How accurate is 'First Man?' We asked Neil Armstrong's son

God he looks like his Dad.

The bracelet scene could have been merely symbolic. It perhaps didn't literally happen, but it doesn't diminish the film's value and accuracy. It was a way the movie portrays the main protagonist coming to terms with the great personal loss, and that's all.

Even though he would deny it adamantly, Neil Armstrong is in my opinion one of the greatest people to have ever lived. He went through so much hardship in life, and yet he persevered to become one of the few people to ever gaze back at the Earth from the surface of another interstellar body.

My dad, which also graduated fro Purdue as Neil did, designed the tail section of that black plane (X-15) and his company built the camera that filmed Armstrong and Aldrin on the moon.

Reclusive...You mean modest and laconic, a decent human being.

Alexander the Great, Caesar, Colombus, Neil Armstrong, every kid will know his name for the rest of the existence of mankind.

Would be great if what he left was a note saying "Welcome back. What took you so long?"

Neil was a pilot’s pilot. He was how we all strived to be as professionals: Competent, Disciplined, Trained, Objective, Analytical, Unflappable, Sound Under Pressure, and Calculated when doing our job or mission. Not many could do all those things at his level. His son is the spitting image of him. This is a true American icon, though he would give credit to 400,000 people who got him to the moon and back, “the tip of the spear” as he called it…

Just like his dad, a great guy. Good on him, i enjoyed that interview.

Neil Armstrong never came across as sad and depressed as was his character in "First Man".

He’s a spitting image of Neil

A close friend of Neil Armstrong’s was told by him what he left for his daughter, so yes, that story is true. He also named a crater after her nickname. “Muffie’s crater.

so basically the movie was pretty accurate af

I love this movie.

Wow, Mark looks like his dad’s twin ;)

He does look a lot like his Dad. What a cool guy.

this movie was unbelievable, just watched it. i have gained a MASSIVE appreciation for what these guys went through & accomplished because of this film. WOW. Neil Armstrong was a f***ing BOSS. highly recommended! 👍

In the early 70's I remember exchanging a few letters with Neil Armstrong. As a child, I was stuck in a body cast for the better part of nine months and the teacher that schooled me at home had me write several astronauts. Several wrote back, Neil wrote back several times. Like a lot of kids back then, I wanted to be an astronaut when I grew up. I clearly remember Neil sharing with me that it took lots of people to help put astronauts on the moon. Even the janitors were important. I wish my mother had kept the letters. It still blows me away that he took the time to write back and forth a few times with a kid from Wisconsin.

3:41 interesting how he talks to his son in a formal almost business-like manner Gosling nailed it

holy shit mark armstrong is the absolute image of his dad.... an absolutely fantastic book and film.