Was there any mention of God or theology at all?
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The_paranoid_android — 9 years ago(November 19, 2016 07:52 PM)
The conflict in this movie wasn't as strong. The general was a hard-ass, "I'll be ready in 20." - - - "we're leaving in 10". This sort of conflict is very superficial and almost script-writing 101.
That's true. And the don't need to bring religion into the discussion, but an actual ethical or intellectual discourse would be nice. -
tallard — 9 years ago(November 19, 2016 04:55 PM)
No mentions were needed, the entire film is a white-washing of Christian colonialism. Gift of universal language from superior beings? Time-travel premonition?
The pods are Chistopher Columbus' vessels
The ink stains are the Bible
Adams is the old Indian sage who sells out her people
Next visit: everyone dead. Thank you nonsense.
*So I've seen 4 movies/wk in theatre for a 1/4 century, call me crazy? -
lubin-freddy — 9 years ago(November 20, 2016 04:16 AM)
I thought that the religious discussion in
Contact
was forced, and only detracted from the film.
And, as I wrote before, the central question the Matthew McConaughey asks the Jodie Foster character, basically how can you "prove" your love for your father, can be simply answered within the parameters of science, while she, in the film, is silent facing the power of the argument. But it's a false equivalence.
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Voting_for_a_Ficus — 9 years ago(November 20, 2016 07:04 AM)
There was some news footage of muslims marching/protesting shouting "Alahu Akbar!" and later there was the story about the christian doomsday cult that set their compound on-fire.
So in other words, pretty realistic.