarquaient les astronautes des missions Gemini. De leur navigation en orbite digne des capitaines cap horniers à la règle calcul et au compas, faute du moindre système de navigation embarqué. A posteriori, ces missions présentées officiellement comme des triomphes, apparaissent comme de la folie furieuse. La séquence majeure de l'alunissage relève du chef d'œuvre, même si HBO avait déjà mis la barre très haut avec sa sublime série "From The Hearth to The Moon" hélas passée inaperçue en France et qui mérite largement d'être redécouverte. L'inénarrable Donal Trump n'a pas trouvé cette reconstitution à son goût : pas assez patriotique. C'est une bonne nouvelle. Sur ce sujet, comme sur bien d'autres il n'a rien compris. Ce que révèle le film est, qu'au cœur de cette expédition mondialement retransmise, se cachait le drame d'un homme inconsolable qui rendait hommage à un être aimé. Loin d'un pensum patriotique, First Man prend l'Histoire à rebrousse poil en dressant le portrait d'un Buzz Aldrin odieux et mauvais camarade et d'Ed White héros injustement méconnu disparu dans les flammes d'Apollo 1 alors qu'il était destiné à être le premier homme sur la Lune. Le jeu toujours aussi impassible de Ryan Gosling fait merveille dans le rôle de Neil Armstrong. Claire Foy fragile et révoltée par la folie des hommes. Jason Clarke humain, trop humain. Un récit à hauteur d'homme qui plonge le spectateur au cœur des émotions vécues par ces grands figures. Un grand et beau film, pour un grand et bel exploit.

Towar nie zgodny z opisem!- całkiem inne języki niż w opisie.

Lato tecnico, immagini ottime e audio buono per questa edizione in 4K, buoni e interessanti anche i contenuti speciali. Il film di per se mi è piaciuto molto, ma questo è un gusto personale

Llego en tiempo y en perfectas condiciones. La película es con buena calidad de imagen y sonido.

Absolutely phenomenal filmmaking combined with the tale of one of mankind's most epic achievements makes "First Man" one of the best movies I have seen in a long time. On a pure technical level alone, it is a remarkable effort. Superior production values including editing, production design, sound mixing & editing, music, and photo-realistic Oscar-winning visual effects combine to immerse us into the excitement and risks of 1960's space travel and propel this biopic to classic status. "First Man" features a stellar cast led by another very fine, understated performance from Ryan Gosling as the titular astronaut. Gosling gives us a Neil Armstrong who is always fascinating to watch, regardless of whether he's flying an experimental spacecraft or listening to a lecture. Claire Foy is equally compelling in what could have been a much more formulaic role such as Kathleen Quinlan in "Apollo 13". Similarly, the rest of the ensemble- especially Kyle Chandler, Jason Clarke, Corey Stoll, and Lukas Haas- effectively play their historical characters as "real people" and never seem to be acting like, well, actors. They disappear into their roles and do not show off in ways most lesser actors would. There are a surprisingly fair amount of detractors for this film, so I can't say as confidently as I should be able to that everyone and their mother's uncle needs to see it. The "flag/ patriotism controversy" was nothing short of moronic. I have seen critics from far-right and far-left perspectives tear this movie apart; hilariously and ironically, these two radical opposites seemed to work together in putting a dent in this film's performance, and may well have succeeded: while reviews were largely stellar for "First Man", it fell short of box office analysts' forecasts and was unable to recoup its relatively modest budget theatrically. This all echoes the odd fate of 1983's "The Right Stuff"; it too was a well-reviewed, Oscar-winning film about NASA's early days, and it too was ignored by audiences in its initial release. *How* you watch this is vital for your appreciation of it. I recommend not watching this on anything less than a 40" TV and Blu-Ray; I saw it on a 50" on 4K UHD and was blown away by many sequences. I can't imagine watching it on a laptop or on DVD. While the documentary-style naturally prohibits "First Man" from being a definitively beautiful-looking film, the added details from 4K including ample film grain in the non-IMAX footage immerse us even further into the experience. The film may take minor liberties with history (especially for Hollywood), yet due to strong performances, documentary-style filmmaking, and impeccable production values, "First Man" is a stunning achievement. Last but far from least, the score by Justin Hurwitz is one of the best original scores I have ever heard, and that's a lot of praise coming from a soundtrack aficionado; it is a sin this was not nominated by the Oscars in favor of far more unoriginal music.