Aldrin, who was the second man to land on the moon after crew-mate Neil Armstrong, tweeted a picture of the flag planted after their landing in 1969
Daily Mail: 'Proud to be American': SECOND man on the Moon Buzz Aldrin shames Neil Armstrong biopic for not showing planting of US flag with his own patriotic pics after movie portrayed him as 'obnoxious loudmouth'
* First Man, starring Ryan Gosling, opened the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday
* The film chronicles Neil Armstrong's life from 1961 to the Moon landing in 1969
* Critics noted it leaves out the moment Armstrong plants a US flag on the Moon
* Gosling explained that the achievement 'transcended countries and borders'
Buzz Aldrin appeared to criticize Neil Armstrong biopic First Man for leaving out the planting of the American flag on the Moon.
The 88-year-old, who was the second man to set foot on the Moon, on Sunday tweeted a picture of the flag planted after the landing in 1969.
He captioned the photo: 'Proud to be an American.' Aldrin also re-tweeted a photo of him saluting next to the same picture.
It is an apparent dig at Oscar-winning director Damian Chazelle's controversial decision not to include the planting of the flag at the end of his critically acclaimed movie.
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WNU Editor: Buzz Aldrin is definitely criticizing the decision to not show the planting of the U.S. flag on the moon. The decision not to include the planting of the flag is causing blow-back that I suspect the promoters of the film never expected would happen .... which again reveals how out-of-touch Hollywood is with the public.
