First Man (Damien Chazelle, 2018)

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Ribs · #1 Post by **Ribs** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 6:56 pm

Damien Chazelle's follow-up to La La Land will be a Neil Armstrong biopic for some reason

The Narrator Returns · Thu Dec 29, 2016 7:11 pm

I'm hoping this is the result of a mix-up where Chazelle thought he was making a movie about Louie Armstrong.

#3 Post by **domino harvey** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 7:14 pm

He's been talking about this for a while, not sure where the surprise comes from

Brian C · #4 Post by **Brian C** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 7:29 pm

"Mr. Armstrong, how would you describe the feeling of weightlessness?"

"Well, it's a funny thing - all the training in the world doesn't do you any good if you can't learn to give up and go with the flow. And even the tiniest push sends you off in directions you'd never anticipated. All in all, I'd say it's a lot like jazz music!"

PfR73 · #5 Post by **PfR73** » Thu Dec 29, 2016 9:08 pm

Brian C wrote:"I'd say it's a lot like jazz music!"

No, actually it's like a Jell-O Pudding Pop...
No, actually it's more like Kodak film...
No, actually jazz is like the New Coke: it'll be around forever!

#6 Post by **mfunk9786** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:50 pm

This is going to be called First Man and will star Ryan Gosling

mistakaninja · #7 Post by **mistakaninja** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 5:11 pm

This is the musical I really wanted to see.

PfR73 · #8 Post by **PfR73** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 6:17 pm

mfunk9786 wrote:This...will star Ryan Gosling

Miles Teller wrote:We'll see how long that lasts.

willoneill · #9 Post by **willoneill** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:25 pm

Ryan Gosling hasn't ever given an interview like this.

A man stayed-put · Fri Jan 27, 2017 11:11 pm

willoneill wrote:Ryan Gosling hasn't ever given an interview like this.

Jesus. I'm not sure who comes off worse; Teller or the interviewer.

The Narrator Returns · Tue Mar 07, 2017 6:29 pm

Comes out October 12, 2018.

#12 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Jun 21, 2017 1:55 am

Corey Stoll cast as Buzz Aldrin

The Narrator Returns · Wed Jun 21, 2017 2:20 am

Surprised that was the casting news you posted and not Kyle Chandler.

#14 Post by **domino harvey** » Sat Jun 09, 2018 3:27 am

Trailer

#15 Post by **DarkImbecile** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 2:00 pm

The review embargo from the Venice premiere lifts on this in a couple of hours, but early leaks seem pretty strong.

#16 Post by **mfunk9786** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 3:01 pm

Not sure why the trailer for this leaves me so numb, but it just seems so visually benign after La La Land was pretty spectacular in that department. I'm guessing based on the early Venice buzz that my fears are unnecessary, but I've seen the trailer a few times and just walk away with a shrug every time despite Gosling and Foy being two of the most magnetic young actors on the planet at the moment, and Chazelle being on an incredibly hot streak.

Brian C · #17 Post by **Brian C** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 3:59 pm

mfunk9786 wrote:Not sure why the trailer for this leaves me so numb, but it just seems so visually benign after La La Land was pretty spectacular in that department. I'm guessing based on the early Venice buzz that my fears are unnecessary, but I've seen the trailer a few times and just walk away with a shrug every time despite Gosling and Foy being two of the most magnetic young actors on the planet at the moment, and Chazelle being on an incredibly hot streak.

I agree - it’s such a standard biopic trailer that there’s no sense of a distinctive filmmaker behind it. I understand why the marketing department would want to play up the award-season biopic angle and leave it at that, but like you I really hope there’s more to it.

#18 Post by **DarkImbecile** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 4:04 pm

How does the new second trailer strike you?

#19 Post by **domino harvey** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 4:08 pm

Why wasn't that the first trailer?

#20 Post by **mfunk9786** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 4:31 pm

DarkImbecile wrote: Wed Aug 29, 2018 4:04 pm How does the new second trailer strike you?

Struck

#21 Post by **DarkImbecile** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 4:37 pm

domino harvey wrote: Wed Aug 29, 2018 4:08 pm Why wasn't that the first trailer?

I read this at first as "Why, wasn't this the first trailer?" and spent five minutes triple checking that I had linked to the new one and that it was in fact a new trailer; that's what I get for not watching trailers for movies I know I'm going to see, even the ones I post here.

hearthesilence · #22 Post by **hearthesilence** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 4:38 pm

A better trailer, it looks engaging but honestly I don't get the impression that I'm going to see anything that's much of a departure from the NASA films of years past. Also was Armstrong's first wife really like that? Maybe it's accurate but I hope she doesn't wind up feeling like a wife phoned in from a Michael Mann movie.

EDIT: Looks like she probably wasn't: "Jan, although she would never gush, absolutely adored Neil. She was a bit in awe of him. She believed in the important work he was doing. She loved the fact that he could come home and explain complicated space maneuvers to her and her two sons."

Persona · #23 Post by **Persona** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 5:15 pm

Whiplash was fine.
La La Land was fine.
This, too, will probably be fine.

hearthesilence · #24 Post by **hearthesilence** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 5:22 pm

Persona wrote: Wed Aug 29, 2018 5:15 pm Whiplash was fine.
La La Land was fine.
This, too, will probably be fine.

Personally, I pretty much detested what Whiplash had to say but I thought La La Land was for the most part enjoyably frothy.

Persona · #25 Post by **Persona** » Wed Aug 29, 2018 6:05 pm

I don't disagree with you on the questionable thematic bent of Whiplash, but I did enjoy the jazz scenes quite a bit.

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