Contact Space Travel (HD)

Great scene where Jodie foster travels through space to meet aliens.

[@daviddunmer3889]

this film was the interstellar of one generation ago. it is poetic that McConnaughey is there in both films.

[@leandrotami]

interstellar isn't remotely as significant as Contact. This guy put his son's voice in a golden record currently traveling to another star system.

[@JKentF]

@@leandrotami and when the record arrives at the other solar system, the aliens will be like “Bro, don’t you have Spotify”?

[@TRFAD]

I just said the same to my self right now lol

[@DarknessIsThePath]

Interstellar could have been if they didn't ruin it halfways with that love transcends nonsense, it became a movie about faith at that point and not science.

[@rabd3721]

This move is WAY better than Interstellar.

[@DrNem0]

Always get goosebumps watching this scene. Especially when she looks down at the civilisation and says "they're alive".

[@SearchIndex]

Δnima ...and wondering if it’s ‘us’

[@Tigerman1138]

It’s neat to see their “SETI” setup.

[@kevinhillary4057]

This is exactly what I always imagined aliens would be like. Just another civilization far far away chilling on a planet same as we do on ours, looking out and wondering if they’re alone in the universe and slowly getting better and better tech

[@electron2601]

I got so excited when I saw that part. I couldn't wait to see what the aliens and the world looked liked once she got there. But instead the aliens created her own comfortable fantasy world for her instead so she wouldn't freak out.

[@TigerWoodsDUIcrash]

@@electron2601 false. The only world created was when she was on the beach and the alien took her father's form to comfort her more. The wormholes, the quadruple stat system with the planet with lights on it was real, their radio system set up above Vega was real. It gave her a brief glimpse of their world before confronting her.

[@maujo2009]

They need to make more Sci-fi movies like this.

[@lostchromatician1694]

ikr

[@lostchromatician1694]

Kanyeda Westaro Yesss!

[@mightytaiger3000]

+Mau Jo nah, they're too busy rehashing to death every average movie they have ever made before and charging $10 to see it. ;)

[@maujo2009]

mightytaiger $10? More like $15 :/

[@mightytaiger3000]

Mau Jo really?! that's insane! especially when 90% of movies that come out aren't even worth the time or money.

[@rhino79]

The chair wasn't included in the engineering schematics that were sent by the aliens but was added anyway. Then it breaks apart, showing how it was stupid to alter the design. I think its implied by how violently it slams to the ceiling that if Ellie had been sitting in it she would have been seriously hurt.

[@stevencoardvenice]

rhino79 Yeah good point. Don't mess with alien technology unless you understand the technology. I didn't realize that she woulda gotten killed by the chair. The wormhole tech probably was for organic matter only

[@brandonbitsilli1641]

implying that she would be traveling thru space at light speeds floating like superman

[@stevehall4548]

I get that the chair was not supposed to be included and that the vibrations of the craft made it break apart, but what made ONLY the chair slam against the side of the cockpit after it had been floating?

[@originaltubebry]

From the book: "The acceleration seemed somewhere around one g. As a result, Ellie, facing forward, was pressed backward in her chair, while Devi, opposite her, was bending slightly at the waist. Perhaps they should have added seat belts."

[@ajendrisak]

You might be on to something. Around 3:10, we see our human pilot shaking violently, perhaps because her chair was bolted into the wall of the spacecraft, clearly in violation of their specifications. Then, she stares in wonder at this necklace drifting majestically in zero gravity, which is NOT attached to the vibrating walls of the spacecraft, like their designers might have intended

[@mjmanson]

the chair is an irony to the earth people who think they knew everything.

[@alfredohumberto2222]

Actually is the opposite

[@claudiamanta1943]

Indeed. And a warning- reminder that all good things are not technological. The true compass of love is the answer. I know it sounds mushy, but it is true.

[@wordsofcheresie936]

The heads of the project wanted her to be safe and their intentions were good. However they had no idea how the machine worked.

[@TheDragonfly256]

This was the movie that got me into astronomy... every time i look into night sky i remember this movie, so much nostalgia.

[@Jeje-nd9mk]

Really? Damn good to read that!

[@piteusx8440]

Jodie Foster should have just spoke to Doc Brown and just bypassed the worm hole for the DeLorean. The 5th / time space dimension is far easier explained in Back to the Future. A lot of energy and car does the trick.

[@edge224]

Turn back to work in a mine

[@SaImanKayani]

Then nobody cares about your toxic comment, either.

[@SaImanKayani]

@iM HaZY No, you.

[@krafty1708]

This is one of the most profound movies ever.

[@douglasfoyen2974]

Totally agree. But then look who wrote the book!

[@krafty1708]

Yep, that's why the film is so awesome.

[@04dram04]

you can experience the very experience for yourself. Just meditate until you reach astral travel. It is exactly like this. I know i sound like Im full of shit, but the one's that have done this, know that Im right.

[@00BillyTorontoBill]

reality is an illusion... and the mind the ultimate replicator

[@krafty1708]

Yes, we exist in a matrix, and our brains are nothing but recorders of our experience within it.

[@LiberianStreetwalker]

Damn, having seen this at the theater must have been an experience.

[@fortminor85]

+LiberianStreetwalker Coming from someone who did.....Six flags got NONE of this shit.

[@antinominianist]

+LiberianStreetwalker My dad took me to watch it.

[@SoaringTrumpet]

It was truly amazing! I'll never forget experiencing this on the big screen.

[@keybyss98]

Funny that you mentioned that: I actually saw this at a college campus during a Science Fiction marathon in the old theater format (35mm... as in: Instead of a digital copy, I actually saw it from a source that could've actually been played in a theater back then). It was definitely a really cool experience! Even this scene was honestly pretty intense... And we're only talking this previous January.

[@deeozer]

I confirm that, it's an awesome experience, one of the most unforgettable !

[@SunBunz]

Damn these special effects STILL hold up 22 years later!

[@richardp.228]

Something about mid-90's SPX never fade with time!

[@BoxxyFan]

Not really. Is pretty bad.

[@DonSmillo]

@@BoxxyFan No...

[@BoxxyFan]

@@DonSmillo are you blind?

[@DonSmillo]

@@BoxxyFan No, you?

[@AdrianLucid]

This wormhole travel scene always gives me the goose bumps

[@TzokoliT]

bet she flew past Cooper

[@TheGodParticle]

Did TARS tell you that?

[@blastromlifyedah]

And Probably Dave Bowman

[@tubulartopher]

I hope David Bowie said hello.

[@mosescuh3644]

TzokoliT She also passed Dr. Mann

[@brandonbitsilli1641]

she flew past anyone who uses light speed travel

[@casket8530]

2:47 that part always gives me chills.

[@zgrillo2004]

+Cas Ket Spaghettification due to the immense gravity.

[@israelsousa]

Me too, find about projetc Venus by Jaques Fresco and compare the cities esctrutures

[@80sfishscale41]

I always wondered about that part myself. I see the city...but who are they..and who is she referring too when she states..there alive? Not the alien...because she see him on the next wormhole trip.

[@zgrillo2004]

Pancho Rosario That scene where she sees the city is from her memory. if you look at the beginning of the movie, you will see a painting containing 4 stars arranged the same way as what she saw.

[@80sfishscale41]

Your right! Thanks for the feedback!

[@akamirage1213]

Her acting was so beautiful. You makes me cry...

[@ElectricExperimentsRobert33]

Beautiful scene.

[@mr.barkyvonschnauzer1710]

@@julessantacarlo2514 it was an intelligent lifeform that downloaded her memories and created an environment that she would accept. The beach was based off her artwork as a child. Her father's image was used to make the conversation easier for her.

[@jejedesalpes7886]

@@mr.barkyvonschnauzer1710 Are these personal details of her character already in the novel by Sagan? Or were they added then, for the screenplay?

[@jeffder7143]

Terrible movie tho

[@boarini2003]

Thank you Carl Sagan for such a profound masterpiece, that ultimately makes the connection between spirituality and science in a beautiful way. Such an intelligent and memorable movie.

[@yetigonecrazy]

Sagan for the book, Zemeckis for bringing it to the big screen!

[@thegovtdoesntcareaboutyou]

Yes exactly

[@michaelbuttle7772]

Film was much better than the book

[@TheFinalDirectorsCut]

@@michaelbuttle7772 Book had a better ending.

[@Arfarf69]

@@TheFinalDirectorsCutwhat was the ending? I never read the book

[@SpaceTraveler86]

I wonder what someone on another planet is doing right this instant...

[@skulldow]

fapping.

[@ryanroosterr]

there isnt "this instant". time flows differently through out the universe due to gravity

[@SpaceTraveler86]

It does, but that depends on the position of the spectator. Even though time flows differently, "this instant" is one we all share.

[@ryanroosterr]

VoyagerOne no literally. time could be moving slower in a different part of the universe

[@SpaceTraveler86]

ryanrooster I don't doubt you, but time is just a perception. There is still a moment in the here and now. As you're reading this, somewhere on some other part pf the universe, something is going on in this instant, even if time is slowed down, or rapid.

[@chris7921]

Love this film, I also find it funny that the Character Ellie is a complete agnostic but her first words when travelling through the wormhole were “Oh, God”

[@York22]

It shows how powerful that phrase truly is

[@Jordy666sic]

2:45 was the shot that stood by me the most. Being so close to the actual alien civilisation and before she can even realise what she is seeing she's pulled away again..

[@DexMASTER94]

And in 2:00 you can see some type of transmitter (maybe from this alien race?).

[@weeAmos]

At 2:00 you can see the rings from the teleportation machine. What happened on their planet took an hour or so but on earth it was an instant so she basically fell through the machine.

[@Jordy666sic]

weeAmos Sharp! Never experienced it that way.

[@Antoine7881]

weeAmos Jordy R look up Einstein's theory of relativity. When traveling at the speed of light, time stops all together for the traveler. Matthew McConaughey's character actually mentions it to her after she agrees to go on the trip.

[@stevencoardvenice]

Hypergalactica Interesting. So the aliens did not actually live near vega. They just used it was one of their transmission stations. Maybe they live in another galaxy

[@bjamiork]

1:58 scares the shit out of me, every single time. Seeing alien technology and structures would send me into a panic...I don't really know why.

[@NatoShinobi]

T-Top Deluxe I feel u

[@electron2601]

I think that's normal for most humans. What is new and unknown can be scary when we are hardwired to survive. It's like swimming in water where you can't see the bottom. It's a survival instinct to fear what you dont trust and to not trust things you dont know much about.

[@jellybeanjustin82]

Contact, Interstellar, 2001, these are all freaking AMAZING movies. With emotion, and love in 2/3 of them, I use these things to explain why Sci-Fi is my favorite genre of movies

[@ulfingvar1]

@@malsh5608 You serious?

[@Hexnilium]

Arrival

[@filoflin5345]

dont you dare put interstellar next to 2001

[@richerite]

Don’t forget Mars Attacks

[@belenheredia2024]

SOLARIS

[@MitchAustin]

This scene has stuck in my head for years. Great metaphor for her following her compass or intuition to leave the chair (symbolic for world's views and beliefs) which was not part of the intelligent design for the craft (craft =our lives). Only to have the chair come break off and fall away. What has broken away in your life that was supposed to be the right thing or safe thing according to the world's vies only to see it was never the source of your good or real security?

[@whatsina1]

Mitch Austin The chair was never meant to be in the craft...was not part of the alien design... was meant to be just a capsule with her in it but the makers wouldn't let her go without the chair....which nearly killed her..

[@DarkMoonDroid]

This.

[@swish007]

this part in particular portrayed the deepest kind of childlike awe at the grandeur of the universe.. the feeling of being tiny and insignificant.. but then it ends with ellie meeting her long lost father.. and experiencing an overwhelming love. if heaven exists, i imagine this is similar to what it might be like

[@ivyme5783]

swish007 nothing in the Universe is significant or insignificant. Only narrow minded people qualify bigger things as more "significant" than smaller ones.

[@brandonbitsilli1641]

your letting science depict your religious gods heaven? smh.

[@ceramikxxx5882]

That wasnt her real father it was the alien who sent the signal

[@brianolvr11]

As person above said, it was an alien in the form of her father because the alien thought it would make it easier for her to handle mentally.

[@ValCronin]

@@ivyme5783 People do think of things as significant or unsignificant though. Are you another contrarian troll just arguing for fun

[@zobop]

"they should have sent a poet"

[@Ferruccio_Guicciardi]

That line gets me all the time

[@jayhodge5104]

Same. Always makes me cry :-/

[@NathanBaldassero]

I had no idea...

[@JustinLodes]

Sending a hot chick is just a good if not better. Even if she is a lesbian 😂

[@gerardcollins80]

I wish they included that tidbit in this clip.

[@mikebasil4832]

The quadruple system with "They're alive!" is my favourite part from this wormhole sequence. Thank you for uploading it.

[@ShashwatPanda]

The special effects in this scene were far, far ahead of its time. They still hold up damn well today

[@jijo666]

Glad im not alone in 2020 watching this

[@HEARTS-OF-SPACE]

@@jijo666 It is now 2023 and here I am! This film is timeless and will always be at the top of my list.

[@jaroslawzieciak1256]

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[@LeojPT]

But it did record 18 hours of VIDEO!

[@WarriorPleb]

i WATCHED THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME LAST NIGHT, AND THIS LINE RIGHT HERE BLEW ME AWAY!

[@ChallengeTheNarrative]

Probably

[@Saldio]

@Mr Friendly 18 hours of it. ;)

[@fortminor85]

@@Saldio From a ten second drop.

[@gerardcollins6621]

I reckon she was killed for that.

[@jessicaeyrich3360]

I love this movie. I almost cried at the "they're alive" scene.

[@JorgeBenavidesjobenaviphoto]

These old movie effects still beats all other space-travel movie effects to this day :)

[@runspace]

1:59 That array made it so much more alluring and mysterious to me when I first saw this movie. It just kick started a train of thoughts and theories beyond anything I have experienced in a movie before or since! Magnificent!

[@jackcarterog001]

"I'm going through some kinds of a tunnel!" Oh please, she knows it's a wormhole!

[@IgorStukov]

Most important movie ever made.

[@ImehSmith]

This and interstellar (also with Matthew McConnell) are 2 of my MOST FAVORITE movies of all time‼️‼️👍🏽👍🏽

[@mariaeugeniad.cedres7208]

Imeh Smith amazing taste

[@shubhayukolay9609]

* Mcconaughey

[@NetDevilVZLA]

*Matthew SmithDiCaprioStallone

[@msakbar12345]

*mcdonald

[@ImehSmith]

@@mariaeugeniad.cedres7208 Thank you 😊

[@gerardcollins80]

It breaks my heart that neither I nor the rest of humanity will ever get to see the sheer beauty of the cosmos.

[@thegovtdoesntcareaboutyou]

You can

[@gamertardguardian1299]

Anything is possible

[@gsimon123]

Perhaps not us, but our species has a shot. Humanity at large may still pull it off. One day.

[@catbirdfeeder]

Jesus will give you a guided tour….believe in Him, follow Him …he made all of it and it pleased Him…read John…in the beginning….was the word…and the word was God…the word became flesh and dwelt among us. Jesus the word made it all…and He’ll give you a guided tour…and he’ll show you how he did it too!

[@SamuelBlack84]

Imagine being able to stand in a spot where you can see the entire universe all at once Now, that would be a sight worth seeing

[@JaguarStar999]

Those of us who love this movie and almost cry with it...is because we KNOW this is true. Our heart does not lie. And we KNOW we belong to the stars, that we can travel there like Ellie did, not necessarily with a spaceship, but also in our minds.

[@foerfoer]

+Kaylasa JaguarStar Oh, I am not alone in the world, I always cry at the moment she says "they should have sent a poet"

[@Kamagel007]

+Kaylasa JaguarStar Watched this movie long ago, and now when i watched this scene and entire movie again...i know what you talking about..

[@Kamagel007]

+foerfoer yea, true

[@NeWx89]

The stars, they're calling for us.

[@blastromlifyedah]

NIEN

[@JeffreyBernabe]

Alien : "We didn't built it" of course, it was built by the Reapers..duuuh

[@DNotzz]

Protheans ;)

[@cleydyr]

I can't help but cry when I watch this scene. It's just overwhelmingly beautiful. One of the most intense movie scenes I've watched in my entire life.

[@kablamo9999]

Maybe the most intelligent first contact movie since 2001.

[@tonihott2]

I saw this move at cinemas in 1997 Twice, in Spain. The whole preparation before entering the ship and the subsequent time travel sequence was one of the most amazing experiences I have felt. You'd had to see it in a big screen with loud speakers, KZbin doesn't do it justice. I remember I felt vertigo when Ellie looks down at the rings just before entering the space capsule.

[@Savetocss]

This scene makes my eyes teary, when she is sayin Im ok to go, everyone of us who love space and miss the old days of human spirit of exploration knows that we are also many of us here... ready to go...

[@bobarcher5837]

I absolutely love this era of special effects. I'm probably biased because I was a kid then, so I grew up on this stuff. But there is just something about those late 90s early 2000s special effects that are somehow both cheezy and bad, yet amazing at the same time

[@TurboMintyFresh]

Theres nothing bad about them at all. Not in this scene anyway

[@bobarcher5837]

@@TurboMintyFresh There's plenty bad about them. If that's all your focusing on anyway than you completely missed the point of what I was saying so...

[@TurboMintyFresh]

They are not bad

[@bobarcher5837]

@@TurboMintyFresh ok bud just admit you didn’t understand the comment and move on 🤦‍♂️

[@rtdorion]

Ellie to Control... I'm going through... some kind of a... a screensaver...

[@tygra2886]

„You've really made the grade! And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear. Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare" Shit, „space oddity" fits perfectly for this scene

[@NatoShinobi]

Lmmfao

[@dietisgreat]

@@NatoShinobi hey

[@thevvvvv]

LOL

[@TOPGUNCANADA00]

Matthew Mcconaughey seems to be a real WormHole magnet.

[@mnxnm]

This is epic. The most powerful scene by hypothetical travel through a wormhole. No other movie has ever topped it.

[@za_ck]

this is one of the best movies ever

[@RM2011ish]

0:20 I always loved this part. The fact that NO ONE KNOWS what this thing is going to do and seeing everyone scramble for cover gives me shivers when I watch this.

[@Mark73]

They aren't scrambling for cover, the whole ship is tilting because of magnetic, or possibly gravitational, waves. They're falling down to the lower side of the ship.

[@kbanghart]

​@@Mark73I think kinda both.

[@Drgroomes]

2:26 If u look closely.......there are THREE cities on this planet. Crazy!

[@pythonxz]

At least 3 we can actually see.

[@Fiskaal]

I completely agree, this is a brilliantly created scene. The short blink of an eye she spends there and the eerie line "They're alive" just creates an immensely intense feeling, I love it.

[@user-nz3nu5dp7t]

I saw this movie about 15 years ago. I was deeply impressed to meet Ellie. This is the best movie that I've ever seen.

[@Zamarae]

This scene was pretty intense, felt like it was really happening right there watching. I hope someone makes it a virtual reality experience haha

[@Mr7vwf8nzi]

Really wished we could see their true form. Maybe like her dad said small steps, they might be frightening to see first hand but peaceful..

[@Robot-vv1yg]

I think Carl Sagan’s implication is that aliens might be in a form that humans just can’t comprehend - like, they might not even be in a physical form. They might be a gas, or sound waves, or something like that - so they had to give them a physical form so Ellie could see them

[@Adrenalinejunkie333]

If they're in a higher dimensions we wouldn't be able to perceive them. Much like in the book Flat Land. Imagine if you were 2 dimensional and existed only in 2 dimensions and a sphere passed through your dimension. You would see it only as a point as the sphere crossed your plane and then extending into a line longer and longer until the center of the sphere passed and then you would see the line get shorter and shorter until it disappeared having no way to comprehend that you just saw a spherical object nor be able to comprehend what a sphere is

[@York22]

Mikey Palmice if look very closely when you see the alien coalescing into the form of her father you can briefly see their true form and that they are quite ugly. They didn’t want to scare her so it took the form of her father

[@ripelivejam]

Abbot and Costello?

[@haweater1555]

@@Adrenalinejunkie333 Another way to see it would be a four dimension object passing through our perceived three-dimensional universe. We would only see a 3d "slice" appear literally out of thin air, changing shape in a way that defies physics, then vanish.

[@uuduu7]

0:31 she said "oh God !" ... this expression is so ingrained in the spoken english language that even atheists cannot help but scream it when they are surprised ..

[@NatoShinobi]

uuduu7 exactly

[@ronradcake8585]

nah

[@sunsetman22]

@@ronradcake8585 yeah

[@dmanc85]

I either say "Oh god!" or "Oh shit!"

[@MagellanAEIndustries]

in fact is really well said it if we read Ezekiel 1 and see this epic scene

[@user-fn6bj6nk5r]

Carl sagan, Robert Zemeckis, Jodie foster... because of those people, this movie is so great.

[@maujo2009]

One of the most exhilarating moments in a movie ever!

[@Seussenshmirtz]

"They should've sent a poet" Ironically a very poetic line. Something I can imagine a real astronaut saying.

[@wysiwyg2006]

still one hell of a good scene and a ride

[@thesunbehindthesun1574]

Holy crap! I never noticed but right around :58 sec you can see the camera recording static. Just like they point out after her trip that nothing was recorded but static. That is one reason they don't believe.

[@York22]

Marduk RA yes but it recorded 18 hours of it which is her proof she went somewhere

[@alfredohumberto2222]

@@York22 This travel never happened, it was only a dream, she only fall from the machine instantaneously

[@York22]

@@alfredohumberto2222 if it was a dream the camera wouldn’t have recording 18 hours of static

[@alfredohumberto2222]

@@York22 It was a failure in the camera

[@York22]

@@alfredohumberto2222 not possible. There is no way 40 seconds of falling could result in 18 hours of static. It’s physically impossible.

[@JW-zu7js]

THEIR ALIVE - THAT IS MY FAVORITE PART

[@Daehawk]

Totally forgot she saw a alien civilization during the trip.

[@RogerEssigArtist]

I had a 10 second dream that I woke up in an skyscraper apartment lounge room floor in a city like this. A part of me thinks that's my real life and my life here is the actual dream.

[@MagnetiX]

I first saw this movie when I was a kid so I didn't understand it. I watched it again last night and the part where she sees the quadruple star system and the alien civilization brought a tear to my eye and I couldn't stop rewinding back to that part. It really opened up my imagination as to what really is out there and I truly do believe we are not alone in this vast universe.

[@clementleroux8754]

Most underrated science fiction movie ever.

[@thegovtdoesntcareaboutyou]

The scene with Vega was so beautiful. I can't stop rewatching the movie. It's my favorite movie ever. Vega is my home. I had tears in my eyes when seeing this beautiful star.

[@boltmarksman488]

This movie is actually nostalgic to me....

[@latindude79]

they had to film this scene bit by bit because the chair Jodie sat in actually would shake as violently as it looks. it would make her very sick and nauseous. nevertheless this scene is still one of the most astounding and incredible especially come during it came out in 1997

[@nilocblue]

I can sit here and tell you that "Contact" was one of my favourite movies, but who cares right? That's just me. But the truth is, "Contact" was such a good movie, it basically has a genre, to which many other movies have seen been compared or alluded to. I love "Contact" type movies, but this one is the one I always go back to!

[@MrAykut23]

That wouldve been the scariest ride that youd ever go on - in terms of feeling like youre dropping into nothing at certain points or even the speed. & the curiosity wouldnt allow you to close your eyes

[@Leny1777]

This is what some people experience in near death.

[@smokingbarrels7019]

DMT does this to you also

[@racanelli8807]

I watched this movie in highschool, kinda by force you know, I was blown away and the scene with the civilisation shook me to my core. It marked me for the rest of my life what an experience this movie was.

[@tankmaster1018]

1:58 was SO FUCKING COOL! I love how they have the space-time effect the inside of her craft too. Almost like she is seeing the breakdown of reality. What would have REALLY made this scene incredible for me would have been if at some point she tried to close her eyes and still saw the exact same thing with them closed.

[@meemstheonenonly822]

I feel the need to express that it's my favorite part of this movie and sometimes I wish it was actually real .. Every time I watch it it sparks imagination and makes me feel like a kid again..

[@tokenofdevotion]

I don't know why, but I cried so hard during the scene where she meets her father again, and also during the famous "they should've sent a poet" line

[@TigerWoodsDUIcrash]

Just finished this film for the first time ever yesterday, got to say, I'm still riding the high this film gave me. Absolutely EPIC in scale.

[@futureright7]

It's not just exaggeration that this is one of the best scene in the whole movie history. It is especially so in the point that this movie was released just in 1997, which is even 23 years ago from now. No one ever succeeded in traveling to the far outer universe, but this scene surprisingly depicts the process of travel very realistic way. I admire Robert Zemeckis.

[@ColdCutz]

2:20 "It's like some kind of a transit system" I laughed thinking how amazing it is to ride the first time, but then imagining a bunch of humans later on grumbling how they're gonna be late to their morning stop at Vega en route to the intergalactic hub.

[@MattDonaldsonLive]

OK TO GO! I love this film. Leaves me feeling quite emotional

[@DM-fp7tq]

I've been an avid sci- fi fan all my life, and i tell you - this was - and still is - one of the best science fiction/religion movies i have seen.

[@kilroy987]

1:57 Wouldn't it be so awesome to see an array around a distant star, knowing alien civilizations placed technology out there with such a discrete purpose, just to make the galactic community larger.

[@chrisavalon9926]

this is me every time i go down a water slide

[@christopherbrown121]

“For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love ✌🏻👽❤️” Carl Sagan

[@juliaj7939]

2:45 That is so beautiful! I wonder what it would be like to live there. I can see two cities, roads, lights and mountains.

[@byronthomas153]

There’s a third city 🏙 on the side.

[@roloug95]

This movie is so similar to Interstellar in so many ways, especially this scene.

[@russellbell9123]

Agreed. I just remember that Matthew M. was in this movie also.

[@majkkali]

Do you know any other movies similar to this one and Interstellar?

[@neelmoudgil4962]

majkkali arrival has a similar scope and deals with similar subject matter

[@SonGoku-hr5kz]

+majkkali the martian? that movie has matt damon in it and was also in interstellar

[@_officerK]

majkkali of course 2001: A space Odyssey.

[@jean-paulfaye7794]

Mannnn love this movie, i wish there was more to it, the movie ends with you wanting so much more!!!!!😩

[@bosshum3811]

Never seen such a beautiful piece of art along with the interstellar and arrival. Always been intrigued about how life form would be on another planet

[@SpaceTraveler86]

She sees an antenna that was left there by the extraterrestrial beings, which is why the message came from Vega.

[@dokanyon]

The movie makes you think. There may be millions or even billions of civiliazations. And they may be primal or thousands of years ahead. This is so sick to think of. I would give my life to experience to see another civilization.

[@MrGriff305]

I think of this as a metaphor for so many things in life. If the humans hadn't changed the design and added a chair, this whole thing would've been so much smoother. It's the unneeded add-ons that cause so the most bumps and drama in life

[@eardrumbuzzer4672]

Don't get me wrong. This scene, and the scene just before it which showed the Machine ramping up power had me on the edge of my seat, but does anyone else hear the Roadrunner "meep-meep" at 34 seconds in? It is a Warner Bros. movie, by the way. Its there.

[@taiversen]

true

[@erinlippitt8545]

I'M LAUGHING SO HARD

[@alexanderleatherman]

OMG I CANT.

[@keybyss98]

They did show us a bunch of period-appropriate music and sound throughout the beginning of the film, so it could be part of the whole travel experience in general. It is kinda funny, though. XD

[@tubulartopher]

Son of a Bitch. Your right.

[@andersongomesgalvao8285]

Masterpiece.

[@foerfoer]

My favourite film, ever

[@darmok072]

This is explained in the book. It's the relay station at Vega that sent the signal to Earth.

[@holohulolo]

To this day, I still feel this is the best interstellar travel scene. Even with movies with much better graphics and music and overall more well executed movie like interstellar. The movie and this scene in particular truly felt like it was out of this world. It's probably not the first time, traveling through space and time is visualized in this travelling through a tunnel of lights concept. But it was the way it did it. I like the way it stops so abruptly, the whole journey felt almost like it was teleportation. Even though interstellar was really well made, especially the accompaniment of the music, it still didnt quite give me the goosebumps this movie did when I first saw it. Interstellar gave me the feeling that it was really cool and impressive but contact truly left me in awe about the universe and life.

[@FifiLeCat]

This scene, where the chair breaks off and violently hits the wall, leaving Jodie floating peacefully within the orb, always comes to mind when I or someone I know is dealing with something or someone very antagonistic in their life. The main character is a situation that is creating friction, vibration, agitation, and dis-ease. Jodie finally takes control of the situation by unbuckling herself from the chair-which she *tried* to accommodate-and grabs for the token of faith. It was the trust, the faith, that ultimately saves her.

[@xXyudaya46Xx]

I don't think you guys understand just how fuck minded I am. This video was not what I was looking for intentionaly, but no specific words can be used to describe what I was feeling throughout the entire thing. Like, you guys! Don't you see how magnificent this clip is? Am i the only one mind-blown right now?!

[@rickyspanish8696]

LSD will mind fuck you even harder.

[@SpaceTraveler86]

It truly is something, isn't it? That scene is small scene is haunting, and it's a speck of a second on film. I think what makes it so powerful is that she sees glimpses of this new world, it's not long lasting. Good stuff.

[@quinnzyker6521]

This needs to be a theme park ride

[@larrycaporelli443]

The way I see it with E.T.'s is that if they're advanced, there's two routes a species can take. They could be on the technological road like we're on, or the spiritual route which the ones from the movie seemed to lean more towards. Remember he even said to Jodi that they didn't build that transit wormhole system. They only discovered it, maybe by accident and just learned how to use it.

[@thejunglegod]

The brilliant thing is that the metal becomes translucent only where she looks at. Sort of an indication that vision makes you see past obstacles. It also indicates the FOV of most VR headsets.

[@DogsNotGods]

I see everyone talking about the 4 star system, but the moment that gets me is the jump station by Vega. The first tangible sign of intelligent life, just floating out there in space. Her gasp is perfect, like a whale suddenly appearing out of the blue, beautiful, mysterious, and terrifying at the same time.

[@AlexZorach]

This is such a powerful metaphor, what happens with the chair. I don't think I got the full meaning of it until years later when I was having a conversation with one of my friends about it.

[@mightytaiger3000]

+Alex Zorach psychedelics

[@gawddang]

+Alex Zorach Go on; tell us the meaning of the chair....

[@AlexZorach]

So...the basic idea is that in the designs, there is no chair, and it just shows the person loose in the sphere, but the scientists get afraid and say it would be too dangerous and you need a chair for protection, so they add the chair...and the chair ends up wobbling and getting destroyed...and she only survives because she gets out of the chair. So the meaning I found in this in my own life, is that there are a lot of ways in which I have not actually seen direct evidence of danger or risk in my own life, but I had people warn me about stuff...and like...they're like, "don't do this thing, because such-and-such reasoning" and like the reasoning won't be valid. But like sometimes I would internalize some of these fears and then change my life around them. But they're not evidence based, and like, the fear itself then becomes crippling, holding us back, or harming us far more...and when we let go the fear then we are safer. I have examples of this in many different aspects of my life. A lot of my professors in college told me I needed to go right to grad school, or I would lose momentum, and forget material, and I wouldn't be able to perform well in grad school. But when I set aside this fear and I took three years off before going to grad school, I found I had matured intellectually and found the program I was in much easier than the students who went straight through. And I didn't forget much material! Another totally different example is in interpersonal relationships. I've found that if I start worrying that I'm going to do something that makes people uncomfortable, I get lost in my own head / thoughts, and this limits my ability to read other people...and ironically I then end up doing things that make people uncomfortable because I might not read their signals. If I set aside my fear of making people uncomfortable and just live in the moment, I find that people become more comfortable around me. I could go on! But this comment is already really long. It's hard to put these ideas into words...but basically it comes down to like, creating fear when we don't have evidence to support it, and then the fear ends up being far more dangerous or destructive than the situation itself.

[@Morgenstern77]

really, thank you for sharing that

[@tubulartopher]

Alex Zorach dude, every single word, especially that on interpersonal relationships, is on point with my struggles in life. Thank you for sharing. Seriously. Thank you.

[@SeFu2006]

I hope I can have a dream like this

[@Leny1777]

People go trough something very similar in near death experience.

[@-DRIP]

I've had this experience only twice in my life

[@Bullfarts1]

When the ship tilted @ 0:20 the clogged up toilets spilled all over the place, creating a "poop deck"....

[@YoungBoiiiJ]

the solution to the puzzle: compress the 18 hours footage into a milli second and take out the few images that come out. is that even possible tho?

[@York22]

When Ellie screamed oh God despite being an atheist it shows just how powerful that phrase really is

[@MMoer]

Not really. I also say goddammit eventhough I am an atheist