Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood

Back in the summer of '69.

It's not that I mind nostalgia (I love 'The Wonder Years'), but even though the too plotless chronicles of family life is way more interesting than the space mission fantasy, I found this one overly anecdotal.

Well, what a great story about nothing. It feels more like a personal garage movie of ones youth, a dream just before you go to sleep. The animation, the sixties, the atmosphere, it all drags you in, but once it ends, well, not much left in your hands.

Excellent time capsule to an exciting time to live in Texas. Pretty strong entry into the "director sharing his childhood memories" genre of recent years.

Linklater out here asking the big questions like “what if the first two minutes of a Wonder Years-esque pilot were an entire movie?” There’s definitely a touch of self-indulgence here, and most of the specifics aren’t anything you haven’t seen elsewhere, but Linklater’s filmmaking and Jack Black’s admirably restrained voiceover ensure it remains light, airy fun and never boring or annoying - and even if you feel otherwise, the climactic moonwalk scenes may bring you back around.

There’s a fanciful story here about a 10-year-old from a Houston suburb in the late 1960s who makes his way onto a NASA capsule, but it exists mostly as the propulsion that guides this rich semi-autobiographical reverie from beginning to end. Apollo 10 1/2 aims to float around at zero gravity, taking in as much of an era as possible, getting lost in details both trivial and profound.

This film seemed like the type of nostalgia flick that my parents would have loved, having been around this age themselves during the moon landing. It's a great coming-of-age story for all ages, but would likely hit differently if you were a teenager in the 70s, rather than, like me, a teenager in the 90s.

I don't know how Linklater did it, but he somehow managed to mash-up some of my least-favorite subgenres - the made-for-the-classroom history explainer and the nostalgia-soaked snapshot - and turn it into something incredibly charming, winsome, and engaging.

A little bit too American and too boomer.

Somehow Apollo 10 1/2 out Wonder Years the Wonder Years. It's like they took all the best aspects of the show and made a movie out of it. The first hour is basically a long introduction leading up to the moon landing. The last 30 minutes suppose a fictitious secret mission with the protagonist landing on the moon as it happens in real time. The film has such amazingly tangible sense of time and place. Probably the closest thing we have to a book with moving pictures (if that makes any sense).

It's no Dazed and Confused, but it's a cute movie, a nice look at what Linklaters childhood was like. Could have done without the fantasy stuff.

There's not a lot to this one. It's almost just Linklater riffing on his own schtick, with kids growing up in Texas, but there's a second plot about the moon mission and the kid getting involved. It's all well done, and lightly entertaining enough.

Neil Armstrong: "That's one small step for a man - one giant leap for mankind."

Apollo 10.5: A nostalgia trip of a Baby-Boomer with fantastical interjections. Linklater's introspective narrative style paired with the rotoscope-esque animation definitely yield some good moments, but as the film ambles through prank phone calls, sibling dynamics and the happy reminisces of the days before health & safety, I found my interest diminishing. There's just something off-putting about the perspective of these characters in particular, who benefit from both opportunity & hindsight.

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Okay film. It's a fun watch with a couple of nice moments, but by the end not much has really happened and as such, I'll likely forget pretty much everything about this film.

I can't help but not fall for this kind of dreamy, heavily imagery coming of age fantasy tale -- I don't care, Stan did step on the moon, no question about that. I love how Linklater conducts the story from 'everyone else's perspective, but for me the true heart of the film is that large mid-section populated by TV, cinema references, trips to the beach, the vibes of home movie all over the kitchen conversations, the meals, the fights between brothers and sisters, the sports at school. Just cute

frequently charming

Dedem bana geçmişi anlatıyor. Fenalık geçirttiren yönetmen Richard Linklater, bu sefer Stan adlı oğlanımızın, aya gönderilmesini anlatıyor. Fakat o kadar sıkıldım ki. Tek sevdiğim animasyon çizimlerin güzel yapılmasıydı. 70'li yıllarda çocuk olmak. Hayaller ve gerçekler. Az da olsa retro. Filmin sonunda, Stan aya ayak basıyor. Ay dede ay dede senin evin nerede?

A charming, if not particularly memorable, period piece by Linklater. I don't think it needed its eponymous gimmick at all.

Sweet Dreams are made of His!! Who am I to disagree??

Richard Linklater blends rotoscoped live action and CGI in a nostalgic reminiscence of his childhood in Texas in the late 60's, especially as it revolved around the moon landing. It's mostly a trip through Linklater's memories, but there's something fairly universal about it even though his suburban Texas Catholic 1960's upbringing is extremely specific.

While it may be inaccessible to some viewers and takes a while to find its footing, the film captures the magical time in a boy's life when he begins to form his own opinions about the world. The use of rotoscope animation and Jack Black's vocal performance make it a heartwarming and fun film that is worth a watch.

A saccharine overdose of Boomer nostalgia.

Apollo 10 1/2 really takes you back. An era of atomic scare and space travel. A portrait so strong, you feel like you're there.

This felt like a passion project for Richard Linklater. I was like watching his childhood, memories and dreams. It was fun to exploring the 60s and that era.

Like watching surpisingly good home-shot Super 8 movies with a good, if predictable, soundtrack. If you want to dig for anything more than just nostalgia, it's certainly there; it just doesn't want to scare off any viewers who don't want that.

Big parts of the movie have a “back in my day”-vibe. Linklater works best when he uses his idiosyncratic ability to, through the specific, capture a universal time and a place. A memory that feels personal, even if you never lived it. Powell and Levi is fun, but you are left with a feeling you were robbed of seeing them banter in the flesh. Combining the moon landing with the nostalgia didn’t mesh as organically as I usually enjoy my Linklater. Criticism aside, I still fully enjoyed it.

I have never seen a movie so wrapped up in trivial details like this before, attempting to paint a nostalgia filled picture. It's a successful, rewarding time capsule, but too casual for my taste.

it's chill, and the colours are lovely. heck, i'd watch it again.