Do you believe in aliens? I do !

Rating: 10/10 (13 February 2006)

**** out of ****
The reason I like sci-fi movies better than fantasy movies (two of the genres which most tells fictional stories) is that the sci-fi movies gives us a vision of the future. It may be about how the world will look like a few years from now or what are we doing at the moment which will result in something even bigger in the future. Contact follows that pattern.
Jodie Foster plays Eleanor Arroway, most of the time, called Ellie. Her character is simply amazing, she's a scientist who, since childhood developed interest in the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence and communications. To see her working is a delight. I find it really an art to study the outer space, listening to sounds in earphones and marking stars as already checked and negative as a result for alien search.
While she meets Palmer Joss, played by Matthew McCounaughey, a theology student, writer and believer of God's existence itself, the movie show us a conflict between science and religion from the point of view of the two characters, since she believes only in science, while he believes in god, but also thinks science is important, although not at a point where you might give your life for it. This movie reminds me a lot of the Dan Brown novel, Angels & Demons. It's about a discovery made by Ellie, concerning life outside our planet. The story unfolds really amazing. Director Robert Zemeckis is one of my favorites. The ending though might surprise people in an unexpected way.
I recommend it to any sci-fi freak. This movie is a-must-see.
PS.: just for knowledge, I BELIEVE IN LIFE OUTSIDE OUR PLANET.