OT: Contact

Fyron · #1 May 17th, 2004, 06:57 PM

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Originally posted by dogscoff:
I thought it was one of the worst films I had ever numbed my arse for. That's just my opinion though.

I'll second that... the alien was her father, couldn't even show himself...

Raging Deadstar · #2 May 17th, 2004, 07:16 PM

I was wondering why this thread seemed strangely familliar.

I saw it and i had to admit i thought it was interesting, i think i saw it in 1998, of course then i was 12 years old so i wasn't as brushed up in Sci-fi as i am now.

Not a great film, althougth the ending was cool when i saw it.

Maybe have to rewatch it and get a more updated opinion

Katchoo · #3 May 17th, 2004, 07:49 PM

I thought the movie was great. I saw it about a week before it was released at one of those movie 'sneak peaks' they do every so often. Plus, it was part of a double-header: watch Contact first, and then stay to watch Batman & Robin. Needless to say, I didn't stay to watch B&R (already saw it; loathed it).

Anyhoo, Before they mention the "12(?) minutes of static" tape, I felt you were left wondering wether she actually travelled through the Worm Hole, or wether she just had a near death experience (going through a bright passage, seeing a loved one). I thought it was a pretty powerful notion.

And yes, Jodie Foster is certainly hot, even if she's about 10 years older than I am.

Fyron · #4 May 17th, 2004, 07:51 PM

All that religious mumbo jumbo was certainly detracting...

dogscoff · #5 May 17th, 2004, 09:40 PM

Might have been a worthwhile watch if they had cut it down to about 25 minutes. A few good ideas, but nowhere near enough to justify the length of it.
EDIT: And they needed a proper alien too. All that crappy "taking on a familair form from your memory because we spent the entire special effects budget on that stupid spinning tower thing" didn't do it for me.

[ May 17, 2004, 20:43: Message edited by: dogscoff ]

Atrocities · #6 May 17th, 2004, 09:47 PM

As many of you know, I do not Subscribe to the belief that there is life out there more advanved than ours. In fact until an alien makes contact with us, or lands its ship on the white house lawn I will always believe that we are alone.

Now to the contact issue, if there is life out there, and I know there is not, then I feel the most likely way that it will contact us is through the methods seen in Contact. Space is simply to vast to travel. However a message sent along a laser, or something simular, at the speed of light could theoretically make ti to another planet. However, we would have to identify this planet, or they us, and we both would have to have simular technology to receive, or send the message.

So again, I say it will never happen.

Raging Deadstar · #7 May 17th, 2004, 10:02 PM

I personally myself do believe that there is life out there. Although if it is more advanced, the same or less than us can be anyones guess (and if we could even compare their advancement to ourselves is mindboggling.)

Although, if there is life out there i personally believe there's very little chance of us meeting them, and more than 99% sure it won't be in my lifespan, or for a great length time. The complications are too great for us as a species.

But the film had some good points (i had a quick read up of it to refresh my memory) and if done better (maybe sticking closer to the book it wa sbased on) may have been much cooler.

I'd watch it again though