the wonder of it all

ive never really had much of an interest in the story of how we got to the moon. unlike most little boys, i never wanted to be an astronaut when i grew up. even still, this documentary was very interesting. the makers of this film went around and culled through a ton of archival film and found some amazing new shots of the space program in the sixties and ever since. they also talked with seven of the twelve men who have actually walked on the moon. this is the highlight of the film, to hear from the men themselves what it was like, to give first hand accounts of what fears they had, what they expected, and the reality of being up there. many of these astronauts dig deeper than they ever have for interviews and share the real stories. the most interesting part of the film is when they each talk about what impact their moon landings had on their faith and spirituality. we get to really sense the wonder of it all (oh, so thats where the title comes from!) the only unfortunate part about this film is that they dont include any interviews with neil armstrong. his involvement would have made it even better, i'm sure.