A Different Kind of Science Fiction

Rating: 10/10 (14 December 2016)

I thought about 'Contact' before I saw this film. This is what a first encounter could really look like, attempting to communicate with beings so far advanced that simply understanding a single word would be a challenging task. Contact felt like it was made by a committee that needed to get all of Earth's issues discussed, at least amongst the humans. Religion, politics, nationalism, etc. because somehow the aliens are supposed to care. I like this film's approach because it shows that while the aliens recognize that this is a divided planet, our borders and petty human issues really don't matter in the scheme of the Universe. Beautifully acted, well-written and poignant on many levels. This is a thinking person's film which I believe Arthur C. Clarke would consider well done. Imagine a future in which . . . . Sorry, you'll have to see it.