tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post2031429057437958433..comments2024-03-28T18:35:54.237+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: "Arrival" vs. "Contact" smackdownKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-67710133807304902172017-02-08T15:46:35.676+09:002017-02-08T15:46:35.676+09:00They're both good movies, but the author of th...They're both good movies, but the author of that article is right insofar as "Contact" beats you over the head with its moral message. The film also offers nothing new to those who are already familiar with the science/religion debate, at least as it has played out in the United States. Oh, yeah—and "Contact" also contains some painfully corny moments when Ellie is wormholing.<br /><br />The article's author says that "Contact" is faithful to the novel, but the movie actually departs from the novel in two major ways: (1) the vessel that humanity is given to design and build is supposed to contain a <i>team</i> of people, not an individual; (2) the movie omits what transpires in the novel's final chapter, when Ellie Arroway makes a gigantic discovery about the possibly theistic nature of our universe. (The chapter's title is, tellingly, "The Author's Signature.")Kevin Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-14512473561789191232017-02-08T06:52:51.189+09:002017-02-08T06:52:51.189+09:00Never saw either of these. After reading the artic...Never saw either of these. After reading the article, I kind of want to.Charleshttp://www.liminality.orgnoreply@blogger.com