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re: Just watched Apollo 13
Posted on 4/22/18 at 10:32 pm to selfgen
Posted on 4/22/18 at 10:32 pm to selfgen
I love the film. The part that gets me is when they're floating around the Moon. Lovell had been on a previous Apollo mission, but never landed on the moon because he was the pilot, obviously he has seen the Moon from orbit, and now was his chance to walk on it.
As they're orbiting the Moon now, he asks Fred if he wants to see out the window, moving out the way. Fred goes to the window and is in awe, saying "Jim, you have to see this." Lovell replies, "I've seen it." Both Fred and Swigert then look at Lovell with a sad look.
Lovell realizes he has effectively lost his chance of ever walking on the Moon.
As they're orbiting the Moon now, he asks Fred if he wants to see out the window, moving out the way. Fred goes to the window and is in awe, saying "Jim, you have to see this." Lovell replies, "I've seen it." Both Fred and Swigert then look at Lovell with a sad look.
Lovell realizes he has effectively lost his chance of ever walking on the Moon.
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Posted on 4/23/18 at 1:43 am to BamaChemE
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I actually got to meet Jim Lovell a year ago. Awesome guy and a great story teller!
He has a brief cameo in the movie. He's the Navy Captain that welcomes Tom Hanks and the crew aboard the recovery ship at the end.
This post was edited on 4/23/18 at 8:17 am
Posted on 4/23/18 at 2:19 am to NELARiceGuy
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First date movie with the woman I would eventually marry!
Did she see you get get teary eyed during the re-entry scene? I got teary eyed and I already knew they were going to live!
Posted on 4/23/18 at 2:36 am to EastBankTiger
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quote: I actually got to meet Jim Lovell a year ago. Awesome guy and a great story teller!
He has a brief cameo in the movie. Hes the Navy Captain that welcomes Tom Hanks and the crew aboard the recovery ship at the end.
I visited one of the space centers (It was either Johnson or Kennedy. I've been to both, but can't remember which this story took place at.) a year or so after Apollo 13 came out. You had to take a bus for part of the tour. There was an introductory tape played in the bus. Standard pilot voice and it went something like this:
Welcome to KSC (or JSC) home of NASA's (whatever ... Mission Control or Launch Facility). Maybe some of you have recently learned about NASA and the Apollo 13 mission from seeing that Tom Hanks movie. I knew all about Apollo 13 20something years ago because I was the commander of that mission. My name is Jim Lovell. Thanks for visiting and now I'll turn things over to an astronaut who you'll all recognize ...
There's about a 3 second pause and an instantly recognizable voice comes on ... "Hi, I'm Tom Hanks!"
It was pretty amusing. There was a little scripted banter between the two before Hanks took over completely, but you could tell Lovell had a good sense of humor or it would have never happened.
Posted on 4/23/18 at 8:22 am to selfgen
One of the things I liked most about the movie was the score. The music was very powerful and made the scenes have more of an impact. The composer James Horner also did Titanic and more recently The Amazing Spider-Man and The Magnificent Seven. He unfortunately died in a plane crash in 2015
Posted on 4/23/18 at 11:01 am to heatom2
quote:I loved how they counted out the whole 5 minutes, didn't jump forward, then the five minutes are up and the Houston keeps calling out with no response. Then finally, "Houston, this is Odessy, it's good to see you again". Awesome scene. Get's me too.
I have seen this movie 20 times and I still get teary eyed when the parachutes open at the end. And when the whole control room erupts I lose it
Posted on 4/23/18 at 11:08 am to selfgen
The launch scene is probably one of my scenes in any movie.
Posted on 4/23/18 at 12:10 pm to AA77
Apollo 13 is a movie that if it's on a tv, i will sit down and finish watching it no matter what.
Posted on 4/23/18 at 12:21 pm to TeddyPadillac
My parents talk about watching the real thing play out and how terrifying it was. I believe this movie captures one of the most captivating moments of the 20th Century. If we would have lost those men who knows what our appetite would have been for space? This movie will only get better as it becomes older, my daughter watched it when she was 16, was in tears when they came out and immediately went to the library and got a book about the flight. Is there a better tribute to a film based on a real event than that?
Posted on 4/23/18 at 12:27 pm to selfgen
It was my dad and I's favorite movie growing up. it hits on literally everything, can't say enough good things about this movie.
Eta: it's the best movie for a father to watch with his son imo
Eta: it's the best movie for a father to watch with his son imo
This post was edited on 4/23/18 at 12:31 pm
Posted on 4/23/18 at 2:29 pm to JackVincennes
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Is there a better tribute to a film based on a real event than that?
I agree.
I caught the movie Breach, don't remember why i was watching it, but i thought it was awesome. Didn't realize it was based on a real FBI agent when i was watching it. Had to go read up on Robert Hannsen and the damage he did to the FBI from inside immediately after.
Posted on 4/23/18 at 2:46 pm to Red5LSU
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he composer James Horner also did Titanic and more recently The Amazing Spider-Man and The Magnificent Seven.
He also did the score for one of my favorite movies, The Wrath of Khan.
Posted on 4/23/18 at 2:54 pm to selfgen
NASA Director: This could be the worst disaster NASA's ever experienced.
Gene Kranz: With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour.
Make fun of me if you want, but that exchange always gets me fired up with an "America, F yeah" sentiment. I quote it regularly.
Gene Kranz: With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour.
Make fun of me if you want, but that exchange always gets me fired up with an "America, F yeah" sentiment. I quote it regularly.
Posted on 4/23/18 at 3:28 pm to BamaChemE
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I actually got to meet Jim Lovell a year ago. Awesome guy and a great story teller!
That's cool. My son and I got to meet Fred Haise a couple of years ago.
I had always been kind of interested in spaceflight, but this movie is what really got me interested into studying the history of the space program. My old man and I went to see it, and he told me how his parents let him stay home from school during the real thing so he could watch it on television.
If anyone can get their hands on a copy of Lost Moon by Jim Lovell, get it. I wish Fred Haise would write a book, too because he was so involved in the little known Shuttle Approach and Landing Tests in the late 70's and would provide an interesting view into the shuttle's early years. Also, "From the Earth to the Moon" is a great series as well from HBO.
This post was edited on 4/23/18 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 4/23/18 at 3:31 pm to Rep520
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NASA Director: This could be the worst disaster NASA's ever experienced.
Gene Kranz: With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour.
Make fun of me if you want, but that exchange always gets me fired up with an "America, F yeah" sentiment. I quote it regularly.
My favorite line in the entire movie
Posted on 4/23/18 at 4:49 pm to The Godfather
It's really almost a perfect movie for me, even though it's not among my top 5 or so movies.
Great score
Good/accurate use of time period
Suspenseful
Well acted
High rewatch potential
Perhaps most important for me, it struck the exact balance of being highly entertaining, sufficiently humorous, emotion-inducing and intellectually stimulating.
Great score
Good/accurate use of time period
Suspenseful
Well acted
High rewatch potential
Perhaps most important for me, it struck the exact balance of being highly entertaining, sufficiently humorous, emotion-inducing and intellectually stimulating.
Posted on 4/26/18 at 10:37 pm to Pettifogger
Watched it tonight due to this thread.
Holy shite this hasn't aged a bit. Great movie all around.
Holy shite this hasn't aged a bit. Great movie all around.
Posted on 4/27/18 at 9:36 am to BoogaBear
I've watched it a couple of times recently as well, and it's just as good now as it was in 1995.
A lot of things I would mention already have been, so I'll add this one. I love when they are all arguing and Tom Hanks flips out and yells "Are we on Vox??" And when they say no, he talk all calm and is like "Uh yeah, Houston, go ahead.."
Also, I still get nervous when they go dark during re-entry for like 90 seconds longer than ever before. I am glued to the TV, and it's just a movie. I can only imagine how intense that was as it was happening.
And I also agree about Lovell's mom...always thought it would've been much better if she had said "..your daddy could land it." I get why they did it the way they did, but I think that every time I see that scene.
A lot of things I would mention already have been, so I'll add this one. I love when they are all arguing and Tom Hanks flips out and yells "Are we on Vox??" And when they say no, he talk all calm and is like "Uh yeah, Houston, go ahead.."
Also, I still get nervous when they go dark during re-entry for like 90 seconds longer than ever before. I am glued to the TV, and it's just a movie. I can only imagine how intense that was as it was happening.
And I also agree about Lovell's mom...always thought it would've been much better if she had said "..your daddy could land it." I get why they did it the way they did, but I think that every time I see that scene.
Posted on 4/27/18 at 9:41 am to Pettifogger
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Good/accurate use of time period
When they were going around mission control giving the go/no-go, the flight surgeon gave the go while puffing a cigarette.
Posted on 5/19/18 at 9:06 am to GetCocky11
Watching the reentry scene gets my chest tight every time and I have seen this movie at least 10 times.
Great fricking movie.
Great fricking movie.
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