One of the best sci-fi movies ever!

Rating: Null/10 (22 January 2001)

I think that this movie could do without the science versus religion debate. Will E.T.'s get frustrated with us because Ellie doesn't "b'lieve in gawd"? I doubt that. Why bother with such an old and tired subject?
Aside from that, there's plenty of substance to make this film memorable. For one, it takes a very different approach to the way we view other civilizations and the way they view us. "It's been done billions of times", and why not, the Universe being so old and so immense. A bold stroke, and very much like Carl Sagan. I also like the idea of the Universe in which advanced life forms work together, just like today's scientists communicate their ideas to each other. This is a movie that makes you think and gives you the freedom to imagine, like the 18 hours that Ellie lived in a few seconds of the fall. Overall, this movie is so impressive that I would watch it over and over again.