Zemeckis's Very Best

Rating: 9/10 (14 August 2015)

Carl Sagan, a sensible man of science. That's what one might think of him after seeing his exceptional novel coming to life in Contact. Robert Zemeckis's love letter to mankind's search for extraterrestrial life is one of his best among many other greats and a very few menials. Sagan beautifully crafted story about the search for answers might not be a very thrilling film, but it is for sure the one you will rejoice.
A young girl (Ellie) who show a great deal of interest in the fields of science and mathematics grows without the care of her parents, both of whom have died when she was very young. Ellie grows up to be what she had initially intended to be, a scientist dedicated to searching for extraterrestrial life. In this far-flung pursuit, she comes across many hurdles, but she never gives up on her dream and that finally pays off as she finds the signal she had been searching for. This signal after many days of work proves to be a way to Contact Extraterrestrials but like at any other time as Science rises Religion tries to bring it back to the ground to its wretched state. Despite these frail deeds, humanity makes Contact by sending Ellie to represent all of humanity, but of this Contact she does not have any proof and a race which never asked for the proof for God asks for proof of this historic journey into the cosmos. While Ellie happens to be the only person to witness this truly legendary moment in the history mankind, mankind itself starts to despise her, but she never tries to give away to their stubborn foolishness for she believes that she had had Contact set aside what the world is saying about it or her.
A Dedication to Carl Sagan, Robert Zemeckis's Contact is a film which celebrates two of highly controversial emotions, Human Persistence, and Belief, he tries and succeeds at blending both of these emotions with high precision, allowing none of both to overpower each other. The Background score was not very enchanting but was suitable for the situations it was played in. The simplistic and yet beautiful cinematography of the film is like the one you can see in other Robert's greats. Matthew McConaughey performance among the many great ones was the one you will love most. The Science Fiction part of the film which Robert Zemeckis was crowned king for his Back to the Future trilogy looks more like possible science than impossible fiction which most movies try to sell.
You should and will watch Contact if you for one love science as much as I do. The film did not capture the recluse Ellie, but it did justify her Curiosity and persistence depicted in the Novel. It captures very truly the perks and struggles one might encounter on his way to chase the unchangeable.