Contact (Special Edition) [1997] [DVD]
Contact (Special Edition) [1997] [DVD]
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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 imagination--turning her gaze inward and seeing the universe in a handful of sand. Contact traces the journey between those two visual epiphanies. Based on Carl Sagan's novel, Contact is exceptionally thoughtful and provocative for a big-budget Hollywood science fiction picture, with elements that recall everything from 2001 to The Right Stuff. Foster's solid performance (and some really incredible alien hardware) keep viewers interested, even when the story skips and meanders, or when the halo around the golden locks of rising-star-of-a-different-kind Matthew McConaughey (as the pure-Hollywood-hokum love interest)reaches Milky Way-level wattage. Ambitious, ambiguous, pretentious, unpredictable--Contact is all of these things and more. Much of it remains open to speculation and interpretation but whatever conclusions one eventually draws, Contactdeserves recognition as a rare piece of big-budget studio film making on a personal scale. --Jim Emerson
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This film has to be the most intelligent Science Fiction film of recent history. Assembled with increasing tension and excitement, the characters are ably played by Jodie Foster as a lonely, fragile but highly intelligent astronomer, who is pitched against a starched James Woods who plays a dangerous US National Security Adviser, who borders on the malevolent. Despite the deep content, and the now obligatory love content between Foster and Michael McConaughey (who plays a constantly-smiling, spiritual adviser to the President), the film moves cleverly at a good, steady pace and keeps the viewer interested in all facets of the storyline as they unfold. Especially clever is the underlying theme of the ‘science versus faith’ argument, and how it is intimately laced through the story – watch out for several points in the film where Foster’s character has her very own science theories quoted back at her by McConaughey.A superb movie with a vindicating twist in the tail. Very well played, tremendously well filmed and a good, emotional adaptation of Carl Sagan’s equally moving novel.From a DVD perspective this film is right up there alongside ‘The Matrix’ as a benchmark DVD transfer. The opening effects, some of the solo scenes of the ultimately-photogenic Foster against various backdrops, and the awe-inspiring ‘journey to Vega’ illustrate exactly what this media is for. The digital effects alone are worth getting the DVD for – if you want to demonstrate why DVD exists, this film is for you.
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I think Mr Sagan would be very amused by the somewhat misjudged review of scottsworld. Life is there to be understood and questioned. Not observed with a keen eye for the destructive. Contact will inspire and (hopefully) educate. deeply interesting, but please stay away if you expect car chases and explosions.
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This is a movie of incredible beauty. The conflict between those of this world who are religous and those who are not is aired with sensitivity and the sheer insignifigance of this world is shown in the opening scene. What more could you want?
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This is an excellent film.There are excellent effects, such as the opening sequence and the space travel scenes but these are not used obtrusively.Jodie Foster turns in another great performance as astronomer Ellie and anyone who is a fan of hers should check out this DVD. I also enjoyed Jodie’s commentary on the DVD.
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I watched this film with caution, I knew there weren’t any huge interplanetary space battles or fighting action of any sort ,and at to me that equaled boring. How wrong I was, like others before have said this film is beautifuly done, the opening sequence of the earth then pulling back through the solar system then the local star cluster then the galaxy and finally the universe itself really makes you realise how small our corner of the universe really is. Jodie Foster gives one of her best performances, her emotional reaction to seeing the beauty of the cosmos is truely touching. “No words, no words…they should have sent a poet…so beauiful…so beautiful….I had no idea, ” brilliant stuff. The special effects are still top notch and although the film slows down a little there is plenty of action and plot twists to keep you entertained. This isn’t a new film anymore but the price is remarkably low for a film of this standard.
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I am such a great fan of Jodie Foster and everytime a film of hers is shown on television I always watch it. I started to watch Contact with no enthuasiasm whatsoever – it’s a Sci – Fi film, need I continue? But then I came to see that it was so much more than that. I think everyone at at least one point in life mustv’e questioned it’s meaning; what are we all doing here? Does God really exist? And this film deals with all those issues without making it to religious or “mushy”. It just really gets you thinking. It’s an amazing film with a really strong cast, and Robert Zemickis, who hasn’t heard of him?! There isn’t anything I don’t like about it and everytime I see it, it hits my really hard and saddens me. We really are all so alone. It is exetremely thought provoking and it has since inspired me to become an astronomer myself! Please don’t listen to reviews who completely rip it apart – fair enough everyone has different tastes, but if you just gave it a go, with an open mind and an open heart, I think you would really love it. I can’t even begin describe what a great script it has and the way the story evolves. It is one of my favourite films and it has taught me to never judge a film by it’s cover. Being a philosopher myself, It copes with the religious issues exetremely well without being boring or over the top to people who aren’t religious, It just gets them thinking. All my friends love this film, and so do I. Just please, give it a go and you will also come to love it. It’s time to make Contact!
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Jodie Foster shows her true brilliance throughout this film. It takes a truly great actor to convincingly convey such a complex story. It combines telling the story of a womans coping with the loss of her father,with her search for truth through science.The visual effects throughout the film are breath taking. A film that invites one to think of universal concepts.Thoroughly recommend it to anyone with an interest in science fiction,space/time travel or just a Jodie Foster fan.
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This is a slow film with a big impact – a big impact because of the wonderful novel it is based on but also because of the quality of the acting and the conviction with which Jodie Foster plays her part.She carries the whole film in what I can only describe as a performance of galactic proportions.Special effects are kept to a minimum – though some of them are breathtakingly good – and the emphasis is placed on what people discover about themselves as they seek an understanding of their place in the cosmos.
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Contact is something completely different. It’s belongs to the the ever diminishing group of sci-fi with brains. Because of this. It’s very understandable that it gets negative feedback from the friends of no-brainer sci-fi. Actually i find it quite funny how many people have criticized the ending of Contact, saying that they were disappointed when they didn’t see how the aliens looked like. I think that was one of the least important things in this movie. Still, i would’ve been disappointed if there had been some green alien with tentacles or one of those little grey Roswell aliens. Instead, they made an excellent choice and didn’t show us the aliens at all. Really good and brave decision. In my opinion, if you were disappointed when you didn’t see aliens, you didn’t really understand this movie.
The religion vs. science setting is really interesting and realistic. It’s fits extremely well to modern day life and i have never seen it done better in any film. The best thing about it is that the film doesn’t take sides. It just portrays both of them and leaves the decision to the viewer.
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this blu ray transfer is amazing the picture is just great and make the dvd version really look dated was propper impressed and the movie is a classic!!