Apollo 11 (2019)

Amazing video
I’ve seen numerous videos of Apollo 11 and the moon landing but this is the best. Sourced from countless hours of newly discovered video and audio footage, this documentary will literally transplant you back to that hallowed event and make you experience all the awe and wonder all over again – but this time in color and not back and white. With them bringing the large screen photography to to date through modern editing, it’s like Imax had been around and recorded a documentary of the project. The images are simply stunning as is the entire production. Highly recommended.

The NASA in SPACE.
I was a young lad when this happened,,, do you not Moon believers I could prove in a sentence we have been to the moon. The Chinese are also going to the Moon and India is also Moonbound. China had a spy infiltrated working at nasa all through the 60s and 70s and took off back to China with suitcases full of top secret NASA Moon information. The next day his wife was also working at nasa she was caught at the airport with three suitcases full of top secret CDs stolen from NASA. How does a feather in a ball peen hammer dropped at the same height, land on the ground at the same time? Humanly impossible to replicate on the planet Earth. So if you want to learn actual history of the greatest nation that ever existed on the planet Earth the United States of America and the NASA program, a tremendous feat of Humans Capabilitys. A Must watch!

Fantastic film, barebones blu-ray
Apollo 11 is a visually impressive telling of the full Apollo 11 mission to the Moon and back, and provides the best visual documentation of the program available, bar none. I saw this in theaters and was so blown away by its amazing quality that I knew when I left the theater that I would have to own the eventual home video release so I could re-watch it at will. The high quality footage that the filmmakers unearthed is truly mind-boggling. There are scenes that I struggle to believe are real and not CGI or somehow touched up because it’s so hard to believe that we have such crystal clear footage from 1969. But whether my brain believes it or not, everything in this film is real. Nothing makes history come alive quite like seeing modern-looking footage from historical events. It’s unreal how powerful such quality footage is. For these reasons, Apollo 11 is a must watch for anyone who’s ever had interest in spaceflight and the Moon landings.That being said, this Blu-ray release should be regarded by potential buyers as the film itself and nothing more. Aside from the film, the Blu-ray has two “special features:” the trailer that you’ve been able to watch for free on YouTube since before the film released, and a special feature on how the 65 mm footage was discovered that clocks in at a pathetic 2 minutes and 54 seconds and doesn’t even provide any information on how the 65 mm footage was discovered other than “we found it and looked at it and thought it looked amazing.” Those are your special features. That’s it. This film must have been a very special process to make, and it must have unearthed far more footage than we see in the film. In fact, the producer mentions in the <3 minute special feature that they have a 9 day long version of the film that covers the entire mission. Though I suspect that's an exaggeration, it still raises the question: where is all of this additional content? I don't expect 9 days of footage on my Blu-ray; that's absurd. But you couldn't give us half an hour or extra footage? You couldn't tell us a little more about the process for making this film? A paltry 2 minute and 54 second blurb is laughable content. At the end of the day, you're considering buying this because you want to see the film. Because the film itself is fantastic, I feel this still deserves a good but not perfect score, hence the 4 stars. But boy does the lack of special features leave a bad taste in my mouth. There was no reason to be THIS stingy.Beyond the special features, the Blu-ray itself is a faithful transfer of what I saw in theaters. Some of the countdown timers that are superimposed over the found footage at points in the film are far too small to make out on my TV screen though they were fine on the big screen in theaters, and the film grain appears somewhat amplified on the Blu-ray compared to the theater version, but these are trivial complaints that I include for the sake of completeness and not to slam the Blu-ray. Overall, this Blu-ray release is worthwhile if you're interested in experiencing the Apollo 11 mission as it happened. Just don't expect anything beyond the film itself to be included in your purchase.

Apollo 11 is unique in how it tells the story of the first human mission to the moon. Visuals and environmental are woven into one of the most visually satisfying documentaries ever made.From a technical standpoint, the restoration and digitization of the archival film is some of the best work in this category. This Blu-Ray release matches the 4k streaming version for quality as well.

1969年当時のメディアはTVブラウン管。映画。1969年月面着陸は、ビデオ伝送で伝えられましたが、その当時の技術は、解像度がよろしくなかったと思います。（伝送ビデオ、当時のTVの解像度は最高300本程度ではなかったでしょうか？）本作は、2019年2月に予告編が公開、日本では公開未定となっている最新作であります。2019年の本BDによって初めて当時の動画素材（今回は数千時間にもおよび音声記録もあったそうです）が、高画質で見ることができるようになったと思います。（過去には、スカイラブの動画作品（SD)、最近では、ISSからの地球を撮影した動画４Kがあります。1969年当時のHD版は今回が初めて？）ドキュメント作りなので、効果音、映画上の（余計な）演出はありません。最後半に、ポップミュージックが流れるくらいです。ファーストマン、ライトスタッフ、アポロ13、隠れた才能（邦題　ドリーム）を見てきて、いよいよ核心のアポロ11号のリアル映像が登場、という具合です。当時のフィルム、ビデオ素材が、現在のHD技術で丁寧にアップデートされて、非常に高画質、高音質室です。一部白ノイズがあふれるシーンもありますが、おおむね良好な画質。圧巻は、アポロ11（サターンⅤ）が、発射塔に保持されて移動していくシーン。実際に巨大なクローラー（キャタピラー）でゆっくりと発射位置まで進んでいくシーン。人類が作り出せる巨大建造物。これだけを見てもこの動画の価値があろうというもの。サターンV発射のシークエンス。各ロケット段の詳細。アポロ司令船の金属表面や、着陸船（イーグル）のやはり金属表面や細かいつくりの精細な表現。一切の妥協のない画作り＝実際の記録映像だから＝で、月着陸捏造説をぶっ飛ばします。4KUHD版が、USでも出ていないので、日本アマゾンからこのBD盤を購入しましたがリーズナブルな価格でした。ただ、映画としては無味乾燥なので、一般の映画好きの皆様の趣向には合わないかも。ファーストマンとかライトスタッフを歓迎する皆さんなら、これも佳作（または優良作、傑作）と呼ぶでしょう。盤面印刷が薄く、盤を透かして見ると向こうが見えるので驚きましたが、再生は全く問題はありませんでした。技術はずっと進んできているんですね。

I’m not even sure what to classify this as…a movie or documentary, maybe a bit of both. Quite possibly the best docu-movie I have ever seen, on any subject. Looks like it was shot yesterday with amazing recently discovered high quality footage. Hard to believe it was 50 years ago but you are suddenly back in 1969, just along for the ride. In the days before cell phones and the Internet. The Saturn V launch scene alone will leave you on the edge of your seat. The lunar lander (Eagle) descent to the lunar surface will have your heart beating as fast as Armstrong’s was when he was landing on another world. This movie makes is patently clear just what a huge undertaking the Apollo program was, involving literally hundreds of thousands of people.