A great film needs more than a Clever story

Rating: 6/10 (5 March 2019)

This film has a clever idea to start with and explains why an established actress like Amy Adams would take the lead .Unfortunately too many obvious faults drag the film down .
The idea that the worlds military would attempt to destroy an alien craft that had shown no aggressive intent and whose weapons capability they had no comprehension of is just plain stupid .The superpowers haven't attacked each other because they know the devastation that would entail and yet they are making threats to aliens who have far greater capability than we have -they have space ships that can fly to other galaxies and yet we are making threats against them .Painting the military as stupid is an old Hollywood cliche and should have no part in this film As to the main characters they are just boring .Adams is a fine actress but in this film there was no real acting to do -looking sad and removing your make up is all she had to do -to be honest any actress could have played this role with their eyes closed..
The film needed more interaction with Adams and the White House through an intermediary,with her concerns and what she was trying to achieve and the Presidents justified worry about what should be the most prudent course of action.The joke is we never see a President ,just some gung ho lacky making stupid decisions that are frankly unbelievable.
The film paints itself as a work of art and it is far from that .Really annoying was the overdramatised music drowning out what was being said -very amateurish
Not a film I would watch again