MOVIES! A highly underseen and probably misunderstood project for Damian Chazelle. He’s obviously taking a massive swing with this one and I think the biggest thing for the enjoyment of this movie is to realize it’s not that serious.
We are shotgunned into this story and it’s all gas no breaks for the full three hour runtime. The comparisons to Wolf of Wall Street and Boogie Nights are valid as it’s all so coked out. This is possibly the most…
My HS latin teacher would scream Stella every time she saw the word for Star
This movie is lifted entirely by Garfield and Pugh who give very raw and real performances. The movie itself is not as fully flushed out as I had hoped and the script is pretty garbage. However, the performances deliver such memorable scenes that it will stick around for awhile in the romance relevancy
Christopher Nolan made Interstellar so Damien Chazelle could make First Man so Christopher Nolan could make Oppenheimer.
First Man is a technical marvel and showcases a director showing incredible heights of filmmaking. The sound design and score is balanced in a way that works so well, the anxiety pulse pumping of the rocket’s take off to the awe inspiring silence of the moon. The practical effects are stunning.
Gosling gives a very different performance and I think his stoicism and…
