Mini-Review: For a tech lover, this is awe inspiring. The "beautiful machines" and extremely well-done CGI of the launch bring copious tears to these nerdy eyes. The emotions of the characters were also well expressed. Hanks, who is always good, did especially well with his role here as he is a big fan of space travel and a "closet astronaut". He also helped with the writing of this movie, which is probably why this is Ron's best. But, Ron did make some characters look more like idiots than they were.