First Man

Opening minutes of this biopic of Neil Armstrong are exhilarating. One of the best action sequences of the year. A lot of this reminded me of The Right Stuff, to the point where it almost feels like a sequel. The filmmaking and technique here is perfect, but efforts to pepper in an emotional quest for Armstrong to find some kind of closure for himself and his deceased daughter feel forced. The finale was in IMAX and beautiful to behold, so again the whole thing is technically awesome, despite misbegotten, character-driven internal strife.