Don't let the 5.9 rating fool you. There's one guy who has given this mess a 10 rating, while I and the other half-dozen people who remember this atrocity have been GENEROUS by giving it mostly two stars.
Yes, there was an Apollo 13 mission, and yes it had a problem. They also got most of the astronauts' names right (although many of the Mission Control personnel are, thankfully, not real persons.) But that's pretty mush where any accuracy ends.
For Pete's sake, the movie is a mistake before it even begins: the TITLE is incorrect! According to NASA transcripts of the flight, mission commander Jim Lovell said "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem" followed by Jack Swigert saying "We've had a problem here." (In fairness, Ron Howard didn't quite get it right in "Apollo 13" either.)
Go watch "Apollo 13" instead, which was based on Jim Lovell 's actual memoir, and had Apollo mission controller Jerry Bostisk and moonwalker Dave Scott as technical advisors. Leave this mess on the shelf.
Yes, there was an Apollo 13 mission, and yes it had a problem. They also got most of the astronauts' names right (although many of the Mission Control personnel are, thankfully, not real persons.) But that's pretty mush where any accuracy ends.
For Pete's sake, the movie is a mistake before it even begins: the TITLE is incorrect! According to NASA transcripts of the flight, mission commander Jim Lovell said "Okay, Houston, we've had a problem" followed by Jack Swigert saying "We've had a problem here." (In fairness, Ron Howard didn't quite get it right in "Apollo 13" either.)
Go watch "Apollo 13" instead, which was based on Jim Lovell 's actual memoir, and had Apollo mission controller Jerry Bostisk and moonwalker Dave Scott as technical advisors. Leave this mess on the shelf.