different view

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2006)

Time to be controversial. The movie is about God (the Trinity) contacting Jodie Foster, quasi incarnate in the form of her father. This makes you mad? It didn't make her mad did it? Sagan, who was Jewish like Asimov, represents the proverbial Jewish man who has abandoned Torah, but is still looking for truth so he takes a New Testament theme and reworks it. Like the New Testament story of Jesus coming to earth, the 'Intelligence' makes contact and sends instructions how to contact 'It' (actually 'Him'). Obviously a type of "God so loved the world that He sent ...etc.) Without this Divine initiative man (Jodie etc.) would be lost. Of course Christians in this movie are portrayed as wild eyed fanatics ... while Jodie's love interest, a minister himself ameliorates this notion and knows that by the end of the movie she has been 'born again'. One just can't get away from the story of God's redemptive plan. Note that the message received by the 'Intelligence' is an evil one (Adolf Hitler)... it wouldn't have been the only one received would it? ... yet it is the one sent back ... to warm man of the Satanic influence on the earth, also embodied in James Woods character ... the atheistic grand inquisitor who pummels Jodie Foster relentlessly, while knowing that there actually had been 18 hours of static recorded on the tape of the event which appeared to have lasted only moments. The movie is being shown more and more in 2005, obviously since man senses that something awesome actually is about to happen soon. Tsunamis, earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, wars (Iran!)... etc, were all prophesied perfectly by the One who actually created the universe that Jodie experienced ... and just think! He walked here on this earth letting us know that He'll be making contact with us very soon. Firstly, He'll rapture away all Born Again Christians, then the earth goes into a 7 year tribulation with the appearance of a false Messiah - the Antichrist who will fool the nations. At the end of the 7 years Jesus returns to fight the battle of Armageddon in victory, saving Israel and reigning as King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Now that's CONTACT. Carl Sagan knows that now whether he is in Sheol-Hades awaiting the Last Judgement (Great White Throne), or if he is in heaven with Jesus, awaiting the arrival of all to-be raptured Christians. What a space trip that will be!