Utter Masterpiece. Best Hard SF movie ever made- as good as 2001!

Rating: 10/10 (1 September 2018)

This is up there with 2001 A Space Odyssey as the greatest Hard sci-fi film ever.
Not just the science- the acting, casting, pacing, dialog, storyline and the whole feel of the movie combined with the actual location shooting and the amazing effects work come tohether to create a movie that is simple Perfect.
I do not lightly call a movie Perfect. Other efforts that I have so rightly labeled are The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Aliens and Jaws and perhaps the Terminator.
Contact is something, once seen, will never ever be forgotten. Jodie Foster should've been awarded an Best Actress Oscar for this. What were the Academy thinking??