The Last Man on the Moon

A beautiful documentary. nasa's success is great. congratulations.

"I often tell young kids and particularly my grandkids, don't ever count yourself out. You'll never know how good you are unless you try. Dream the impossible and go out and make it happen. I walked on the moon. what can't you do?" Astronauts always seem to come up with the most inspiring quotes. And Eugene Cernan was no exception. This was an inspiring documentary and taught me a lot about the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 70s. It was so cool to actually see and hear first-hand accounts of what Apollo 17 (the last moon mission) did. I had no idea they spent days up there. It was also an unexpectedly emotional film; the deaths of astronaut friends (especially Roger Chaffee and co.), the sacrifices made to pursue their goals etc, broken relationships. I also found the film strangely hypnotizing and it made me sleepy. Slow-panning space shots, with relaxed commentary from an old astronaut, combined with ethereal music. It was more effective than a cup of chamomile tea - though at first, I wish the film had been propelled faster by some of the rocket fuel used by NASA

It has a good balance between interviews and space/real footage to keep things interesting all the way through. Apparently he is a person that I knew nothing about so his story was pretty informative for me. The story of Gene Cernan who was the last of the 12 men that walked on the moon.

Great story on a humanist level. Very well made documentary. Loved it.

While space is definitely a topic I find interesting I am not a real enthusiast who knows everything. So while I knew about the first man on the moon I didn't know the names of men who went after. This documentary is for people like me to tell us more about this part of space history. Eugene Cernan is definitely am interesting man. We don't get to know much about him as a person from this documentary as we don't hear anything about his life before NASA. But there is a lot of details about his work. We also hear a bit about his personal life during this time but it is basically how work was keeping him away from home and ended his relationship. It was really interesting to hear about their preparations. The tragedies that occurred before he went and him remembering his thoughts and feelings during those times. It also has some great historical footages of the flight. He sure had an amazing and interesting life. The documentary seemed slow at times but with the topic it was still interesting.

I must say, I did learn a lot about the Apollo programme. I didn't find it sleep inducing as another reviewer here said. It was a solid documentary.

This is not a film that can be truly, totally appreciated by those who did not have the benefit of growing up in the time that gives this context. This was a time only a few years removed from the day when a Russian submarine commander near Cuba refused a direct order that would have started WWIII. It was the era of Viet Nam and riots, of a musical revolution never seen before or since, and a cultural revolution that reverberates to this day. Those of us who grew up with Mercury through Apollo memorized every technical detail of the program, plus mission objectives, names, backgrounds and everything else. On the way home from Scout camp with the bus radio on we listened to the live broadcast as Apollo 11 landed and when it did, not only did we cheer but every single car on the road and every pedestrian. It was beyond being merely heady. It was a moment in history that will live as long as recorded history exists. Cernan's documentary was not (as some reviewers suggest) an ego trip. As described by one great writer, the story is not about the "I" but about the "eye" - seeing things through Cernan's perspective. Younger generations have never experienced genuine awe. And they have not experienced this awe in the context of the cold war and being drafted right out of high school and being dropped into a rice paddy. When you live in such a situation and then you have something else going on that makes everything - including war - seem infantile, then you have a perspective that shows the Mercury through Apollo days to be among the most important times in all of history. If some find this film boring, it is because they haven't the context to understand genuine awe. Recent generations are very self-focused. The generation of the early space program was focused outward. It is that focus that reveals that which is truly important, which is the entire human species and not just one's circle of friends. I appreciate what Gene Cernan has done here and I'm glad he got to it before his time ran out. Films about Apollo 11 have been done to death. I'm glad that Cernan made a film that focused on the human experience and I am glad that it was his experience that provided the lens through which we could view it.

The 2017 United States Presidential election will be remembered as one of the most controversial in history. Very few saw it coming... the dawn of a completely new era... This film will be an instrumental segue for the new generation... from industrialization to the age of information... It's been inching its way in... first it was ridiculed, silenced with money... and now, the turn in history. I see the historical value of this film and truly appreciate it. I also embrace its excellent portrayal of man's passion to improve the world. Thank you. Helene Shaw (aka Madeleine de Vercheres) Victoria BC Canada Feb. 26/2007

I've been a space junkie since 1968, even applied to be an astronaut--I've seen just about every documentary on the space program and read many books. I was really impressed by the way this documentary was produced. Cernan comes across as a genuine, no-nonsense, sensitive, big- perspective kind of guy. The footage montage is creative, not staid, and it doesn't dominate the documentary. The photography is excellent. I saw this as the best visual story of an astronaut, not just a moon-walker--or even the last moon-walker--that is available right now. Every person under 50 should watch this--especially the youngsters.

There is a documentary about the first man on the moon Neil Armstrong on Netflix. Eugene Cernan and Armstrong seem to live very similar lives. Makes since, cause it does take a certain type of man to be selected to walk on the moon. This doc is a little bit better. I'm equally a fan of any man that went to the moon, but while Armstong's was way more focus on him, Cernan's doc showed me more about how the space program was working back in those days. Cernan went more thoroughly into the selection process, the training, the hardships and the glory. It was a more full picture of what it's like to be an astronaut mixed in with personal info on the type of man Cernan is. Plus we got to see some insight on what's happening right now to get people to Mars, an event that Cernan himself was excited about. It was a good documentary on an icon. it's starts off slow but once it gets its foot into the rhythm, it takes you to the moon.