The moon or the Earth?

I watched the movie Apollo 13 today. I hadn't seen it since I was like 10. I finally understood what was going on. Before all I thought was that it was some guys in space. Now I see that it is so much more. Instead of just some guys, I learned it is about a guy with a family. Would you be willing to risk your life and the rest of your time with your family to walk on the moon? That is a question that he had to ask himself in this movie. His wife had it the hardest. She had to sit on Earth as she heard about how badly her husbands space flight was going, while she is COMPLETELY powerless.

There is a symbol that Jim (the astronaut) uses to show how his priorities change in the movie. When he was on Earth, he put his thumb up to the moon. This is showing that he was super excited, maybe to the point of prioritizing it. When he had all the bad things happen to him in space he does the same thing but only to the Earth. It shows how much he missed his family and how maybe he should have spent his time differently.

The director of Apollo 13 new what he was doing. He was very good at making all the facts precise and he made sure to make a compelling story without taking that way. Ron Howard (the director) new that this would be a hit not only because he it was historical of a very scary event. Also because it is something that not everyone knows all the details to he could educate the audience of the details. Over all brilliant movie.