I fell asleep. Twice

Rating: 8/10 (26 November 2016)

I wanted to like this movie. Great subject matter. Aliens and language. What's not to like? Great director and great cast. I was expecting a lot. Something along the lines of The Martian, or Gravity or Interstellar. While the heart was in the right place, it just wasn't compelling. The ideas were great. They just weren't presented or expressed in a way that made for gripping cinema. I bet the book was amazing.
And then at the end certain things just weren't very clear. I'm not going to spoil it for anyone, so I am just going to say that I really couldn't tell what was happening. Of course i'm sure I missed a few key elements because I did fall asleep, twice, but really what does that say? The only other time I fell asleep in a movie theater was while watching The Spirit. I recognize it was a good film, that's why I gave it a 7. But emotionally I got nothing from it.