Why does everyone...

Rating: Null/10 (7 October 2000)

...think it is 'God' what Ellie discovered on her trip?
Is it so hard to understand, to believe, it is really an extra terrestrial species that was discovered - or better: that discovered us? Isn't it played obviously in that movie: that species in the Vega system is so advanced they don't even consider us a threat! Let that get to your minds! Not a threat, us, the aggressive and destructive humans! Think a bit farther and imagine 'they' would actually think we could harm them in any way.
They'd just wipe us out like we would swat a fly!
That's your problem, folks. You think it is about discovering God.
No, it isn't!
It is about how insignificant the human being really is. Considering the size of the Universe and all other intelligent life forms in it, humans are not more than lower life-forms, insects, or even viruses (Ever seen 'Matrix'? Nice idea of what humans really are!), something really weak and unimportant, that stares with awe at things it can't understand.
That's what I loved about this film. It showed us our real position in space and time.