Nothing fabulous

Rating: 5/10 (4 March 2017)

All in all, it was an interesting film that did grab your attentions in some scenes, for example, it was interesting to see the people's reactions when they found out the news of the aliens' landings, and what they continued to do after that with the army flying over them in Jets etc. When the US army came to pick her up, it was a little bit expected, no big surprise. And when they got to the base that was beside the 'space craft', nothing very interesting happened there as well. Once they finally entered the ship, it was a little bit interesting, but nothing exciting that has you on the edge of your seat. It only got a bit exciting when they started learning the alien language and managed to start communicating with it, which also brought into view a historical perspective, on how the early settlers e.g. Captain James Cook managed to communicate with local islanders such as the Maori or Aborigines. The end was the worst of all. I was left completely confused on what on earth it was talking about. All the images from different times switching back and forth, not knowing whether it was future or past or present, and having to get your mind around the fact that none of that had happened yet, even though she'd been having those flashbacks for the entire movie, made it hard to fully understand and grasp. I personally think that the end ruined the entire movie with all its future-telling-revelations and then confusing flashbacks that were of the future etc. and was too much to wrap your head around, therefore being my reason I give only five starts.
My compliments to the producers and actors on their work though and set-design, animation and picture.