Title: Could be good but it's not - DVD review
Review: I was so disappointed in this movie. First of all were the stereotypes (illusion of dead father, typical currupt politician, boss who cares only for himself, truth about ETs is hidden).Second, it's simply not developed. It is 'wanna-be' deep. It uses a lot of 'big' words to make the viewer think they are watching an intellectual movie when they are not.Third, pacing. The whole movie builds up to a 36 minute ending. This includes the all important following of the ET's instructions. By this point, I really didn't care.Fourth, depth. It tries to touch on many points that it never probes any of them in depth. To see politics in the Space Program I recommend The Right Stuff (even though it is cleaned up version of the space program). All the questions the aliens left Ellie with, that she never really probed them about.The 'reunion' scene has been done better in Star Trek.Pass this one up for a real thinker. There are a lot of good Sci-Fi movies out there.
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