Contact
I first saw Contact many many years ago and remember, even as a youngster, really getting immersed in a story that was more about the characters than the sci-fi elements, which was not common for me at the time due to something of a short attention span. And then time flew by and I never saw it pop-up on TV, available for sale on blu-ray or on any streaming service until it came to Prime just recently. I saved it in my growing watchlist but it was going to drop-off so it was time to pull up my sleeves and finally revisit this. The story here follows Jodie Foster's astronomer joining a cash-strapped team in Puerto Rico where they believe they have made a great discovery but their backer finally pulls out, ending all operations. The small team are reassigned to New Mexico and here they find something that might finally prove they have made contact with something outside this world. Upon rewatching, I was surprised how great the storytelling was as the film has a great sense of pacin...
