Not what I expected

Rating: 7/10 (22 May 2017)

I watched this movie when I saw an 8 out of 10 score. The build up of the story and the complexity of the plot were somewhat intellectually stimulating. Unfortunately, with that depth comes the classic naivety of Hollywood movies : US looking for peace, other nations are some whining 6-year-old kids looking for violence by any means necessary. Some reviews actually claim that the movie is good because it speaks about humanity !!! What humanity ? All what has been presented about Russians, Chinese, Sudan was through a screen in some US military base. That's "humanity" ?
Yet, the movie left me with some great questions : how on earth would a theoretical physics expert become so fascinated by languages and some weird circular calligraphy, when he sees with his own bare f***ing eyes a floating object, defying all what he learned his entire life ?
Personally, my first question to aliens would be : how.... HOW DO YOU THAT ?... Imagine the possibilities if such thing existed.... That's what I call intriguing stuff, not some weird souvenir of a Chinese General's wife.