8 Days: To the Moon and Back

It's well done, but not entirely a documentary in my view. The addition of the three actors portraying the astronauts during the presentation is, well, not what I was expecting. They did a very good job of synching voices, which is far better than adding the director's own "concept" of what was said during the event. In other words, what we are hearing during the program is actual voice footage in spite of what we are seeing is not necessarily what it actually looked like in the cockpit of the command module and other devices.

What was interesting of note was the switch between 4:3 aspect ration and today's more common 16:9, with this being used anytime we were watching the astronauts in the capsule or various actions taken with said devices. Maybe this was done so the viewer can better note the real from the fake?

Anyway, this event was an important step in the US space race, and something those of us born and bred in the United States should be proud of and hopefully never forget.