Apollo 13: What Really Happened

I had never seen this film before we viewed it in class, and I thought that the Apollo 13 mission crashed on the Moon and the spaceship exploded, so I was pleasantly surprised when they safely landed in the ocean. What I found most interesting about this film was that they really did give the movie the feeling of claustrophobia in the spaceship and the electricity in the NASA headquarters on Earth. This was created by the fantastic cinematography and sets built for this film. The angles of the camera in the spaceship felt like there was never more than 2 or 3 feet of space in the ship, which made even me in the audience feel crammed into my seat.

I missed the day in class where we viewed the middle of the film, but I saw the Beginning and the end of the film, so I will make up my own middle of the film.

After the tanks in the engine start sparking, all of the astronauts start freaking out and they send the guy that threw up earlier down to investigate. He then falls out of the spacecraft into space, and Tom Hanks has to dramatically jump out and grab him before he floats away forever. The ship lurches as Kevin Bacon, in his inexperience, accidentally bumps the steering wheel while dancing (it's his only opportunity to, since it's illegal in his hometown). The ship is spun off course and they are forced to abandon their mission to land on the Moon. The guy that fell out of the ship is so scared by what's out there he goes into a catatonic state, and is unable to be helpful in any way. Hanks then goes up to Bacon and says, "Reach for the sky!" and takes over command, having to operate the entire ship by himself. While he's on his way back to Earth, he runs into Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, who wish him well on his return home. He then lands safely in the Pacific after a suspenseful descent.

I'm pretty sure that's spot on.