To begin with, it’s documented that Armstrong really did venture off for a private moment at the Little West Crater: Speaking with ScreenCrush, Singer reveals that while there’s no proof that this moment actually did happen, they chose to depict it based on informed opinion that it very likely did happen. Did this really happen? Is there evidence to suggest that Armstrong really did bring a memento from home and leave it on the moon? The film posits that Armstrong brought Karen’s bracelet with him to the moon, and he dropped it in a crater during an intimate moment away from Buzz Aldrin. The First Man ending raises some curious questions, as it aims to provide another look at something you don’t know about the moon landing.
Indeed, in many ways First Man is a film about death, and we watch as Armstrong (played terrifically by Ryan Gosling) struggles to work through his grief while also, you know, trying to get to the moon. On top of all of that, Armstrong was still reeling from the death of his young daughter Karen, who passed at the age of two due to cancer. To give you a peek inside what it was really like to be among this small group of individuals, flirting with death every single day to perform a near-impossible task. With this film, Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle ( La La Land) and Oscar-winning screenwriter Josh Singer ( Spotlight) aimed to tell the story you don’t know about Neil Armstrong.
#End of man on the moon movie movie
One may think it’s impossible to spoil a movie like First Man, which chronicles the true story of Neil Armstrong and his fellow astronauts’ years-long journey to get to the moon, but one would technically be wrong. Do not read further until you’ve seen the film. Spoilers for First Man follow below, specifically with regards to the film’s ending.