Contact

Pros: The cast and plot
Cons: It is slightly slow moving at times. The religious aspect could offend some viewers.

When I first heard about the Let’s See You Review This Write-off being hosted by lynus, I thought it sounded very interesting. Each participant picks someone else taking part in the write-off and picks a movie for that person to review. ...

Pros: Thought-provoking, intelligent sci-fi...
Cons: ... loses it a but towards the end.

Andromaeda Strain. Silent Running. If seeing the names of those two great but slow-moving science fiction movies has you yawning, don’t bother with Contact. For those of us who like our sci-fi to be thought provoking as much ...

Pros: Great visuals, interesting plot, tight script.
Cons: The religion vs. science issue gets hammered a bit too hard here.

For those of us who like have some fact mixed in with our science fiction, the film Contact, adapted from the novel by the late Carl Sagan was a breath of fresh air. You won't see exotic aliens, nor spiffy spacecraft nor gunbattles in the outer...

Pros: Jodie Foster; Matthew McConaughey; gripping story; special effects
Cons: shows religious zeal too much

There’s a scientific term I have no idea how to spell that means with all things being equal, the simplest explanation is the most believable…or something like that, so my review of Contact will hopefully express that belief. I was not blessed...

Pros: cast, writing, makes you think about science, politics, and religion and how they interact
Cons: exploration of the relationship between Russian and American scientists not included

Maybe I just can't be objective about this movie. Is that such a terrible thing? The best movies are supposed to trigger strong emotions. Using that criteria, Contact must top my personal best movies list. Yet it somehow managed to be a blip in...

Pros: Great story: Big science and the search for truth are undermined by religion.
Cons: Um... let me think. The one-night stand between Foster's and McConaughey's characters. Unnecessary.

There have been a number of science fiction titles that I have added to my DVD collection in the past year, and one of the strongest movies I've added to my collection is "Contact," starring Jodi Foster and Matthew McConaughey. No scary monsters, evil...

Pros: This is one of my top ten favorite movies - orchestration, acting, theme.
Cons: Overdone religious fanatic

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Forgive me for once again venturing into the Movie genre here at Epinions. I am a novice, meaning my first theater experience was seeing The Natural at age 18 when I finally got out of the house. This...

Pros: Thought Provoking on many levels(science/religion), Acting, Storyline, Dr. Drumlin is ceremoniously removed
Cons: Where's the green men?, Adolf Hitler, Bill Clinton

Back in the year of 1997 A.D., I saw Contact in movie theaters, after being entertained by the thirty second preview that was blanketed across network television. I'm sure that aliens up in space are getting annoyed by all of the transmissions for ...

Pros: Intelligent, thought-provoking, realistic, suspenseful, great acting, soundtrack, and special effects
Cons: Minor factual errors

Pros: Some cool effects; some interesting theories put forth
Cons: the entire basis of the ending

This is a movie that I expected to be fantastic. I, as I believe many others are, am intrigued by the possibility of life on other planets. I can remember wanting to see this movie when it was in the theatres. For one reason or another, I wasn't able to...

Pros: Different. Thought provoking (at times). Some good SFX.
Cons: Rather slow. Talky. Dreary religion bashing. Some so-so SFX.

Back in the 70s there was a guy, a scientist, named Carl Sagan. I think he was the first star-scientist --at least since Einstein. Sagan wrote a number of books on cosmology and created and hosted a PBS series on life, ...

Pros: Good story; Appeals to both men and women; I'M IN IT!!!
Cons: Can be boring if you're not into intellectual films

As you all know by now, I am an actress. After writing my review on Not Another Teen Movie, it appears to me that thos of you that know me think that I got my "break" in that awful. Well, you're wrong. I've actually been in several different...

Pros: breezy, easy-to-swallow storytelling, outstanding effects and production, and a solid array of acting.
Cons: Clearly biased towards atheism; the ending is confusing; perhaps a bit overlong.

"Contact" is a grand scale Hollywood film that tries to please everyone with its "neutral" stance on humanity and theology versus science. In fact, it tries so hard to be a work of genius philosophy it nearly collapses under its own weight. What makes it ...

Pros: Intelligent story; Jodie Foster's performance; top-notch visual effects
Cons: May harp on the science-versus-religion thing a bit much

Based on the only work of fiction that "Cosmos" creator Carl Sagan ever wrote, the 1997 science fiction drama CONTACT is a hugely ambitious addition to its genre. Sagan's vast imagination, which was unfortunately ended by his untimely death during the...

Pros: An intelligent thinking sci-fi film. Doesn't rely on action and SFX.
Cons: The "alien" encounter bit is a bit cheesy.

Contact is a rarity these days among sci-fi films, as to get the most out of this film, you are actually required to leave your brain turned on! Usually you can turn your brain off and then watch as the millions of pounds worth of special effects shine...