I typically enjoy documentaries about the original moon missions, but I was quite disappointed when I watched "For All Mankind." I have to ask, "where is the documentary aspect?" Most of this film was nothing but slow, boring video shot by the original astronauts with annoying music playing in the background. They don't explain anything, the closest they come to narrating any of this is every five minutes or so, someone makes a short 15 second comment, but that's basically it.
I think the History Channel did a much better job with their documentary "Failure Is Not An Option", it was 100 times better than this, simply because they combined the video from the moon missions with good narration and interviews with the original astronauts and mission control staff.
In my opinion, "For All Mankind" was nothing more than a collection of the moon astronaut's home videos and it has the quality of a homemade film.
I think the History Channel did a much better job with their documentary "Failure Is Not An Option", it was 100 times better than this, simply because they combined the video from the moon missions with good narration and interviews with the original astronauts and mission control staff.
In my opinion, "For All Mankind" was nothing more than a collection of the moon astronaut's home videos and it has the quality of a homemade film.