Beautiful and touching, however cheesy.

Rating: 9/10 (21 November 2005)

I thought it was a beautiful movie. Very powerful and touching. Of course the cheesiness of America saving the world... again, maybe knocks it down a notch. But at least it was a somewhat feasible scenario. After all, the United States does have the most advanced space program in the world. If anyone was going to do SOMETHING like that, it would be the United States. Anyways, I was very moved by the film. The score and soundtrack is incredible. The performances of the actors involved was very good. Though I know people disagree with me here, I thought the characters were developed well through the script and directing. Of course I don't need to mention that the special effects were a great part of the movie also. It's not a mind expanding movie but it definitely fulfilled my evening and touched me deeply. An added bonus was a few examples of the stupidity of American military mentality!!
So blunders of Hollywood's ignorance of scientific and technical knowledge aside, and cheesy as it was, I gave the movie a very deserving 9 out of 10.