Think they took some creative license re the bracelet. However, I'm sure I read that it was true that he wondered off and did have a moment to himself which gave the ambiguity the film makers needed to include the scene...

A little late to the party, but just finished watching it on HBO..SO much hate on the internet..its obvious those people don't know what they're talking about! This movie is GREAT! It definitely had some very quiet scenes and had a pace more like an OLDER Movie (probably lost on the Millenials that need their pacing spoon fed to them fast Michael Bay style).

Neil Armstrong isn't your typical movie figure either. Not what many are used too.

@jorgito2001 said:

A little late to the party, but just finished watching it on HBO..SO much hate on the internet..its obvious those people don't know what they're talking about! This movie is GREAT! It definitely had some very quiet scenes and had a pace more like an OLDER Movie (probably lost on the Millenials that need their pacing spoon fed to them fast Michael Bay style).

Well said! Watched it a while ago now but the film was phenomenal. I think critics and a lot of people who went to see this got confused into thinking they'd be seeing an Apollo 13 style "action" film but it wasn't that at all. I saw it very much a character study of a very closed off guy and the effect of loss on him and his family. The claustrophobia of space was a brilliant mirror of the claustrophobia of his own life. Whether the real life Armstrong was really as portrayed I don't know but it was excellent viewing.

It's an excellent movie... I think it depicts a man from a very different generation and of a different character than is usually celebrated in culture today... Even by the 1960s culture, with the whole counter-culture fascination, Armstrong was of a different time... We see that in his press conferences... I think that's what makes the movie distant for some of the current viewers...

They feel distant from Armstrong, the protagonist, whereas they're used to overly-talky TV shows and over emoting, likable or sympathetic characters they can identify with... I found Armstrong to be a very sympathetic figure... Duty bound, focused, but it's not difficult to relate to be honest if you allow yourself to relate to people different than you, which is the whole point of relating to someone else...