Contact

[bard]

Anyone else like this movie?

I watched it for the first time in probably 10 years the other day. I think it's a great movie.

[bard]

no love for this movie from anyone?

that's surprising

[shimmyshakes]

Never even heard of it.

[thursday727]

i know that south park makes fun of it in that episode with the taco that craps ice cream.

[bard]

well, it's better than South Park could ever be

it's one of the better made science fiction films from the 90's.

if you like good movies with interesting subjects, then you should see it.

[midkay]

dude, awesome, same here! i used to love it, and just a couple weeks ago i watched it for the first time in something like 7 years. such a great movie. brought back so many memories too.

[gilatron5000]

I remember when South Park referenced it in teh first season.

"hey you ever see that movie Contact?"

"BLARGHHHHH BLAAAAAAARGH! UGH GOD. You watch that movie for 2 and half goddamn hours and the alien is her goddamn father! BLAAAARGHHHHHHH!"

[PaulsRightNut]

I hate this movie with a passion.

[bard]

I remember when South Park referenced it in teh first season.

"hey you ever see that movie Contact?"

"BLARGHHHHH BLAAAAAAARGH! UGH GOD. You watch that movie for 2 and half goddamn hours and the alien is her goddamn father! BLAAAARGHHHHHHH!"
spoiler?
I hate this movie with a passion.
how come?

[Slow Lights]

a little long-winded, maybe. but overall, a fascinating movie.

[Thomas Balkcom]

this is really weird, I was going to make a thread on this movie to see how people felt about it. I remember everyone hating it but I had to watch it for a class and everyone seemed to love it

[fake empire]

I remember when South Park referenced it in teh first season.

"hey you ever see that movie Contact?"

"BLARGHHHHH BLAAAAAAARGH! UGH GOD. You watch that movie for 2 and half goddamn hours and the alien is her goddamn father! BLAAAARGHHHHHHH!"
Thanks a lot.

[bard]

Thanks a lot.
ruin it for you?

[fake empire]

ruin it for you?
Yep. Guess I shouldn't have come in here. Oh well.

[bard]

Yep. Guess I shouldn't have come in here. Oh well.
he should've used spoiler tags.

movie still worth seeing for all the philosophical/religious themes.

you know Carl Sagan wrote the book, right?

[Thomas Balkcom]

about to start a paper on this, not looking forward to it

[chasingsafety]

i remember jodie fosters performance being good but the movie struggling

[himynameisjohn3]

i love Contact.

[bard]

about to start a paper on this, not looking forward to it
what kind of paper?

[Thomas Balkcom]

what kind of paper?

that's a good question

[bard]

that's a good question
what?

i mean, why are you writing this paper? or what for? subject?

[Thomas Balkcom]

what?

i mean, why are you writing this paper? or what for? subject?

fell asleep before i started the paper last night. It's for a Morality and Film class. Each week we are given selected texts and a film and we have to write a brief paper connecting the two

[bard]

that's cool. i think Contact would be a great film to write about.

[matt_rawlings]

Very interesting idea, and some nice touches, but the end is so slight. After sitting through the entire film, I wanted there to be more of a resolution than 'Jody Foster was right but everybody on earth thinks she is full of shit'

[bard]

i don't understand why people think that it was her father. he specifically says, "we thought it would be better to appear to you like this." it WAS an alien, they just thought it would be better to appear familiar...