Salutations everyone and welcome to your first Reel Film Nerds podcast of the week! Today your hosts talk about a film with a subject matter that is near and dear to their hearts, space exploration! Today your hosts dive into the dramatic telling of Neil Armstrong’s life as an astronaut ending with him landing on the moon. The guys really get going and talk a lot about this movie and everything that surrounds it including the X-15, Mercury, Gemini, Apollo missions, and the movie versus real life.
Mike and Matt both love this movie without question. They might be bias though since they both love space exploration. The acting is incredible by both Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy. The film is also very well done especially the scenes on the moon. It is tense and thrilling and keeps you on the edge of your seat from start to finish. The filmmakers also cover a topic rarely seen on the big screen the family of Neil Armstrong and what they go though during his time as an astronaut. Matt and Mike both give First Man 4.5 out of 5 Reels. Matt thinks it is one of the top movies of the year and if it is not an Academy Award contender he would be shocked.
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First Man
Director: Damien Chazelle 
Writers: Josh Singer and based on the book by James R. Hansen
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Pablo Schreiber, and Kyle Chandler
Release Date: October 12, 2018
Storyline from IMDB
A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.
Watch the First Man trailer below.
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