Contact (1997) BLEW ME AWAY!
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My first time watching Contact (1997). A beautifully constructed story full of heart, and mystery while addressing the question of science versus faith in an intriguing and thoughtful way! I'm annoyed I didn't watch this years ago, but happy to share the experience with you! I hope you enjoyed my Contact movie reaction & commentary
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Original Movie: Contact (1997)
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I've been a research scientist (cell biology) for over 30 years. I usually hate the way scientists are depicted in movies and TV but I really loved the way this movie depicted the passion behind a scientist's pursuit of new discoveries.
Difficult not to when the book is written by Carl Sagan.
@@dabe1971 and acted by Jodi Foster!
@@dabe1971Not just that, but she was based on a real person, too. An astronomer and SETI researcher named Jill Tarter.
"For Carl"... that gets me every time 😭
I had the good fortune of meeting and having a short chat with Carl Sagan in the early 90's. One of the most amazing and intelligent people I've met in my life.
If ever I had "a hero" in my life. It would be Carl Sagan. I live very much a life of openminded Christian faith and this movie really tells an amazing testimony.
He was one of the great Gatekeepers. He stood at the doorway of science, opening it and telling the world, "It's okay if you can't live here. You're always welcome to visit. Here, I'll show you around." I cried for two days when he died, I was so heartbroken.
The next great space telescope has been proposed as an eventual replacement for the James Webb once its lifetime is reached. It will be designed to search for Earth-like exo-planets around other sun-like stars, and is to be named the Carl Sagan Observatory.
The scene where she is by herself listening and then first hears the signal gives me wonderful chills.
I find this film profoundly moving. “I’m ok to go…” left me damn-near breathless.
Contact is an absolutely towering movie, and criminally underrated.
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Thank you Alfred.
This movie demonstrates the reason we go to movies. It is epic in scale and so well done. A great movie.
I love the way this movie asks so many questions about faith and science, and yet does not talk down to either perspective by pontificating an answer.
Absolutely! That's one of the things I liked about it a lot. I imagine that bothers others of both the science and faith communities, but for me it makes the film.
The line "the only thing we've found that makes the emptiness bearable is each other" is very similar to an actual line Carl Sagan wrote in the original novel, about Ellie: “She had studied the universe all her life, but had overlooked its clearest message: For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.”
This movie, and Arrival are the best movies to watch together and you can always thank Steven Spielberg and his Close Encounters and of course 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Yes! all four of those films are so fascinating!
Also Interstellar is a must watch with those movies
Female protagonists in such alien movies are often a sign for an intelligent movie, imo. They are rarely written to shoot up everything they don't know (lot of typical male action heroes are written like that) and they genuinely want to communicate with the aliens in both movies. 😅
Lot of other alien movies are ... meeh.
And, although it's not a film, Rendevous with Rama.
We are given undeniable proof that there is intelligent, extraterrestrial, space faring life...... but there is no 'alien war!'or fireworks.
The fourth kind is also good.
As an astronomy/astrophysics major in college during the late 70s to early 80s, I loved Carl Sagan. I wanted so bad to attend one of his lectures. When he published the book Contact in September of 1985, I immediately ran out and purchased a copy. It was fantastic, as was the movie adaptation several years later.
Although I decided to choose my faith over science, which led me into the ministry, I still love astronomy, physics, biology, etc.. Unfortunately, I have lost the majority of my vision, and I really miss staring up at the night sky and seeing the stars, constellations and even the moon. I also see no reason why scientists and people of faith can not get along, and be tolerate of each others belief system.
I love your reaction to this movie, as I believe it represented several viewpoints. So thank you once again.
Mccaugheys final line sums up the message for me. There are many paths to the truth. Love this film for many reasons. Glad you finally got to see it and shared that with us.
Religion is a very bad path to truth tho
One of my all time favorites! ☺️💕
I love that it was written by a scientist with the intent to bridge the gap between faith and science by encouraging the unending pursuit of answers that our existence as “intelligent beings” demands. It’s when we become complacent, dependent and stop asking questions, that we become undeserving of the gift that was evolved… or given.
"Dad, do you think there's people on other planets?"
"I don't know, Sparks. But I guess I'd say if it is just us... seems like an awful waste of space."
Fun Fact: The "UFO ABDUCTION INSURANCE" banner across an RV is from a real company. Warner Brothers paid them to use their idea in the movie.
Filming Technique Fact: Robert Zemeckis asked Jodie Foster to repeat the pod scene six times, each time with a different expression (like intense joy, fear, and sadness), and the visual effects crew quickly morphed her face from one take to the next.
Waste Of Space Fact: The repeated comment that if humans were alone would "be a terrible waste of space" is a famous quote by author and producer Carl Sagan, who died during production. He was reportedly taking great care to ensure that science was accurately depicted in this movie. Sagan was to cameo as a member of the committee selecting an occupant for the machine, but died before the scene was filmed.
Clinton News Network Fact: President Bill Clinton's appearance was taken from an actual press conference on the White House South Lawn in 1997. His remarks were about the real-life discovery of an Antarctic meteorite that turned out to be from Mars. The altered footage caused some controversy, because CNN was unamused. A few years later, CNN banned the use of its logo in fictional movies. CNN reporters are not allowed to do movie cameos, though Larry King notably defied those orders.
I worked at the Bodhi Tree Bookstore in the 1980's, the biggest metaphysical bookstore in the country. One of our vendors was an elderly German man who produced these lapel pins, very good quality "cloisonne" style. They depicted a circle of green on which a flag flew, a flag of five color stripes: black, brown, white, red, and yellow. Over this was a word, UNITY. It was his own private work towards bringing people together, promoting this flag he had designed. One day, he told me he had been contacted by Warner Bros. Apparently, they had sent someone to the Bodhi Tree to look for ideas for that enormous crowd scene, and they had seen the pins and contacted him. His flag is indeed in that scene, though you only seen it for a second as Ellie's car drives by. He was disappointed that it did not feature more, but still happy it got in where it could be seen. :)
haha I was wondering about the Clinton scene. It seemed odd to me that he was in the film, but then I realized we never saw his face and the actors at the same time so I figured it was repurposed footage.
I'm happy to bring context to that bit.
Go in Peace and Walk with God. 😎 👍
that was Bill Clinton talking about the mars meteorite , they thought they found fossilized alien life on . the footage was real , they just, imposed new layered backgrounds.
Amazing movie, I loved how Carl Sagan developed a somewhat plausible way an alien lifeform could communicate with us simple Earthlings. Carl had a brilliant mind, his TV series Cosmos is a must watch.
One issue I had with the book was that, not long after the signal is decoded and the machine is being built, the signal from Vega stops.
It's never explained further and, rightly, some of the more skeptical characters use that as 'see? it's all a hoax'.
That last moment always makes me cry. I miss Carl so much.
I have to comment that you judiciously left in one of the most poignant, tear-inducing moments at the beginning: "Dad, could we talk to Mom?" What a great moment to leave it. Great editing. :)
I had to make a lot of revisions in this edit for copyright, but never once thought of cutting that. It's so moving and heart breaking and speaks so much to her characterization.
Her answer during the congressional-screening process was a great moment, too:
"I'd ask them: 'How did you do it? How did you survive this technological adloescence?' "
This is one of the most important films to me about both faith and science. I tend to be a quite spiritual person with no belief in any religious traditions just a deep feeling of there is more that I will never understand (nor am I meant to) and a passion for science. To me, they are sides of the same coin. I was a little boy in the 1970s when I first discovered the amazing mind and heart of Carl Sagan through his epic tv series 'Cosmos'. By the time this came out, I was 25 and had read most of Carl's books. His words were almost magical.
What makes this film all the more bittersweet was that he passed before the film was done.
I actually wish that a sequel story existed...because the questions raised in this, will never truly be answered definitively, but the philosophical, spiritual, scientific, and emotional possibilities are so wondrous. We need more science fiction that encourages wonder and poses questions like the ones in this story...personally, I am so done with dystopias and horror-based sci-fi that it is astounding!
Take care, Chris...great reaction!
For Carl!.....that is why this movie was created. Carl Sagan's COSMOS: A Persona;l Voyage is a 13 part 1980 televison series. What a wonderful time to be alive to watch that series. Carl was able to take the science of Astronomy and bring to all of us on a much simpler level to understand. GLAD you we able to watch Contact.
the movie was based on the novel Carl Sagan wrote. his only novel.
My dad used to put me in front of Cosmos when I was home sick from school. Very good times.
@@kingscorpion7346Iirc, he wrote the book after the initial proposal for the film was turned down.
'Oh, so you don't think there's a market for this film?
Fine. Now it's a best-selling novel.' 😂
I love at 24:55, when she sees the compass floating freely and unharnesses herself from the chair (a chair that she was opposed to modifying from the original schematics), she was floating and calm. Then the chair vibrated so hard it detached from the anchors and slams to the top of the ball, potentially injuring or perhaps killing her.
She was right. The chair was not needed.
Chris - (This is a little off topic.) Nice to see Contact surface, as I have a personal connection to it and Jodie Foster. I was serving at the American Embassy in Tokyo in 1997, and at the request of Warner Brothers Japan hosted a showing of the film for Japanese media and show business personalities at the Ambassador's residence. RSVP's were coming in slowly until Warner Brothers announced that Jodie Foster would attend the event. Then suddenly we got a tsunami (I threw in a Japanese word) of acceptances, and many requests to attend from the uninvited. I got to hang out with Jodie and had a nice wide-ranging discussion re Contact, Japan, and the Foreign Service. Nice lady, very well spoken and learned, and a real pro at dealing with press and public. Thanks for the memories.
What a wonderful experience! Thanks you for sharing.
From the documentary, "The Farthest- Voyager in Space"...
Carl Sagan quotes Thomas Carlyle in his thoughts upon viewing the heavens...
"A sad spectacle...If they be inhabited,
what a scope for misery and folly.
If they be uninhabited, what a waste of space."
Being a casual nerd myself, I consider this one of my all time favourite movies. Hard to believe it’s 25 years old.
A lot has happened since then. The most obvious being the fact that the Arecibo dish where Ellie started her astronomical career has since collapsed. That’s a bummer.
Great reaction. Really appreciate the eclecticism of your choices.
astronomical ... astrology has a totally different meaning
@@Cydonius1 oops…
@@Cydonius1 What do you mean? Astrology is pure bunkorama.
@@fullmoonprepping4024 the guy above wrote astrological, i corrected him, he edited the post.
the bummer isn't that the dish collapsed, the bummer is that it wasnt rebuilt
My parents used this movie to test speaker sets when they were shopping around for them in the 90's. As a consequence chunks of it are burned deep into my brain. Especially the memory of this being the rare movie so long you had to get up and switch discs.
oh wow! Fascinating choice.
🤣 mine is Star Wars! But that’s a great choice, too
One of my favorite movies. Back in the day digital projectors didn't exist yet and in my country subtitles would be added. That combination sometimes meant projection quality wasn't what it could be, sometimes not perfectly focused or with an occasional dust particle on the film. But I saw this movie on my first trip to New York right after release on a huge screen late on a Tuesday night so the theatre was almost empty and the projection was crisp and perfect. It was one of the best movie experiences I've had.
Both Tom Skerritt and John Hurt in this film... You'd think they'd be doing whatever they can to NOT make contact with aliens...
OMG, I never made that connection before! 😱
I'm usually good at that! Haha!
haha I didn't realize! So funny, they were so eager.
I love this movie too; saw it when it came out in theaters, and you could hear a pin drop when that opening shot kept pulling back further into space. I always wondered, though, why they didn't just send a second person through to corroborate her story.
I think it maybe wouldn't have worked? The Aliens had to have things turned on from their end, and they said they do things in their own time and in their own way.
“At the very least there’s gonna be a delay..” haha!
The whole thing explodes:
“I mean, at the very least there’s going to be a delay.”
;)
"He said the thing her Dad said, they're in love now!"
You're one liners are the best!
Thanks!
When she was in the pod and it was rough and she noticed the pendant, she didn't unhook from the chair because she wanted to get the pendant, she noticed that even though her chair was being subject to extreme vibration and she was being shaken very rough, the pendant was just serenely floating in zero-G, and she realized that if she released her restraints and allowed herself to float, that she wouldn't be shaking around like that. The chair wasn't part of the design sent by the aliens, the humans added it for "safety" reasons, and it actually made things less safe than if it wasn't there at all. If she didn't unhook from the chair when she did because of the pendant, she might have gotten badly injured or killed when her chair was thrown into the ceiling seconds later.
Great observation! Thanks for breaking it down.
I live in NM and have been to the Very Large Array twice, once during the 2012 eclipse. It's an enchanting place in the Enchantment State. Worth a visit.
John Hurt was in two of the greatest science fiction films: as S.R. Hadden in this and as Kane in the original Alien.
I always giggle at the thought of her calling out for her dead dad on the radio is just making a random trucker stare at his radio as he hears a random little girl crying and asking for her dad
😅 now I am too.
"I didn't know this was going to have an emotional centre"
Lol, it's a Jodie Foster film man, Emotional Centre is her middle name 😂😭
Highly recommend her performance in "Anna and the King"
Funny thing. The actor who played the crazy dude who blew himself up was also in Starship Troopers. Apparently he really doesn't like aliens. 😁
Gary Buseys son Jake.
Love this movie😍 and as a theoretical physicist I love they way it has the conversations it has! I appreciate the genuine tone and atmosphere in your reaction-videos!
Thanks, Frank!
I actually want to point out one really cool bit of film making. The camera pullback at 4:33 which you show part of. It’s really a neat trick how the camera pulls back into the mirror
Yes!! I wanted to show more of it, but the studio for this film has been tougher on copyright lately so I had to be extra choppy. Excellent shot though!
I was almost 10 when I first saw this film and I fell in love immediately. Used it for my book vs film report in 6th grade, which won me no points with my class (that book be long!). I'm no longer a person that practices a specific religion, but I'm still a person who is open to the unknown and unexplainable. Though I do live in the world of Occam's Razor, I also believe that just because I can't prove something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I love the spirit with which you approached this film: I wish more people had it.
Loved this Movie when I saw it in the theater - I left the theater feeling different
This is my favorite movie over all of my 68 years. I first read the book by Carl Sagan, and I don't usually understand math, but the brilliant writing and development of the movie is absolutely perfect. I tell everyone about this movie. I have seen it probably more than 20 or 30 times. It's wonderful every time.
I was watching Wandavision last night and at one point in the command center someone asks “Are we recording? Never stopped “ awesome call back to this wonderful film , thanks Chris! Saw at the theater love this movie
Oh awesome! Great reference.
*screams in Geek* yes! The call back is right there!
One of the interesting things about the opening sequence is the radio waves we've broadcast into the universe have gone a great distance and yet space is so incredibly big there's still so much silence out there. But, not to belabor the point, if we're alone it would be an awful waste of space.
Hated how fine actor Jodie Foster resorts to baby talk at the end
The scene of her dad dying hits much harder now that my father passed not so long ago, came here for a fun time and got a lot of crying .
I came back for another watch, and I wanted to say you were spot on with your "it's the change from dad to daddy." I started weeping at that point. I LOVE this girl playing Ellie, Jena Malone. So many other reactors left that out...why?
Hey Nerd! I enjoyed you finally enjoying the movie! Saw this movie in the theater and have seen in many times since. Something someone pointed out on another channel that I discovered just recently, and had never noticed myself, is that she finally has the opportunity to watch that meteor shower with her father just before she returns home. Brilliant...
Great observation! Thanks for passing it along.
One of my fave films. It's been a few since I've watched it, but reviewing it here with you brought about some new emotions. Amazing stuff, I'm enjoying your reactions!
I saw this in the theatre by myself. It moved me in a way no other movie has done since. The Hitler broadcast gave me chills...it freaked me out. One of my favourite movies by far and so underrated.
Great reaction! I saw this in the theatre when it first came out. I never made the connection between the picture of Florida that she drew and the beach. Anyhow great reaction!
great movie + reaction! Loved this when it came out. Still one of my favorite movies!
I’m so excited you DID this! Seattle is sending love. I’m so stoked. Starting your reaction to this now. I saw Contact with my mom in the theater the week my father passed at 60 in 1997. It was the perfect film to see. Merry Christmas! ❤
Sometimes we find the right movie at the right time 💙
@@CasualNerdReactions , exactly. You would LOVE The Fisher King with Robin Williams I think. Please put it on your list. Thanks!
It’s been suggested! One day hopefully. I’ll be adding it to more polls in the near future.
@@CasualNerdReactions , you’re the best. It’s BARELY been reacted to. Start a trend! The lead female was nominated for and award, and Jeff Bridges is so good. It’s a really heartfelt, special film. Thanks again and Happy Holidays!
A great film. The book has several people go on the journey but there is still lack of belief that they went anywhere.
So glad you reacted to this!!! One of my favorite movies and so thought provoking and intellectual. Very cool to hear you are from Pensacola. I went to college there a little bit (at good ol Pensacola Christian College).
I definitely wasn't prepared for his character haha. Very unexpected.
Thumbs up just for movie choice alone! Book by Carl Sagan :D 👍 🖖
I'm glad you finally got to see this film. ....and delighted that you seemed to be as moved by it as I was when I first saw it in the theater (gulp!) 25 YEARS ago.
Carl Sagan & his wife/partner Ann Druyan crafted a very life affirming (& science AND 'faith' affirming) tale of human openness to learning more about our place in the universe, and our inherent drive for growth.
This is one of my all time favorite films, and possibly my favorite 'First Contact' film (rivalled only by 'Arrival')
Thanks for posting this. It's always a joy to see someone else discover - and GET - this movie. 😁
Ironically, when her father gad told her he didn't think a radio could reach far enough to soeak to her deceased mom, there's actually been ongoing research within the parapsychology and paranormal field using radio frequencies to recieve contact from what's believed to be spirits of the departed. And actually, I've done so for the past 10 yrs. 😉
Isn't " the high priestess of the desert" a handle people would use when calling in to Midnight In The Desert?
One of the very few science fiction films that treats its audience as thinking adults.
Most of the people missed the clue that the extraterrestrials gave to Ellie, when they took sand in his hands from the contact site, you can see a formation of lights like a constellation, the same "constellation" formed in Ellie's hand at the end of the movie, they said: 'small steps' so the next step was looking in the direction of that "constellation" formation?...
I read the book years ago. The cover promised "soon to be a major motion picture." It took years for it to happen, but it was worth the wait.
This movie changed my life.
Great reaction Chris!! and BTW the weirdo guy is played by Gary Busey's son🤔
Keep in mind, almost every computer screen in the movie is running Hadden software...
Great movie, one of my favorites...it's in my top 20 1990's movies
If it is just us, seams like an awful ways to space.🥺😊
I'm delighted you watched this and enjoyed it so much, I knew you would though - a very special movie for me, i never tire of watching it.
Robert Zemeckis (director) is one of the best! He also did Back to the Future and lots more!
I have always loved this movie, I have seen it probably 50x since it came out.
Matthew McConaughey can play any role, Jodie Foster is outstanding, and it is funny hearing him talk to her about time travel relativity (Interstellar)
The weirdo is Gary Busey - one of the best villains in movies. He was also very good in "Starship Troopers"
No. That's Gary's son Jake Busey. Otherwise correct.
"Wanna take a ride."
They poked fun at this movie on South Park in an episode of Tom's Rhinoplasty, where Mr Garrison, the school teacher, gets a nose job, but ends up looking like David Hasslehoff. Anyway, after getting the surgery, Dr. Tom asks Mr Garrison if he like to watch a movie while his stitches heal. When he asks what they have, Tom says they have the movie CONTACT on VHS, which causes Garrison to vomit violently and tells the Doctor, "GOD NO, That movie was awful especially the ending!" Lol!!
This is a great movie. The first scenes where you travel backwards through time, so to speak, still sticks with me all these years later and I saw Contact in the theaters! Glad you enjoyed it. I thought the chemistry between McConaughey and Foster was a little forced, but his character was a great addition, and Tom Skerritt always dominates the screen.
Definitely one of my favorite movies. Gets me every time
I read the book long before the movie....good book...and saw the movie in the theater when first released. A bit different but basically the same. One of my favorite sci fi's. It especially hit home for me when I saw it because I had lost my father a couple of months before. Great reaction by the way.
Unlike Trek (which I love) the science here isn't gibberish - it's spot on. Most of the production had a very pedantic science advisor...Sagan himself. Sadly he merged with infinite before the film was completed.
Every atom in all of our bodies was born in the heart of a star. All billions and billions and billions of them in each one of us. RIP, Carl.
After Carl died, a friend of mine who was a science fiction writer was trying to get a new word started in his honor: *sagan,* _n._ - a unit of measurement equivalent to billions and billions; as in "There's a whole sagan of stars out tonight." I still use it, myself. :)
As someone who has grown over the decades with a lack of faith, especially due to my learnings of them, my position in the last few years has changed.
Similar to Ellie's experience, the first thing I asked upon my return from breaking through on DMT, each of the three times I have, was 'how long was I gone?'
The fundamental experience and the attempt to try and explain to those who watched until my return, impossible, just like her testimony.
The fortunate thing with my experience is the similar testimonies of those who have ventured beyond our understanding too. Everyone should experience, at least once.
Be well, peace and love from Scotland 🍻❤
Chris is the man.
This, along with Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, is among my top most favorite movie about space. Third would be The Martian; with Apollo 13, fourth. Actually, there is some kind of connections between Contact and Interstellar (among those is of course both starring Matthew McConaughey). But both also delve further into the question of faith and love.
Yes! Halfway through this film I said I have to go watch interstellar again. Such great films and definitely a lot of similarities.
Great movie, awesome reaction!
Still my favorite movie of all time.
When Ellie took her "trip" and ended up on that beach and u said something like "is that the beach from her picture at the beginning of the movie". Now I honestly think it is. I seen that movie easily a dozen times and never thought about it that way. I just thought it was some random beach 2 make her feel more comfortable. But since those "aliens""downloaded" her thoughts 1 of them would b her thought of how the beach would look 2 her. Awesome observation 👍
10:23, good old John Hurt, an expert in alien's especially when he had one burst out of his chest 2 times, the first being Alien.
This movie ( & the book) is so amazing, and so underrated. A brilliant film 💯 Great Reaction Channel you have, one of the best!
Just subscribed! Love your reactions... Absolutely love this film.
Here's some films I KNOW you'll love and will never forget: "PLEASANTVILLE" ...."STRANGER THAN FICTION"... "AMELIE"... all three are remarkable films for different reasons... but they all are wonderfully written... with great acting, direction... and special effects. Cheers!
Welcome to the channel! I love stranger than fiction lol, one of the few movies I bought when I was younger. Will definitely look into the others, thanks!
Fantastic choices - both PLEASANTVILLE and AMELIE don't get nearly enough attention
A Christian/Scientist once told me, that his belief is that Religion and Science are not mutually exclusive. That, just because you believe in one view, does not necessarily negate the other view. He said that, if given enough time, Science will eventually prove the existence of God. While a lot of folks believe the two views are on "parallel tracks," those tracks will eventually merge into one track, and it will be not only through Religion, but Science as well.
I always loved this movie too. It’s a very positive and hopeful message and I wish we could find a way to bridge science and faith. There seems to be such a wall between the science and religious communities right now.
This movie gives us hope that we can all come together.
Absolutely one of my fave movies ever
If you haven't already found it, there's a behind the scenes making-of Contact that is fascinating.
Omg I LOVE this movie so dang much!!!!
I absolutely adore this movie, and I absolutely loved your reaction to it, a true 10/10 reaction at minimum. I would subscribe if I were not already.
Chris! I'm going to make breakfast and you showed up with this reaction!!! So now I have something fun to watch while I eat. NOBODY does this movie, which is a wonderful trip. I love the actress who plays Ellie as a girl, just so sweet. Have you noticed the moving score by Alan Silvestri? People never notice how much the score adds to the story. Gotta go make breakfast... :)
I commented early one (not in the edit) that I hoped Silvestri would be doing the score since it was a Zemeckis film. Definitely didn't disappoint.
Such a great film, and so moving....
"Without religion, science is pointless. Without science, religion is blind"
Albert Einstein
Excellent quote!
People find this movie at the right time for them, so don't be mad at yourself for it. I love the parallels between faith and science, but I believe the alien's reason for the way things are is because any great leaps forward will come from those two ideas working together, and this machine was the first step in leading a new world full of intelligent beings towards that truth.
This movie always leads me to a lot of contemplation of the universe and everything's place in it, especially mine. I know that matter is neither created nor destroyed, it just changes forms - and that includes all of the matter that makes us up, not only the body, but also the soul that escapes the body at death. Right now, no one knows what our soul-matter changes into and where it goes...
Thanks for watching this at a time when I needed to be reminded of all this again.
[summarizes the premise of the movie 42 seconds in]
Well done.
18:40 He had to see it.
I'm more Agnostic now but I loved this movie as a kid, growing up in the "Christian Science" religion. It's always been easier for me to understand "God" in a metaphysical sense. Also, a few times in the movie it shows...I think it was the Corona Borealis constellation pattern or the Lyra's constellation pattern. Like when the Dad passes away and drops the pop corn...the pop corn forms that pattern. Also when she finds herself in "Pensacola in Space" and talks to the alien that looks like her Father, he dusts away grains of sand from his hand and what's left is that same constellation pattern. Neat little details.
I have always been a man of science but this film really made me think about faith and stuff lol
I have no doubt that other life and even civilizations have existed, exist now and will exist somewhere, somewhen in the universe. The problem is that Distance = Time and vice versa. So the probability of any two being close enough at the same time to become aware of another much less communicate is slim and none. As one science fiction writer put it long ago, it's a Big Back Yard out there.
It is absolutely fascinating to think about it!
I'm so happy you like it.😊