I was a B- (at best) student in math when I watched this movie in my junior year in high school. This movie kind of pushed me to study math and physics, now I'm a college student studying aerospace engineering. This movie has a special place in my heart
It was an amazing time for my grandmother, born in 1882. Saw an airplane for the first time at age 25 and then she watched the first moon landing 62 years later when she was 87 years old.
Your grandmother was very lucky she lived when humans achieved all those great things, not to mention WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, and many more historic events.
@@Zaz5y not lucky but more crazy, i like to think humans will never reach the insanity, ingenuity, will power, and intellectualism it did in that era. That was human's finest hour.
This event took place just 65 years after the Wright Brothers flew in Kitty Hawk. People who didn't know what an airplane was in their youth lived to see SPACESHIPS in their own lifetime. Scientists... I salute you.
@@DarkTheFailure "Their technology is primitive but the lesson here is clear - beware of humans. They are adaptable and swift to learn and they fear nothing."
Sammy Sran Heard it all before... they say we are going back and then they cancel... then a new President is elected and we are going back again... they also rotate the Moon and Mars as well. I hope you’re right and we do go in 2024 - if we don’t then I’m getting off the fence for good.
I knew the film would have some storytelling poetic liberty. I have read lots of books. I have seen hours of footage. I knew the history. I knew exactly what was going to happen. Still yet, this scene was one of the most powerful things I has ever seen in the movies in my whole life. Astonishing and inspiring.
Тrue. Really powerful. I think that was the best moment of human history and they cinemazed it perfectly. Very underrated movie. Best in 2010s. And now we go again to Moon, Artemis launched.
That moon through the window felt like it was taunting humanity. Saying I’m right here, does humanity have what it takes to not only walk on me but also make it back home alive?
It was very well done. Some small liberties taken yes, but it's a fine balancing between retelling the same story and trying to get people to experience what the director is trying to deliver. My only complaint is that the movie could have shown a bit more of the flying or space program (crashing and being rescued in Korea or some spacecraft engineering or Neil and Buzz dusting each other off after reentering the LM) to break up the heavy emotional drama of the story a bit more.
One of my favorite scenes in all of cinema. The moment the engines light up brought a tear to my eye in the theaters. It's sad that this movie didn't get the recognition it deserved, I thought it was the best movie of 2018.
i know what u mean, i have always been in awe of the Saturn V and have watched almost every bit of footage available yet i only heard about this film for the 1st time 2 mths ago, i have not seen the film but in my opinion this 5 minute clip especially the bit @ 2:24 when it all kicks off is by far the most amazing thing ive ever seen
@@RobNicholson1234 Since 1969 the world's poverty rate has been cut down from 50 % to just 7 %. That is the most glorious achievement in the history of mankind. By far.
Their computing systems were designed for optimal reliability in the harsh environment of space and they got the job done. Commercial smartphones wouldn't work for long in space due to cosmic radiation strikes.
Simply because the informations stored in the Apollo computers were very "simple", like fuel or altitude just in numbers, it was very important but i'd day 80% of the mission was based on the rockets working properly and the LM and CM not failing
If you're ever heading out on Interstate 65 right after entering Alabama, there's a Saturn IB in place at a rest stop. While not the same as the Saturn V, it's still absolutely enormous.
It was too long and drawn out. They usually go for Films that are moderately fast paced. Besides its also a historical movie of real events and The Academy doesnt give that preference anymore.
Francois Genesse Still, why not this but Black Panther and Bohemian Rhapsody? A visceral experience based on the greatest achievement in the history of mankind over a slightly-above-average-yet-overhyped superhero movie and a mediocre biopic so full of BS it might as well be on TV? It doesn’t make any sense.
There’s something so violent and paradoxically so elegant about the Saturn V, controlled, chaotic, terrifying and beautiful. Most gorgeous machine ever constructed by human hands
How utterly mindblowing is the fact that they put that thing into orbit, then broke orbit with an engine burn to propel the craft to a spot where the moon would end up and catch them in its gravity pull. The moon is flying around the earth. They aimed at a future spot the moon would be in when they arrived. Nuts.
Well, it's called mathematics! And it's guite straight forward to find exactly the burning power and thrust for the velocity needed for an x object to go to the Moon. The mind-blowing is that all the engines , mechanical parts must work perfectly to be spot on with the mathematical equation to hit the target!
I don't know why, but I tear up at this too. Maybe because I know the nation that did this is being erased, quickly. Dying off, its symbols scrubbed or manipulated (see 'Hidden Figures') beyond all recognition.
Sorry, moon was not visible in the morning sky in Florida during the launch. It was a few days past new, it set early in the evening the night before launch. And as COMMANDER of the mission the last thing he would do is take his eyes off the instruments. Do you want the pilot of your 747 flying you to Hawaii to stare out the window to the west as he is taking off?
As Mission Commander in the left seat for powered flight, Armstrong would have been watching the DSKY display for the fight compuer as well as the "8 ball" attitude indicator. No time for sight seeing, even if the windows were not blocked by the boost cover until after second stage ignition.
Possibly the greatest launch sequence in the history of cinema, created to commemorate arguably the most important in reality. A truly fitting monument to the tireless work of the scientists, astronauts and all of the support staff responsible for making this mission a reality. Absolutely incredible. This film was robbed at the Oscars.
Both are great sequences but it comes down to the music. The music in Apollo 13 is more wonderous and has a sense of adventure, while in First Man it's very epic and makes you think about the history they're making.
That sound engineering is phenomenal. It's so visceral that you feel every rivet and bolt straining and vibrating during lift-off. This movie is unique in that uses sound, story and cinematography to convey emotion and awe rather than over-sensational dialogue and hyped up special effects.
Yes it’s like seeing the onboard footage from Space X launches and marvelling at how serene it looks, when in reality everything is operating right at the very limit of technology and is under incredible stress!
The Saturn V rockets were damn monsters, I know the Apolo missions were planned to the smallest detail but i´m still amazed that they managed to lift such weight
"We have some 7.6 million pounds of thrust pushing the vehicle upward, a vehicle that weighs close to 6 and a half million pounds" Cutting it a little close, I'd say. Lol
You can literally hear the fuel pump valves close and jitter. I thought that effect was cool. The biomedical telemetry system for ems came from space program
Brilliant editing, music score and cinematography can be seen in this scene alone. Such a shame that the academy failed to recognize First Man in those categories.
They werent controlled explosions... Thats the beauty of the rocket engine Due to the tyranny of the rocket equation..you cant compress rocket fuel or it gets too heavy to store it, the only way to go faster is to throw the fuel faster out the end, it gets lit at the edge of the engine bell... Rockets literally sit on the edge of the explosion and coast the concussive blast front..theres nothing controlled about the explosion
@@msb3235 Yep, the whole movie was shot on film instead of digital to get that vintage grainy look. All the spacecraft interior scenes were shot with 16mm film, the regular people/house scenes in 35mm film, and the moon walk in IMAX.
One of the most underrated footage of modern films. This yellow lamp reflection in the elevator with the evening (or early morning?) light, the height of the rocket and the music score, amazing!
2:20 Something about him looking at the moon gets me emotional. Billions of people see the moon daily/nightly like this but when he looked at it knowing his crew were heading right towards it and that he himself would be the first person to every walk on that spec from earth is just too powerful.
@Your Conscience If it's a hoax how can we determine the (almost) exact position of the moon, discovered the Moon patterns and the distance between Earth and Moon to determine the correct Moon phase?
This scene was just amazing. The sound design, music, and cinematography are amazing in this scene. Not to mention that this glorious moment actually happened in real life. After all of the setbacks, and terrible things going on around them, these courageous men, especially Neil Armstrong, kept on shooting for the moon, no pun intended, and went where no man has gone before. The amount of courageousness these men had for something that seemed so impeccably impossible, yet they made it happen, even while the fact that fear was in every corner of their mind, yet they kept embracing fear for this terrifying, yet spectacular mission.
I like this take. Its hard to wrap your head around just how scary this really was. Riding a 160 million horsepower explosion into deep space, and then landing on an airless dusty irradiated hunk of rock that is, at minimum, days away from home should we need to return in an emergency. And then, at that, getting home is extremely treacherous. Reentry into the atmosphere is extremely taxing on a spacecraft and its occupants, and it requires some god tier engineering to ensure a safe return every time. Space and the moon are no place for a human, going orbital speeds is insane and slowing down enough to land is extremely dangerous, but humanity *did* these things. It's just incredible.
Acting, Soundtrack and the way the story is told is astonishing. It's amazing how they found a great balance in the story between Neil's personal drama and the Apollo program. Definitely one of the best movies of all times.
Yeh deffo tinged with sadness & i hate that the guy paying aldrin got such a bad part ,he was ace in House of cards & deserved a good movie part but aldrin was written bady for me :/ ace film though
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Micheal Collins, thank you for proving to the world that those of us that see humanity's future is in the stars were not mad after all.
Ryan Gosling is wonderful in this scene. Only with his eyes, we can feel the anxiety of the unknown but also the determination to reach the goal. Director Damien Chazelle is a genious. With 'First Man' he realized a fantastic tribute to Neil Armstrong and also to all the men & women who did work for the space adventure. This movie did certainly deserve more awards!
I always keep remembering the scene where we see Neil singing to his daughter. It actually made me cry because he loved her so much and he tried hard to find a way to cure her but in the end she died. Even though he had two other sons the death of a child will always stay with you.
@@bigmaxy07 There was massive value in going. Exploration and understanding of space. The effects of space travel on the human body. The project to go to the moon spurred on massive demand for computing and other technologies. Sorry the space program is worth every penny and more.
Graeme Spence there was massive value back then. The OP was talking about returning there. No value any more for the moon. We have a moon rock. It’s been done. Elsewhere, yes huge potential of course, to your points.
@@bigmaxy07 The moon has helium3 which is critical for fusion. Mining Helium3 would long term help earths energy requirements though the helium3 i cant remember if its proven.
"american" ;) (Yeah yeah, before you say it, I know that german scientists were just a minimal part of the hundreds of thousands of people that made Apollo possible)
Saturn V aka the Beast - 50+ years later and still regarded as the greatest rocket ever, generating 7.5 million pounds of thrust from just 5 engines is to me what makes the Saturn V the daddy - those 5 F-1 engines are by far the most awesome display of power man has ever created
And the bean counters at NASA and in Congress decided to throw it all away for a glorified overpriced space taxi. Historians hundreds of years from now will still be wondering what the heck we were thinking.
Never forget that the first F-1 engine test fired in 1959. In essence, it all happened because of technology from 50 to 60+ years ago. Simply incredible.
@@TheDeJureTour WOW! its 2019 and i'm obsessed with the Saturn V and it's monstrous F-1 engines even today - can't imagine what u must of experienced back in 1959, lucky git lol :-)
The Falcon Superheavy will finally surpass the Saturn V for deep space trips. If it weren’t for private companies, the Saturn V would’ve been as good as it got.
2:41 The Cold War irony of the effect similar to the detonation of a nuclear bomb. They portrayed the absolute, mind-numbing raw power and engineering marvel of the Saturn V perfectly. That rocket reflects the will and determination of everyone and everything that it took to do it.
I mean it's probably pretty accurate to the effect of a night launch where they portrayed it as early morning in this movie, but the actual Apollo 11 launch was during the day. Watch the 2019 Apollo 11 movie sometime. It uses actual footage and audio from the mission and the lunch scene in that one is very well done too. I think both movies have very well portrayed launch scenes in their own right. This one sets it more in the darkness of the Cold War era whereas Apollo 11 obviously portrays the actual feel of the time of the launch with the actual footage.
This magnificent beast STILL holds the record for the heaviest payload lifted into both earth orbit and lunar orbit.... she is also one of the few rocket boosters to NEVER fail to complete a mission. Even the clusterfuck unmanned Apollo 6 mission managed to limp into orbit despite losing 2 S II second stage engines. She might never be surpassed even by the SLS...
@@kamisama9715 the starship will be beyond ground breaking, but again, it's legacy will never surpass the one the Saturn family left. 60 years since they were first used and we still talk about them today with such respect
@@panzerkampfwagenviiimaus2366 True. The very fact that these engineers designed and created something so impressive with no calculators and that the rocket actually took off into the sky and never managed to fail even once can never be surpassed
Today returning to the Moon even with all the computing power available to us..we still lack the most important thing..human willpower..over the machines..
...@@dewadattaa268 Believe me money and willpower have a direct connection..if you have the want and the will power the America people can force the government to come up with the money..its a very simple connection..after all we still live in a democracy..
It was, just a single one of its F1 Main Engines produced as much thrust as all three main engines on the Space Shuttle Orbiter, the Saturn V had 5 of them.
Heard it for real, from about 2 miles away. Not just loud; you FELT it, and it made a peculiar popping noise as it ascended. I had no idea, at five years old, that I was witnessing the first actual mission to land on the moon, but I remember seeing that launch because it was the most spectacular thing I'd seen in my life (and it remains so today). It was only a couple of days later, after we'd returned home from our Florida vacation, that my dad woke me up late at night to see on television the results of what I'd witnessed.... the grainy, ghostly black and white images of men standing and walking in a place never before visited by human beings. I was instilled with a healthy sense of awe at an early age, yes I was.
Love the internal shot of crew members around 4.06 as the tilting of the craft begins and then an external transitional view is shown prior to the separation thrust. Very intentional cinematography 👏👏👍🏻 Classic
I like how Neil is looking at the moon as if he’s saying this for Grissom, Chafee, White and all the men that died for the space race. I hope some day that when man touches Martian soil we will all be in awe of man’s achievements and goals to inspire generations to do the same. May we take one step for our present to leap forward to the future for tomorrow’s generation.
I think it goes back to the scene where he ejects from the lander training machine and he’s laying there bloody and bruised; looking at the moon and the moon is like; it’s going to take way more then this if you want to conquer me …
Most incredible launch scene in a movie. The way Neil Armstrong walks way ahead of the two crew mates on the bridge goes to show how much he is into this, completely onto the task, in the zone, and also deep within himself with the family tragedy. Not sure if many of those watched the movie noticed this but the director likely deliberately pictured it this way. All three astronauts are heroes and so are everyone involved who made this flight happen.
You skipped Apollo 13 some how. The only things that scene is better at is scale sense and image resolution. The whole movie looks like they re used Apollo 13 props or even actual early 70s equipments, stuff were new at the time of the events not worn out and rusted.
If I'm ever feeling a bit down, blue or anxious I find that watching this and The Launch from Apollo 13 has the effect of re balancing my equilibrium. It is an intensely emotional experience where I actually feel as if I'm drawing power from those rockets ... surging through me and leaving me in a state of remarkable calm. Strange isn't it ? ... I know that I'd never measure up to these astronauts. Their professionalism, dedication and bravery only highlights my inadequacies yet that doesn't knock me down ... it builds me up.
Imagine walking across some sketchy scaffolding to step into an aluminum can, strapping the strongest engines invented (at that time) to the bottom, with thousands of pounds of highly explosive fuel beneath you. These guys had some balls
@@richs7062 Ion engines are extremely efficient in terms of fuel usage but they are very low thrust compared to chemical rockets. The X3 is nowhere near the power in terms of thrust as the F1 rocket engine used on the Saturn V first stage, and no other engine has ever reached that level of thrust.
My favorite part of this scene is not even after the launch begins, but before when they are ascending the elevator and Collins and Buzz are starring in awe at the rocket.
One of the most moving and memorable scenes in the history of cinema. The soundtrack. The cinematography. Perfection. That this movie became politicized was beyond unfortunate.
@ 2:22 "ignition sequence start" then "BOOM" i have just watched this with the audio playing thru my surround sound and it sounds absolutely awesome but also gives me a sense of how incredibly frightening this must of been for the astonauts too, the "BOOM" when the engines ignite, the intense shaking, the metal groaning and all the other sounds starting up in the background during the launch - the Saturn V was truly a monster not seen the whole film but i think this clip with the music is the finest bit of film ever produced, the bit @ 3:27 where the Saturn V rises from the cloud is simply breath taking
I love the pictures of the Saturn VI second stage and abort tower piercing the sound barrier it really helps to visualize just how fast it's really moving
I think few people today realize just how dangerous these launches actually were. Astronauts got thrown into strapped to a glorified ballistic missile.
I love how they designed the aesthetic for this scene around the real life shots from the actual launch of Apollo 11. Great decision making to do that.
The entire movie was shot using 16 mm and 35 mm cameras of 1960's era and a grainy look intentionally added just to match those actual launch footages.
This one scene>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>black panther and bohemian rapsody
This whole scene just gives me chills down the spin. It shows you how great and fragile human being can be under the same circumstances. We can build a beast of a rocket to take three people to the space, but in the mean time any mistake can easily kill them.
Glad they used the original audio of Jack King, "The Voice of Apollo." Really loved how he announced every phase of the launch up to liftoff. From "t-minus 15 secomds. Guidance is internal", to "9, engine sequence start." to "zero, liftoff."
yeah! but they did make one big mistake, and that was the windows, there is no way neil could have looked up at the moon from inside the capsule, due to the windows being covered by the escape tower.
My father said he watched Neil Armstrong take the first step on the moon with his grandfather. His grandfather said, after Neil's famous words, "When I was a boy I drove horses on the family farm. Now I am watching a man walk on the moon on national television. I couldn't have lived at a better time in history."
I like how the Saturn V was portrayed as if it’s a character. It’s the only one of Armstrong’s launches in the movie where we get to see it from the outside in all of its glory. The X-15 and Gemini launches are all shown from the cramped interiors.
It's one thing to build a skyscraper.
It's another thing to lift it off the ground.
@@NinjaNeoN Nevermind the sound barrier, this thing goes at something like Mach 30 in space
HA Good one
@@NinjaNeoN And then circumnavigate part of it all the way to the moon, with only 1 chance to succeed
AND THROW IT AT THE MOON
...and pull it off 10 times without fail.
I was a B- (at best) student in math when I watched this movie in my junior year in high school. This movie kind of pushed me to study math and physics, now I'm a college student studying aerospace engineering. This movie has a special place in my heart
this movie came out last year
@@mrtuvok5578 Damn that's what I like to see, roasted people 😂
@@mrtuvok5578 Two years ago.
@@mrtuvok5578 Yes, 2018, I was in the 11th grade, when I wrote this comment I was a freshman in uni
@@Fyzzy4life Imagine roasting someone and being completely wrong and looking like a potato on the Internet lol
It was an amazing time for my grandmother, born in 1882. Saw an airplane for the first time at age 25 and then she watched the first moon landing 62 years later when she was 87 years old.
Your grandmother was very lucky she lived when humans achieved all those great things, not to mention WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, and many more historic events.
@@Bundy72 I don’t think it’s lucky to live during those things lel
@@Zaz5y not lucky but more crazy, i like to think humans will never reach the insanity, ingenuity, will power, and intellectualism it did in that era. That was human's finest hour.
@@TheStig_TG Probably because it was the worst time to be alive
Dude your grandma is older than mine bc she is already 80
This event took place just 65 years after the Wright Brothers flew in Kitty Hawk. People who didn't know what an airplane was in their youth lived to see SPACESHIPS in their own lifetime. Scientists... I salute you.
Don't forget engineers 🍻
@@schumifan78 Engineers are scientists, in their own crazy way.
Woah I never thought of that one, this must event must've made the life of those people the most precious things
@@Zuhfnyr Only to be called frauds by people who were born in the 1990s.
@@ryancool-pq5vu hey at least the people who actually got to witness it can appreciate it for forever
I love that they used a lot of real footage here. Makes the scene so much better than if they had gone for just special effects.
They also used a lot of miniature effects.
Real footage also cuts down on costs, really felt like a B-movie.
@@mustahsin1910 is that a good or a bad thing?
Ive seen 3 movies in theaters in 2019 and they were all 3 beyond excellent and amazing!!!!!!!
Mission Impossible Fallout
First Man
Bohemian Rhapsody
@@mustahsin1910 Real footage for the sake of as much REALISM as possible ...
Yeahhhh right man ... Suck your """ b movie """ attitude !
An alien's national geographic: here, we see a primitive species taking their first steps out of their home planet. The footage is stunning.
Yep
"As you can see, they are using a very brut force method called a rocket"
@@DarkTheFailure "Their technology is primitive but the lesson here is clear - beware of humans. They are adaptable and swift to learn and they fear nothing."
@Gregorius Samuel no silly that's just translation :)
These apes in spacesuits are smarter than we realized. Great progress. Maybe they won't wipe each other out after all!
"See that skyscraper?"
"Yes sir?"
"I want it flying."
Atta boy.
I agree, it does look like a skyscraper
*SAY NO MORE BOSS!*
@Jesus is Muslim The few thousands of people that witnessed the launch with their own eyes would argue.
Lol
Greatest engineering feat in human history.
The film wasn’t though.
Yeah and we haven’t been back in 47 years now and don’t seem to be able to 🧐
@@mrorangepeel659 We're going back to the moon in 2024.
and technically it was 90% plumbing
Sammy Sran Heard it all before... they say we are going back and then they cancel... then a new President is elected and we are going back again... they also rotate the Moon and Mars as well. I hope you’re right and we do go in 2024 - if we don’t then I’m getting off the fence for good.
I knew the film would have some storytelling poetic liberty.
I have read lots of books.
I have seen hours of footage.
I knew the history.
I knew exactly what was going to happen.
Still yet, this scene was one of the most powerful things I has ever seen in the movies in my whole life.
Astonishing and inspiring.
Feel the same
Siento lo mismo
É nois, mano!!
Тrue. Really powerful. I think that was the best moment of human history and they cinemazed it perfectly. Very underrated movie. Best in 2010s. And now we go again to Moon, Artemis launched.
That moon through the window felt like it was taunting humanity. Saying I’m right here, does humanity have what it takes to not only walk on me but also make it back home alive?
@@Luis-be9mi I thought the intention was more "keep your eyes on the prize, neil." But I like your interpretation as well.
It was very well done. Some small liberties taken yes, but it's a fine balancing between retelling the same story and trying to get people to experience what the director is trying to deliver.
My only complaint is that the movie could have shown a bit more of the flying or space program (crashing and being rescued in Korea or some spacecraft engineering or Neil and Buzz dusting each other off after reentering the LM) to break up the heavy emotional drama of the story a bit more.
One of my favorite scenes in all of cinema. The moment the engines light up brought a tear to my eye in the theaters. It's sad that this movie didn't get the recognition it deserved, I thought it was the best movie of 2018.
i know what u mean, i have always been in awe of the Saturn V and have watched almost every bit of footage available yet i only heard about this film for the 1st time 2 mths ago, i have not seen the film but in my opinion this 5 minute clip especially the bit @ 2:24 when it all kicks off is by far the most amazing thing ive ever seen
Rather sad that we went from such a glorious achievement to where we are right now. We lost our way very quickly
Broo same, I never felt tears for a movie in a longtime since avatar 🔥💯
It's not political correct movie or a superhero movie so ya it gets no press
@@RobNicholson1234
Since 1969 the world's poverty rate has been cut down from 50 % to just 7 %.
That is the most glorious achievement in the history of mankind.
By far.
The craziest thing about this is that you're cellphone has more storage than this entire mission, they landed on the moon with only a few kilobytes
A text document with a few words in it these days consists of more bytes than they had in the lunar module.
Their computing systems were designed for optimal reliability in the harsh environment of space and they got the job done. Commercial smartphones wouldn't work for long in space due to cosmic radiation strikes.
One Google search of Apollo 11 took as much computer power as the entire mision
Simply because the informations stored in the Apollo computers were very "simple", like fuel or altitude just in numbers, it was very important but i'd day 80% of the mission was based on the rockets working properly and the LM and CM not failing
Kilobyte... That's a word I haven't used in a while.
The elevator part gets me every time. Up and up and up and it seems to never end, the Saturn V was massive
Agreed. It's one thing to know this beast of a machine was over 360ft tall... its another entirely to ride the elevator up to the top of it.
She was about twice as high as Niagara Falls
It took two separate elevators to reach the command module.
If you're ever heading out on Interstate 65 right after entering Alabama, there's a Saturn IB in place at a rest stop. While not the same as the Saturn V, it's still absolutely enormous.
@@dynagaming2693
I believe you're referring to Athens, AL. Huntsville has a Saturn V replica outside of the US Space and Rocket Center.
It continues to break my heart that the Academy overlooked this for Best Picture.
It was too long and drawn out. They usually go for Films that are moderately fast paced. Besides its also a historical movie of real events and The Academy doesnt give that preference anymore.
Великий Рен “Moderately fast paced”? Have you seen “The Godfather”?
@@ForceMaximus84 That was 47 years ago! The "Academy" has changed.
Francois Genesse Still, why not this but Black Panther and Bohemian Rhapsody? A visceral experience based on the greatest achievement in the history of mankind over a slightly-above-average-yet-overhyped superhero movie and a mediocre biopic so full of BS it might as well be on TV? It doesn’t make any sense.
@@RenTheGreat I agree with the not giving preference part, but 95% of films that have won best picture have had a 2 hour+ runtime.
There’s something so violent and paradoxically so elegant about the Saturn V, controlled, chaotic, terrifying and beautiful. Most gorgeous machine ever constructed by human hands
Not see hands
Hopefully, we see the next most beautiful machine created take the next generation of humans to the moon, mars and beyond.
Starship 🫡
How utterly mindblowing is the fact that they put that thing into orbit, then broke orbit with an engine burn to propel the craft to a spot where the moon would end up and catch them in its gravity pull. The moon is flying around the earth. They aimed at a future spot the moon would be in when they arrived. Nuts.
The amount of math involved in this blows my mind.
Predeterminating where something will be in the future is the way a dragonfly hunts: It doesn't chase, it intercepts.
@@Rich6Brew
Interesting fact.
Yeah science!
Well, it's called mathematics!
And it's guite straight forward to find exactly the burning power and thrust for the velocity needed for an x object to go to the Moon.
The mind-blowing is that all the engines , mechanical parts must work perfectly to be spot on with the mathematical equation to hit the target!
"T minus 15 seconds, guidance is internal .... 12, 11, 10 , 9, ignition sequence start"
DAMMIT... somebody's cutting onions here!!
Ot it's my damn allergies
You can't imagine what it was like watching it live on a blurry black and white TV screen. No crying, but believe me, no one was breathing either!
I don't know why, but I tear up at this too. Maybe because I know the nation that did this is being erased, quickly. Dying off, its symbols scrubbed or manipulated (see 'Hidden Figures') beyond all recognition.
George I am the 100th like
George I hear ya
Perfect scene.
He kept his eyes on the Moon.
Now, this is THE WAY to achieve your goal!
Tom G also because the windows were covered by the escape tower, so it was impossible
@@wraithita The hatch window wasn't, so he might have snuck a glance over there ;)
Sorry, moon was not visible in the morning sky in Florida during the launch. It was a few days past new, it set early in the evening the night before launch. And as COMMANDER of the mission the last thing he would do is take his eyes off the instruments. Do you want the pilot of your 747 flying you to Hawaii to stare out the window to the west as he is taking off?
DonCorleoneQ8 he wasn’t thinking about the moon, he was thinking about his daughter.
As Mission Commander in the left seat for powered flight, Armstrong would have been watching the DSKY display for the fight compuer as well as the "8 ball" attitude indicator. No time for sight seeing, even if the windows were not blocked by the boost cover until after second stage ignition.
Possibly the greatest launch sequence in the history of cinema, created to commemorate arguably the most important in reality. A truly fitting monument to the tireless work of the scientists, astronauts and all of the support staff responsible for making this mission a reality. Absolutely incredible. This film was robbed at the Oscars.
I think Apollo 13 still takes the cake walk for the best launch sequence in my humble opinion for the Saturn V
@@xxxsnoopdawgxxx1220It's very hard, both are excellent
Robbed? Maybe. There were other excellent films that year
Both are great sequences but it comes down to the music. The music in Apollo 13 is more wonderous and has a sense of adventure, while in First Man it's very epic and makes you think about the history they're making.
That sound engineering is phenomenal. It's so visceral that you feel every rivet and bolt straining and vibrating during lift-off.
This movie is unique in that uses sound, story and cinematography to convey emotion and awe rather than over-sensational dialogue and hyped up special effects.
The rasping of tbe rockets & the burn sounds you can amost smell it ,phenomenal sound
Yes it’s like seeing the onboard footage from Space X launches and marvelling at how serene it looks, when in reality everything is operating right at the very limit of technology and is under incredible stress!
The Saturn V rockets were damn monsters, I know the Apolo missions were planned to the smallest detail but i´m still amazed that they managed to lift such weight
"We have some 7.6 million pounds of thrust pushing the vehicle upward, a vehicle that weighs close to 6 and a half million pounds"
Cutting it a little close, I'd say. Lol
Soon we have new Beasts trudging their way to the launch pad soon! the S.L.S. and Space X's Starship!
tahts rihgt💰💰💰✔✔✔✔✔✔✔
F-1 Rocket engines are no joke
The ship is from the tax payers.
Hard not to get emotional watching this
I don't know, Ryan Gossling seemed to have no issues avoiding emotions in this scene.
It's also hard not to get hard with Ryan on screen
Not hard to not get emotional watching this
Thought I was the only one
13s was better.
You can literally hear the fuel pump valves close and jitter. I thought that effect was cool. The biomedical telemetry system for ems came from space program
Brilliant editing, music score and cinematography can be seen in this scene alone. Such a shame that the academy failed to recognize First Man in those categories.
Aliens: You propel your spacecrafts with controlled explosions?
Humans: Hey, as long as it works.
Hahaha
"But we drew the line with Project Orion. On paper a great idea, but we hadn't figured on the fallout let alone the Van Allen belts."
They werent controlled explosions...
Thats the beauty of the rocket engine
Due to the tyranny of the rocket equation..you cant compress rocket fuel or it gets too heavy to store it, the only way to go faster is to throw the fuel faster out the end, it gets lit at the edge of the engine bell...
Rockets literally sit on the edge of the explosion and coast the concussive blast front..theres nothing controlled about the explosion
The rocket and fuel is the controlled bit..rockets are exceedingly dangerous in operation because of this .
well Newton's third law applies to everything...
2:34 and 2:40 are footage from the actual Apollo 11 lift-off, Camera E-8.
I think they even toned down the entire movie to match those footage including the moon landing scene.
@@msb3235 Yep, the whole movie was shot on film instead of digital to get that vintage grainy look. All the spacecraft interior scenes were shot with 16mm film, the regular people/house scenes in 35mm film, and the moon walk in IMAX.
There were a lot of other parts from actual footage
@@ArtsyGabe WOW!
true
I honestly can't think of a more dramatic 5 minutes in cinema history. Humans greatest feat captured perfectly.
I watched this in theatre and your like, you are under the saturn V
The launch sequence during Apollo 13 (1995) was amazing & exhilarating as well!
The Apollo 13 re-entry was dramatic, even though you know in advance the result will be.
One of the most underrated footage of modern films. This yellow lamp reflection in the elevator with the evening (or early morning?) light, the height of the rocket and the music score, amazing!
2:20
Something about him looking at the moon gets me emotional. Billions of people see the moon daily/nightly like this but when he looked at it knowing his crew were heading right towards it and that he himself would be the first person to every walk on that spec from earth is just too powerful.
I love this movie! I can't believe the lack of nominations to the Academy Awards. The music, the photography, the effects... All exquisite.
@Your Conscience If it's a hoax how can we determine the (almost) exact position of the moon, discovered the Moon patterns and the distance between Earth and Moon to determine the correct Moon phase?
This scene was just amazing. The sound design, music, and cinematography are amazing in this scene. Not to mention that this glorious moment actually happened in real life. After all of the setbacks, and terrible things going on around them, these courageous men, especially Neil Armstrong, kept on shooting for the moon, no pun intended, and went where no man has gone before. The amount of courageousness these men had for something that seemed so impeccably impossible, yet they made it happen, even while the fact that fear was in every corner of their mind, yet they kept embracing fear for this terrifying, yet spectacular mission.
A lot of the footage we see here is actually Apollo mission footage, I BELIEVE specifically 8 and 14
I like this take. Its hard to wrap your head around just how scary this really was. Riding a 160 million horsepower explosion into deep space, and then landing on an airless dusty irradiated hunk of rock that is, at minimum, days away from home should we need to return in an emergency. And then, at that, getting home is extremely treacherous. Reentry into the atmosphere is extremely taxing on a spacecraft and its occupants, and it requires some god tier engineering to ensure a safe return every time. Space and the moon are no place for a human, going orbital speeds is insane and slowing down enough to land is extremely dangerous, but humanity *did* these things. It's just incredible.
Here because of the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo XI launch! :D
Is in 1969 o 2019
@@yoenil 1969
How did the Saturn V rocket take off with the Apollo crews' gigantic balls weighing it down!?!
That's how monstrous of a machine it was XD
Love it
@NASACrooks Only crazies and loonies think that
@@SeizureGman Sadly, I think the loons and crazies are considered the norm now 😭.
Why do you think it was so big?
Acting, Soundtrack and the way the story is told is astonishing. It's amazing how they found a great balance in the story between Neil's personal drama and the Apollo program. Definitely one of the best movies of all times.
Yeh deffo tinged with sadness & i hate that the guy paying aldrin got such a bad part ,he was ace in House of cards & deserved a good movie part but aldrin was written bady for me :/ ace film though
Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Micheal Collins, thank you for proving to the world that those of us that see humanity's future is in the stars were not mad after all.
I love the launch sequence from Apollo 13, but this really captures the sheer power of the Saturn 5.
Ryan Gosling is wonderful in this scene. Only with his eyes, we can feel the anxiety of the unknown but also the determination to reach the goal. Director Damien Chazelle is a genious. With 'First Man' he realized a fantastic tribute to Neil Armstrong and also to all the men & women who did work for the space adventure. This movie did certainly deserve more awards!
A talented Canadian.
I always keep remembering the scene where we see Neil singing to his daughter. It actually made me cry because he loved her so much and he tried hard to find a way to cure her but in the end she died. Even though he had two other sons the death of a child will always stay with you.
Hard to believe that was 1969, and today we debate whether returning to the moon would be too much effort.
It's not too much effort. It just has no value for money spent. There's nothing there.
@@bigmaxy07 There was massive value in going. Exploration and understanding of space. The effects of space travel on the human body. The project to go to the moon spurred on massive demand for computing and other technologies. Sorry the space program is worth every penny and more.
Graeme Spence there was massive value back then. The OP was talking about returning there. No value any more for the moon. We have a moon rock. It’s been done. Elsewhere, yes huge potential of course, to your points.
@@bigmaxy07 The moon has helium3 which is critical for fusion. Mining Helium3 would long term help earths energy requirements though the helium3 i cant remember if its proven.
@@bigmaxy07 ehhhh that's not , eh entirely accurate...
Hats Off to Dr. Wernher Von Braun and his team of American Scientists!! Respect!
"american" ;)
(Yeah yeah, before you say it, I know that german scientists were just a minimal part of the hundreds of thousands of people that made Apollo possible)
@@maxklinger1494 Well without Von Braun all this would Not have been possible.
@@maxklinger1494 Hats off to everyone involved!
How about robert h.goddard
& Francis Bacon.
Saturn V aka the Beast - 50+ years later and still regarded as the greatest rocket ever, generating 7.5 million pounds of thrust from just 5 engines is to me what makes the Saturn V the daddy - those 5 F-1 engines are by far the most awesome display of power man has ever created
And the bean counters at NASA and in Congress decided to throw it all away for a glorified overpriced space taxi. Historians hundreds of years from now will still be wondering what the heck we were thinking.
@@loydgravitt7733 couldn't agree more mate, such a shame
Never forget that the first F-1 engine test fired in 1959. In essence, it all happened because of technology from 50 to 60+ years ago. Simply incredible.
@@TheDeJureTour WOW! its 2019 and i'm obsessed with the Saturn V and it's monstrous F-1 engines even today - can't imagine what u must of experienced back in 1959, lucky git lol :-)
The Falcon Superheavy will finally surpass the Saturn V for deep space trips. If it weren’t for private companies, the Saturn V would’ve been as good as it got.
Sitting on top of 200 thousand gallons of fuel and 300 thousand gallons of liquid oxygen. Fun.
Burning 20 tons a second.
Enough chemical energy as an atomic bomb and the weight of a destroyer ship.
All built by the lowest bidder
BLT4LIFE something many of us would volunteer for in a heart beat.
# sitting on a bomb
The music garbs your soul to the space
These men were truly the best of us.
2:41 The Cold War irony of the effect similar to the detonation of a nuclear bomb. They portrayed the absolute, mind-numbing raw power and engineering marvel of the Saturn V perfectly. That rocket reflects the will and determination of everyone and everything that it took to do it.
Was it really that bright?
I mean it's probably pretty accurate to the effect of a night launch where they portrayed it as early morning in this movie, but the actual Apollo 11 launch was during the day. Watch the 2019 Apollo 11 movie sometime. It uses actual footage and audio from the mission and the lunch scene in that one is very well done too. I think both movies have very well portrayed launch scenes in their own right. This one sets it more in the darkness of the Cold War era whereas Apollo 11 obviously portrays the actual feel of the time of the launch with the actual footage.
This magnificent beast STILL holds the record for the heaviest payload lifted into both earth orbit and lunar orbit.... she is also one of the few rocket boosters to NEVER fail to complete a mission. Even the clusterfuck unmanned Apollo 6 mission managed to limp into orbit despite losing 2 S II second stage engines. She might never be surpassed even by the SLS...
@BlackholeTtson452 I doubt it would live up to the Saturn's legacy
@BlackholeTtson452 too bad Elon Musk is a jackass
@@panzerkampfwagenviiimaus2366 I mean it is going to both the moon and Mars which might give it some competition
@@kamisama9715 the starship will be beyond ground breaking, but again, it's legacy will never surpass the one the Saturn family left. 60 years since they were first used and we still talk about them today with such respect
@@panzerkampfwagenviiimaus2366 True. The very fact that these engineers designed and created something so impressive with no calculators and that the rocket actually took off into the sky and never managed to fail even once can never be surpassed
The single most powerful machine ever built by man
Rzr2ffe
Nope , the hadron accelerator win that hands down .
@@joerogue231
true that, but this was in 1969!
Tzar Bomba!
Ever heard of Hydroelectric Power?
I thought that was Arnold Schwarzenegger...
Saw this in an empty imax theater with my dad. It was so inspiring we were both crying.
Save some chicks for the rest of us, brah
Sariously, the computer power to run the craft was on a 8 bit computer
This was in the 70s
FLYSUS 60s
@@UxCANxDOxIT even more impressive
I remember an astronaut saying that the lunar module had a hard drive space of 100 KB
well it was more of a mechanical and electrical system.....electronics and computer engineering were still in there budding phase !!!
It both inspires and depresses me that fifty years ago these men were able to achieve with sheer willpower a feat that we have yet to replicate since.
Today returning to the Moon even with all the computing power available to us..we still lack the most important thing..human willpower..over the machines..
...@@dewadattaa268 Believe me money and willpower have a direct connection..if you have the want and the will power the America people can force the government to come up with the money..its a very simple connection..after all we still live in a democracy..
Returning to the moon is not that hard, you just need money.
Akorn it just a matter of time, the question is: who is it going to be?
Mars in our lifetime. That will be awesome.
Epic lift off, that sounds of monster ship...
It was, just a single one of its F1 Main Engines produced as much thrust as all three main engines on the Space Shuttle Orbiter, the Saturn V had 5 of them.
Heard it for real, from about 2 miles away. Not just loud; you FELT it, and it made a peculiar popping noise as it ascended. I had no idea, at five years old, that I was witnessing the first actual mission to land on the moon, but I remember seeing that launch because it was the most spectacular thing I'd seen in my life (and it remains so today). It was only a couple of days later, after we'd returned home from our Florida vacation, that my dad woke me up late at night to see on television the results of what I'd witnessed.... the grainy, ghostly black and white images of men standing and walking in a place never before visited by human beings.
I was instilled with a healthy sense of awe at an early age, yes I was.
@@seawolf4846 oh I have no words
Love the internal shot of crew members around 4.06 as the tilting of the craft begins and then an external transitional view is shown prior to the separation thrust. Very intentional cinematography 👏👏👍🏻 Classic
RIP Mr,Collins we never forgotten you
1:50 that is the most professional voice i have ever heard, i feel like he should do the count down to every New Years 😂
The most misunderstood underrated film of that year.
2:44 is some spectacular editing.
All this happened 50 years ago today
Today seems like a good day to come back here
I like how Neil is looking at the moon as if he’s saying this for Grissom, Chafee, White and all the men that died for the space race. I hope some day that when man touches Martian soil we will all be in awe of man’s achievements and goals to inspire generations to do the same. May we take one step for our present to leap forward to the future for tomorrow’s generation.
I think it goes back to the scene where he ejects from the lander training machine and he’s laying there bloody and bruised; looking at the moon and the moon is like; it’s going to take way more then this if you want to conquer me …
The crew of Apollo 11 took with them a patch from the Apollo 1 mission which they left on the Moon's surface in honor of Grissom, White, and Chaffee.
@@stephw1702
They also left one of *_Yuri Gagarin's_* medals there.
Gripping scene. Amazingly well done and a great reminder of what human ingenuity is genuinely capable of. Spectacular!
This movie is easily the best retelling of Neil Armstrong's life and career at NASA. That's all I can say.
Most incredible launch scene in a movie. The way Neil Armstrong walks way ahead of the two crew mates on the bridge goes to show how much he is into this, completely onto the task, in the zone, and also deep within himself with the family tragedy. Not sure if many of those watched the movie noticed this but the director likely deliberately pictured it this way. All three astronauts are heroes and so are everyone involved who made this flight happen.
You skipped Apollo 13 some how. The only things that scene is better at is scale sense and image resolution. The whole movie looks like they re used Apollo 13 props or even actual early 70s equipments, stuff were new at the time of the events not worn out and rusted.
Wonderful movie, great music score. Please get me back in time so I can ride the Saturn V. What a beast of a rocket!
Tiisiphone I know I want the Saturn V back too.
Watching them going up the lift just seeing the Saturn V in all its glory sends chills
Okay I will join you!
You and me will go to space
I will be Neil Armstrong
must be the sickest feeling anyone ever felt.
I met some astronauts in my life - all of them said that it is!
If I'm ever feeling a bit down, blue or anxious I find that watching this and The Launch from Apollo 13 has the effect of re balancing my equilibrium. It is an intensely emotional experience where I actually feel as if I'm drawing power from those rockets ... surging through me and leaving me in a state of remarkable calm.
Strange isn't it ? ... I know that I'd never measure up to these astronauts. Their professionalism, dedication and bravery only highlights my inadequacies yet that doesn't knock me down ... it builds me up.
I had goosebumps watching this scene 💯
Imagine walking across some sketchy scaffolding to step into an aluminum can, strapping the strongest engines invented (at that time) to the bottom, with thousands of pounds of highly explosive fuel beneath you. These guys had some balls
Why do you think they need all that fuel for?
It still the strongest rocket engine today.
Until the Orion SLS is finished, it still is the most powerful, and Orion is just a modernized Saturn V.
What about the X3 ion thruster theyre working on? That has the potential to be the strongest engine
@@richs7062 Ion engines are extremely efficient in terms of fuel usage but they are very low thrust compared to chemical rockets. The X3 is nowhere near the power in terms of thrust as the F1 rocket engine used on the Saturn V first stage, and no other engine has ever reached that level of thrust.
The music for this movie really makes it. In my opinion it's the best space movie to date.
My favorite part of this scene is not even after the launch begins, but before when they are ascending the elevator and Collins and Buzz are starring in awe at the rocket.
One of the most moving and memorable scenes in the history of cinema. The soundtrack. The cinematography. Perfection. That this movie became politicized was beyond unfortunate.
Apollo 13 wasn't politicized I don't get your final point.
Most majestic scene. That lift-off, just wow
This scene is absolutely incredible and perfectly done.
Neil Armstrong is literally me
Underrated literally me film
Same
me too
Oscar-winning visual effects and Golden Globe-winning score.
I so in love with First Man movie.. why? Neil Armstrong never swear a word every challenge he face it..
This part of movie it's so intense, the sound is incredible ! The best movie last year for me ! Amazing. 🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀🚀
4:20
Sound mixing and editing brilliance.
The elevator ride starting at 0:20 this scene gives me goosebumps!
@ 2:22 "ignition sequence start" then "BOOM"
i have just watched this with the audio playing thru my surround sound and it sounds absolutely awesome but also gives me a sense of how incredibly frightening this must of been for the astonauts too, the "BOOM" when the engines ignite, the intense shaking, the metal groaning and all the other sounds starting up in the background during the launch - the Saturn V was truly a monster
not seen the whole film but i think this clip with the music is the finest bit of film ever produced, the bit @ 3:27 where the Saturn V rises from the cloud is simply breath taking
The sound was just incredible. I hope to have the opportunity to experience this all again in a cinema
I think Bill Anders once said they could hear the fuel running or being pumped from up there as it climbed in the sky
Imagine this while wearing headphones that have haptic feedback... well my Nari Ultimate has them in both earcups.
I love the pictures of the Saturn VI second stage and abort tower piercing the sound barrier it really helps to visualize just how fast it's really moving
The sound designer of this film should have won a Academy award! Great stuff!
I wonder if aliens are looking and they are like "damn, they shot themselves into space in a motherfucking rocket".
LOL
*aliens using glactic plasma what ever the hell rays to shoot theyre asses into space*
I think few people today realize just how dangerous these launches actually were. Astronauts got thrown into strapped to a glorified ballistic missile.
If aliens can see us, then I dont think they would be very impressed that we can go to space
Probably what their thinking now watching amc
Rip to all the ants that are under the engines when it ignited.
Underrated lol
it got obliterated
@@OfficialAstrolyx damn
Think of how many millions of mosquitos have been incinerated during the launch... I guess launch pad personnel felt avenged xD
They had it coming!
How many of you are here after Artemis 1 launch
Me, even though more than an ocean away from that launch pad I felt so much joy and excitement seeing it launch let's hope its a succes.
I love how they designed the aesthetic for this scene around the real life shots from the actual launch of Apollo 11. Great decision making to do that.
The entire movie was shot using 16 mm and 35 mm cameras of 1960's era and a grainy look intentionally added just to match those actual launch footages.
This one scene >>>>>>>>> whole "Black Panther"
It's a bloody embarrassment this film didnt even get a nomination for the academy award...
This one scene>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>black panther and bohemian rapsody
I agree with You. Chazelle is an artist and Coogler is just an artisan.
@@clarkkey7253 They are both effective and skilled visual storytellers, your main qualm is with the subject of their stories.
Such a perfect movie! I was literally holding my breath.
4:38 Why does this look so satisfying?
Yeah sonic booms are dope
This whole scene just gives me chills down the spin. It shows you how great and fragile human being can be under the same circumstances. We can build a beast of a rocket to take three people to the space, but in the mean time any mistake can easily kill them.
the music in this movie its unbelievable.
Glad they used the original audio of Jack King, "The Voice of Apollo." Really loved how he announced every phase of the launch up to liftoff. From "t-minus 15 secomds. Guidance is internal", to "9, engine sequence start." to "zero, liftoff."
Epic movie
Yes. Many people criticized it, but it was my favorite movie in 2018.
@@Tiisiphone deffently mine to
Me too.
Best movie of all time for me.
2:59 they included the asbestos insulation blankets around the engines! Even apollo 13 got this one wrong.
yeah! but they did make one big mistake, and that was the windows, there is no way neil could have looked up at the moon from inside the capsule, due to the windows being covered by the escape tower.
Because it is real launch shots
@@pnwdiver1734 nah, commander's forward facing window was open. that was the only one, though.
2:39 the sound of 160,000,000 hp making metal sing
No other film I think captures the gravitas of this moment quite like this film (except perhaps Apollo 11). Brilliant.
I still can't believe that Justin Hurwitz didn't get at least an Oscar nomination for best original score. Just incomprehensible.
My father said he watched Neil Armstrong take the first step on the moon with his grandfather. His grandfather said, after Neil's famous words, "When I was a boy I drove horses on the family farm. Now I am watching a man walk on the moon on national television. I couldn't have lived at a better time in history."
I like how the Saturn V was portrayed as if it’s a character. It’s the only one of Armstrong’s launches in the movie where we get to see it from the outside in all of its glory. The X-15 and Gemini launches are all shown from the cramped interiors.
"T-MINUS 15 seconds guidance is internal. 12, 11, 10, 9 ignition sequence start".....BOOM
So full of emotion I want to run throw a brick wall.
i thought it started up with a boom..which is why the guy standing by his car in the 13 movie got pushed back a bit.
"To the moon, and the stars, and all the way back."
ABSOLUTELY ASTONISHING SCENE AND MOVIE. LOVE IT.