Disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (27 November 2016)

I was really excited by the trailer and the potential for such a movie. I was only disappointed; the alien linguistics, the creature design and even the space ships themselves were unoriginal and poorly executed. I expected more of this film, either a more cerebral examination of humanity or more creative exploration of a potential alien visitation. We left 3/4 of the way through and went home to watch 1997's "Contact". Really I feel that in today's world with the huge catalogue of sci fi films and books available that someone with the resources to make such a visually stunning film could actually make something which excites the imagination as opposed to this grey pebble of a movie. Even 60 years ago star trek could pump out more creative content per episode than this entire film. Thanks for trying but no...