A recent exception is his review of "First Man", in which he rightfully laid into it for a bunch of problems I didn't even realize he knew existed.
That is some great stopped clock reporting. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
(Chazelle's characterization of Neil as the strong, silent, sacrificially repressed type also seems like a fundamental misreading of the historical Armstrong, who always seemed to belong more to the category of people who do crazy shit matter-of-factly, like Alex "Amydala? What amydala?" Honnold.)
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That is some great stopped clock reporting. Thank you for bringing it to my attention.
(Chazelle's characterization of Neil as the strong, silent, sacrificially repressed type also seems like a fundamental misreading of the historical Armstrong, who always seemed to belong more to the category of people who do crazy shit matter-of-factly, like Alex "Amydala? What amydala?" Honnold.)