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Contact (1997)
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The opening and closing moments of Robert (Forrest Gump) Zemeckis's Contact astonish viewers with the sort of breathtaking conceptual imagery one hardly ever sees in movies these day--each is an expression of the heroine's lifelong quest (both spiritual and scientific) to explore the meaning of human existence through contact with extraterrestrial life. The movie begins by soaring far out into space, then returns dizzyingly to earth until all the stars in the heavens condense into the sparkle in one little girl's eye. It ends with that same girl as an adult (Jodie Foster)--her search having taken her to places beyond her...
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We a just a small insignificant planet, in an ordinary solar system, in an ordinary galaxy, in an average part of the universe. Carl Sagan's novel reminds us of that fact and that we are insignificant without each other. Unfortunately, I would guess that 95% of the people watch this film would not grasp that and would...
(complete Contact review by B Movie Ben)
Contact Movie Review by AJ  (4/14/2006) |
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Carl Sagan's novel Contact was a mediocre tale of epic proportions...it had great scientific facts and thought, but little emotion or believable character development. Zemeckis' film version is exactly the opposite: It is oozing with familiar Hollywood sentimentality, but the science is often glossed-over or, at its worst,...
(complete Contact review by AJ)
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