Finally, a movie I would actually watch if on TV. I am so glad you didn't make us sit through some sissy French flick. I for one am not a fan of sub-titles but sci-fi is always cool with me. And I must say "Contact" was a great pick. .
Now, everyone has seen the over done sci-fi film with grotesque violence and scenes that make you jump, but this movie went a different direction and created a more realistic based occurrence witch was not only believable but it made you think. But like all films the director's presentation is not always the same as the viewer. Although they made a great attempt to create realism, they exaggerated key parts that led me to believe this move was a result of Hollywood.
The parts I liked, I feel really gave this film some realism and really made this film. The best part was probably the beginning when the director shows you how far our television broadcasts have traveled since the begging. This is a great start because this is based off a real scientific theory that if another advanced life form exists this would be the most likely from of communication. Second the creativity behind the information (Being the semantics for the space machine) that was sent in the signal was amazing. I liked this because the director was trying to think like a life form with intelligence far beyond humans. But, something to think about is that we had little to know problem in interrupting the info, so you have to wonder how far intellectually are we?.
There was only one thing about this film I didn't like, and that is the conflict Hollywood created between religion and the truth of life on other planets. Although this would be a real life conflict if an event like this did take place, but I didn't think it was necessary for Hollywood to portray Christians as crazy terrorists that were insecure about the truth of life on other planets. The truth is that christens would have faith in their beliefs and they would not worry about the project, never mind assuming the role of a terrorist.
