"What are we doing here? Who are we? If this is a chance to find
out even just a little part of that answer...I think it's worth a human
life. Don't you?"
My most favorite Science Fiction/Speculative Fiction movie is
Close Encounters
...but
Contact
now ranks right up there with it. The movie affected me in many ways...
...words just can't describe it...
(Sorry...I could't help myself...)
I have not yet read the book, so I can't compare the two. But as a film, Contact is technically and artistically wonderful. After five viewings, the CGI, the transitions and and the pacing are all still impressive. Carl and his co-workers did a good job of avoiding science/faith/humanity cliches, even turning them on their heads to some degree--a scientist saying "they should have sent a poet," a missionary discussing the relevence of science. Sure, it's a little melodramatic, but it's good storytelling.
More information on Contact is available at The
IMDB.
And it's been ranked number 41 of the top
250
movies on the IMDB.
The images and MIDI are from the official Contact
web site.
"...seems like an awful waste of space..."
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