Contact (1997)

[cinema1995 0]

This movie pissed me off.

[Johnny Unusual 525]

Well, I don't care for it, and it has a really weak ending, but I think it's sort of too dull and ponderous to make a good episode. The ending and certain philosophy issues are mock-worthy, but overall, I don't think it's fully rife for an episode. Maybe if they did an episode that was about frustrating finales...

[jimkiler 84]

But Jake Busey makes a great religious nut.

[DOMIDARKO 7]

This movie is bananas. Bump.

[seanotron 2307]

I don't think it's crazy enough to make for a very good episode.

[Ofcoursemyhorse 1043]

Its way too long to do. Not too mention its an otherwise okay movie aside from the bullshit ending and the part where they find out a second ball dropping machine also exists without anybody fucking knowing.

[Lando 2019]

While I think that people who get mad about the alien are missing the point and I think this movie is fine, I can't resist posting this:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvJrNDeogc8

[seanotron 2307]

Its way too long to do. Not too mention its an otherwise okay movie aside from the bullshit ending and the part where they find out a second ball dropping machine also exists without anybody fucking knowing.

 

And to be fair, both of those things are straight from the book.

[Guiltfeeder 0]

Haha, I like this movie. It pisses off all of my friends.

 

Say what you will about it, this shot from Contact is cool as hell:

 

[seanotron 2307]

Haha, I like this movie. It pisses off all of my friends.

 

Say what you will about it, this shot from Contact is cool as hell:

 

 

I love the opening shot too, with the transmissions getting older as the camera pulls farther out

 

[wizardchurch 0]

it's directed by robert zemeckis but it feels like it was directed by someone who has never seen anything else but the color blue. it's awful.

[Ofcoursemyhorse 1043]

The thing that annoys me about the ending is that the alien makes the assumption that a woman seeing her dead father in the flesh again as embodied by a fucking alien is somehow less upsetting than seeing what it actually looked like. 

I would argue that whatever the alien true appearance was it would have been far less upsetting than zombie alien father. 

[Ofcoursemyhorse 1043]

Also Cenk Uygur of the young turks has a hilariously brief "cameo" as an extra in one scene.