1995
Director: Ron Howard
Writer: Jim Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger
Lead Actors: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon
Apollo 13 is an American space expedition story that leaves viewers with a sense of optimism and knowledge but overall disappointment.
The story follows a group of men who begin training to head to the moon after the initial space landing. After take-off, they run into a series of problems that cause the mission to be in jeopardy.
The movie is pretty slow, I couldn’t stay focused on it, to say the least. As much as I admire space movies, Apollo 13, is not one I’d recommend.
With the title implying something aggressively wrong take place, this movie was ultimately a big letdown.
In my opinion, I would recommend watching either 2001: A Space Oddessy or Interstellar to get your space mission fixes.
This movie seems lacking, like an empty docudrama. I had higher expectations than what my peers expressed disappointment in, thinking it may be better.
Lately, I’ve been trying to wake movies more as an entertainment aspect rather than a critical aspect because I want to enjoy them more. But this movie definitely fell into the trap of me disconnecting and looking for distractions.
Online school is hard and watching movies that haven’t been piquing my interest has run me down quite a bit. Which in turn, makes me lose my motivation for the craft.
Hopefully, my interests will be relit after from free time during the break.
Anyways, I stand by my statement about watching something other than this movie, if you’re looking for a space-themed night.
A Friend of Film 