USA, 2026 science fiction, director: Steven Spielberg starring: Emily Blunt, Josh Colin Firth.
I have always liked fantasy novels where aliensre friends, not enemies. They want to be friends with us not hurt us.
The idea that smart people must be kind is based on the thought that the more we know the less we want to fight. It is believed that only kind societies can explore space.
Many science fiction writers thought about this. Arthur C. Clarke wrote "Childhood’s End" where aliens help humans. Clifford Symack wrote "All Life is Grass" where aliensre wise and peaceful. Ivan Efremov wrote "The Andromeda Nebula" where he said that mean societies destroy themselves before they can reach the stars. Ian Banks and the Strugatsky brothers also thought about aliens. This is the idea that Steven Spielbergs new film's about. I really liked this idea.
The film is about Daniel Kellner, a man who used to work for a government organization. He steals documents and wants everyone to know what is in them. The documents talk about aliens. The government is hiding this from us. The film has things that people who believe in UFOs like to talk about: flying saucers, people being taken by aliens, strange experiments.
At the time there is a woman named Margaret Fairchild, who can forecast the weather on TV. She finds out she can read minds and use this power to do things. She can even talk to aliens in their language.
These two stories come together in the film. There are cool alien gadgets: a device that can control peoples minds, a way to move quickly and become invisible. There is a fun action scene where people escape on top of a train.
The film asks interesting questions. One question is: why can't God and aliens exist at the time? Steven Spielberg says that God could have made both us and the aliens. I think this is a point.
The films main question is: if we found out we are not alone in the universe would we be scared? The film says that people are scared of losing their way of thinking or questioning their faith. This is why the government in the film hides the truth about aliens.
I think people should know if we are really talking to aliens. Steven Spielberg thinks this too. There are some problems with the film. The story has some holes that do not make sense. The writers should have thought about these things not left them for the viewers to figure out. This happens a lot in science fiction films.
With these problems the film has an important message. The film is not about aliens it is about us. It is, about how we treat living things, our planet and how we think aliens will treat us. We should not think that aliens will be mean just because we can be mean.
The text is written in Ukrainian and translated with the help of Google Translate.
Poster taken from the Internet.
