Glad the book was made into a movie, sad they butchered it for sensationalism

Rating: 3/10 (22 January 2010)

Producers and directors in Hollywood just seem to make movies that they want people to see, not what people want to see. Although much of the movie is fairly true to the book, there are KEY parts of the movie that were not only a complete farce and a break from the book, but they are SOO far out (no pun intended) that they make no sense to the plot.
Maybe one day a great producer/director will rise up, who can create adaptations of books without thinking 'hey if I did XXX, then maybe I can sell more tickets and DVDs.' Too bad that XXX is always a big mistake that detracts from the flow, plot and logic of the movie/book.
Carl Sagan was a great writer, too bad the producer/director who created this movie thought their ideas were better than his.
3 stars for ruining what should have been at least 9 stars. That being said, Jodi Foster played her role superbly.