The Challenger Disaster

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I was expecting Apollo 13 grade, but ended up with some low-budget straight to dvd film with terrible dialogue. The cast did the best they could with it, but whoever wrote the script has no idea how humans interact with each other. I've been waiting YEARS for this to be depicted in a big budget, blockbuster film and I put this on expecting just that. Instead it's an hour and a half of engineers yelling at each other. I get that its hard to build suspense when the tragedy is so well known, but the suspense between the characters didn't translate to suspense for the viewer. I hope Challenger gets the proper attention it should. I was expecting Chernobyl and ended up getting a high-budget Youtube video.

A brilliant performance by the entire cast; and an excellent crew brings this epic story together!!! Eric Hanson shines as the star of this compelling, emotional, occasionally funny, story of O-ring failure in a space launch that should have never happened. I cannot wait to see Eric in his next film. Fustercluck!!!

Great story well told about some absolutely tragic events in our history.

I saw this movie yesterday. I enjoyed it a lot. It was very intense and you watch it in a panic state when the launch got closer and closer. I was thinking to myself man, I hope he is wrong about the orings. Lol. Oh yeah. It just needed more mental breaks somehow. My wife watched it and she liked the family home life angle. I thought it would be good to show more of the interviews to show the excitement of the astronauts and the public about the launch and their hopes. Overall, the writing was spot on and appealed to my engineering education background the most. My beginning engineering college professor used to tell us all the time, when engineers screw up, people die. This movie is a great representation of a unique story in american history and I aplaude the hard work and dedication.

Oh, this one hurts. Look up the 2013 Challenger Disaster Movie on IMDB and notice how the characters are the names of real people (Richard Feynman, Sally Ride, Neil Armstrong) vs this movie (Larry the Lawyer, Adam, Mary...). I don't understand why this movie was made. Dean Cain, it's okay to say no sometimes. Watch the far superior Challenger Disaster with William Hurt and Brian Dennehy. It was released on Discovery and National Geographic channels - maybe it's on their app or their websites. If you want to see the story of the Challenger Disaster seek out that movie.

Ignore the Low ratings ,this film is well worth a Watch , Tragic outcome and sadly tragically predicted ,any one giving this a rating of 1 has either not watched the film or has ulterior motives , Do the CIA leave ratings on here :-)

If you were one of the students who watched this event live, if you knew or know anyone working on the space program, if you know someone in an engineering field, if you recall the day of January 28, 1986 and how it stopped the world, you must watch this movie!! Memories that you had long stored will come back as we remember this tragic time in space history. Besides teaching an invaluable lesson, this movie honors the sacrifice of the heroes lost, and brings hope for justice to the men who tried to prevent it, but were pressured to carry the burden of this tragedy for the rest of their lives. Details unknown by many until now are presented, and are quite an eye-opening for many that need to know. Growing up I dreamed of being an astronaut & even knew of a neighbor who worked at NASA. I knew a lot about space at my young age. The day of The Challenger's tragedy I watched it live with my classmates at school. We were so excited for all of the amazing astronauts, and because of Mrs. Mcauliffe. That day my kid's heart was destroyed, along with my dreams. I became an engineer instead, and this movie is so powerful in the way it portrays what engineers have to go through in their daily jobs. All engineers will be able to identify to each of these characters. I still love space and have taken my kids to see 3 attempted launches, which were cancelled at the last minute in the past years. After watching this movie, I now understand why they were cancelled, and would not take it any other way. I took my teenager kids to watch this movie and they loved it! This movie should be watched by all adults now who were adults/kids then, and by the current younger generations as they prepare into their careers and into becoming good and caring citizens of the world. The world needs more of this!!

A very touching and compelling story. For those of us that grew up in the 80s, this was our first national tragedy before 9/11. This film shows the human side and how a few good men made an effort to do what they could. You can't finish this without tears. You know the end result from history, but you find yourself believing in these guys and knowing how close they came to changing the story.

This story is one which needs to be heard...the almighty dollar must be made no matter how many lives are at risk. Thirty plus years later have we learned anything? The movie had a lot of vital information but deserves a lot better production. The acting was atrocious, the dialogue was abysmal, I had a difficult time even finishing watching. I did because I wanted to know the story but I admit I did a lot of cringing. Watch it for the education, do your best to not be distracted by the poor production.