Contact received rather mixed reviews at the box office, but I have to admit that I really liked the movie. Sure, it wasn't a perfect translation of the original story found in the book, but it was still a pretty interesting cinematic experience. And it's one that made me think a lot and my appreciation for the movie became helpful for a reaction paper in high school or something along those lines.
This movie taught me not to be ashamed to like something even if some other folks don't. It also taught me that just because a movie ends up being different from the original book in a few ways, it doesn't make it a bad movie experience. If anything, it just stresses that film is a different medium from books and one cannot expect each to tackle the same subject in exactly the same way. And the differences in treatment can make all the difference.
