Contact

love this film, bit of a coincidence as i bought it on play.com a few days back and it arrived this morning, then i see its on TV tonight!

I might watch it..but i'll be watching my dvd version with 5.1 :)
 
Did you know that this is Zemeckis's favorite film that he directed? No, not Back to the Future or Who Framed Roger Rabbits...Contact. Thought that was funny.

I like the movie, there is something great about it.
 
Check out the special commentaries on the DVD, the sheer attention to detail is amazing.

Contact is one of my all time favourites.
 
mrfreeze, you'll perhaps be glad to hear that Hollywood didn't do the ending in the book.

Ellie runs the decoding program for the Message on the digits of pi, and, in base 11, finRAB an ascii art rendition of a circle. The implication is that you don't need to go into space to find evidence of the Universe's Creator, just have an aptitude for maths and the evidence is right there, along with other messages written further down the infinite digits of pi, the circle is just a teaser. :cool:
 
I also think it's a fantastic film. But can anyone confirm for me whether the woman at the Japanese machine who showed Ellie the food supplies and recording equipment was played by the same woman who played Ping in the most recent series of Teachers. It seems unlikely given this was an American film and Teachers is merely a British TV show but they looked so similar.
 
The first hour was pretty good but then it just got silly. Bet it went down well in the American bible-belt.

I feel a need to re-watch "2001 A Space Oddessy" to cleanse my palate.
 
I have read the book and have the dvd. I have this as one of my all time favourite films. It is one of those I think that leaves you thinking about it for a long time.

There is something big and epic about it, as well as being on a small human level quite emotional at times.

Jodie Foster is tremendous in it.
 
Contact is just one long yawn-fest for me I'm afraid; to be honest I thought it was a little too 'forced' for the majority of the movie, and the theological implications were sickeningly 'Hollywood'. To quote Mr Garrison from South Park:

"I waited the whole movie to see the alien and it was her God-Damn Father." ;) :)
 
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