Saw the film. It definitely wasn't a love letter to America and the only discussion of America was how the government was fed up with one PR crisis after another and a black man chanting about "whitey". Not cool.
The missions and landing were beautifully done, but I was surprised about how America was almost the villain in the film.
Wow. I guess it's just testament to how art is perceived differently. I thought the whole bit with with whitey on the moon was showing
them being horribly misguided, they looked shortsighted and foolish, and they were. And with JFK's speech at the end featured as the final word
in the film if there was any confusion.
Ed White's take on his kid taking interest in science and engineering, that it was making a difference. Armstrong passionate about seeing
things for the first time we should have noticed long ago. The historical footage of the French woman simply gushing about America.
That was may take, but it's art. Nobody sees the same thing I guess.
I'm 52 and quite aware to Hollywood's messaging system to favor certain views, my spider-sense is really strong on that, and I've noticed
injected bias a plenty both overt and subtle. I remember when Red Dawn came under attack for war mongering and potentially angering the Russians. LOL Wolverines!!!!
With that said, for me, I am certain this film did not paint America in any kind of bad light at all. I went with my wife and a friend that is really quick to call out evil America
messages since the eighties and he didn't trigger on anything. We all came away very positive about the film wondering simply more about Armstrong the man and when
we will go back to the moon. I don't think it was any different from Apollo 13 as far as America's portrayal.