only decently realistic spaceflight movie ever made. "Apollo 13" has too much Hollywood BS ... when they had all that archival footage to keep'm honest ... oh
Some of it was pretty accurate. The CGI liftoff was accurate enough that a former Apollo astronaut asked where such great footage was found and asked if NASA could have a copy. CGI or not, if it totally fooled an Apollo astronaut, then you know it had to be realistic.
Former ground control crew went to the set that was supposed to be in Houston and they said that other than it being on the ground floor and they were on the second, it was like going back in time ... so that had to be fairly accurate. They also said that actions/reactions were very similar to what occurred.
Maybe it was when Marilyn Lovell's ring fell off in the shower and she freaked ...... which actually did happen to the real Marilyn Lovell.
Of course there was some artistic license taken, like when Jack Swigert/Kevin Bacon was hooking up with the LEM the guys on the ground made it sound like they only had one crack at it and only Swigert/Bacon could do it, when if he couldn't Jim Lovell almost certainty could have and Fred Haise likely could have too. But you have to create a little extra drama when you can.
The stuff about the un-broadcast telecast it true. I remember expecting to see it and instead there was regular programming.
Being the fan of the flick that you are, did you spot the real Jim Lovell in it the first time you watched it or did it take you a second or third time?
...so talented. (RIP)
