Apollo 13

Pros: Script, acting, ambiance, details, direction, realism
Cons: Nothing.

The reality: Mission name: Apollo 13 Command module: Odyssey Lunar module: Aquarius Number of crew members: 3, named James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert, and Fred W. Haise. Launch pad: Kennedy Space Center, Florida Launch: April 11, 1970 ...

Pros: Great cast, script, directing, music, special effects...
Cons: ... ... ... really, not many at all...

Ever since I was a small child I’ve been fascinated by space and space travel, but somehow I’d managed not to see Apollo 13 until today. Various concerns about how this film about the ill-fated mission would be handled were in the back of ...

Pros: Superb film in every way!
Cons: None

"...Houston.. we have a problem." On April 13, 1970, a radio transmission containing these words crackled sharply back to earth from the tiny Apollo 13 spacecraft, which was carrying three men on a quarter-million mile journey to the ...

Pros: Fine acting, great directing, terrific score, out-of-this-world special effects.
Cons: I'm sure the nitpickers out there will pick out little "mistakes." Not me, though.

It's hard to believe that over 30 years ago we lived in an era when American astronauts were not confined to flying in Earth orbit on the now-grounded Space Shuttle; from July 1969 to December 1972, 12 men walked upon the dusty, rocky surface of the ...

Pros: Very realistic character portrayals.
Cons: The underlying optimism is inspiring, but may be seen by some as too much.

The superb science fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein, who passed away in 1988, once write a novel, published in 1966, entitled The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, which was not about a space flight to the moon, but rather about a revolt by colonists on ...

Pros: Everything... this movie is perfect.
Cons: None

When I was a child, my mom could never wake me up. Morning was always a struggle and my mom sometimes resorted to telling me lies to get me out of bed. I will never forget the morning she came into my room gave me a jiggle and whispered in hushed...

Pros: Great characters, accurate depiction of events, super suspenseful.
Cons: Sometimes a tad melodramatic.

Apollo 13" seems more like an experiment in suspense rather than a movie, because it is so well crafted in every way that we care about everything that happens. This film is based on a true story, and although Hollywood has the tendency to exaggerate, ...

Pros: Superb movie, very true to the real story
Cons: None

Apollo 13 is a simply superb movie that masterfully tells the all-too-true story of three men and their desperate struggle to get back home from thousands of miles away - in space.

The movie starts with Jim Lovell (played by Tom Hanks) and his...

Pros: everything
Cons: nothing

Trapped 205,000 miles above the earth the astronauts of the Apollo 13 struggle to survive and make it home.

Making a movie out of a historical event is usually not an easy job, as many things must be taken into consideration when dealing with...

Pros: Great acting, direction, and effects. Story grabs you and doesn't let go.
Cons: None

The 1995 Ron Howard-directed film "Apollo 13" is a thrilling recounting of the near-tragic Apollo moon-mission from 1970. Ron Howard impressively directed a group of some of Hollywood's finest actors into a tightly-woven, highly dramatic, and gripping...

Pros: EVERYTHING......................
Cons: nothing....................................

I can remember this like it was yesterday. Perhaps because I, like many other families, were a bit more involved. You see, my (ex)husband helped build the LEM which brought Apollo home. He worked for Grumman in the sheetmetal department which cut and...

Pros: Spectacular writing, acting, directing, special effects.
Cons: Absolutely none

It was once said that every movie has a moral. If so, my title could be the moral of Apollo 13, a spectacular movie about the most gripping flight of the Apollo program. For all the sheer drama of the first landing on the moon by Apollo 11, the saga of...

Pros: Too Many to Name
Cons: None at all

There are too few times in this life we live that great actors and directors team up for great films. Even fewer times occur when the movie is based on a true story and it turns out great.

Apollo 13 teams up the likes of Tom Hanks, Gary...

Pros: acting, direction, effects, well... most everything I guess
Cons: nothing

Ron Howard’s epic true adventure film perfectly captures the aftermath of the space race in the form of a moon mission gone terribly wrong. I was nine at the time these events occurred and while I do remember the first moon landing, I didn’t remember...

Pros: Fine portrayal of real spaceflight, shows human side of our heroes, well made.
Cons: Some folks may think parts are too realistic.

'Apollo 13' is a realistic, yet gripping drama based on the true account of Astronaut Jim Lovell in his book 'Lost Moon' of the perilous Apollo 13 mission to the moon. The film is masterfully directed by Ron Howard and features powerful performances by...