From my favorite movies..

A Brilliant Conflict

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Without a doubt, "Making Contact" -- or "Joey" as it apparently is otherwise known, is one of the most horrendous, mind-numbing, plot less pieces of nonsense ever filmed. It is not even accidentally entertaining. The acting is deplorably bad, exceeded in banality only by both the dialogue and the script. Where it is not utterly nonsensical and moronic, the story line is wretched, clichéd, and predictable. The cast of nobodies and never-will-bes should be imprisoned for their performances. The ending is an unprecedented cinematic abortion so bad that it damaged the heads on my VCR. The disconnected vignettes that purport to convey a plot serve as unintended parodies of such contemporary films as "ET" (doctors and technicians specializing in paranormal activity treat stricken young boy in his own home, he dies, supernatural powers herald his restoration, he lives); "Poltergeist" (lots of toys and other stuff flying around for no apparent reason); "Ghostbusters" (supernatural forces use your own fears against you; clichéd fat kid sees enormous carnivorous cheeseburger); "Star Wars" (R2D2-style robot with fetching personality gratuitously accompanies boy everywhere); and "Goonies" (several pre-adolescents -- including scared fat kid in overalls yelling "Hey, wait for me!" -- survive multiple perils in a collapsing, underground structure). It appears that the forces behind the making of this abomination mistakenly believed that they had a sure-fire formula for a can't-miss money-maker. We are left to ponder their epic miscalculation. I feel dumber for having watched it.

having only seen (we got this at a garage sale for $1) the first 18 minutes of what i can charitably call a 'film', i can safely say, this is not just bad, but horribly awful, atrociously pathetic. so far, not one line has been uttered without even a hint of emotion, half the shots seem to have been shot through a layer of gauze (likely for atmosphere), and shots that seem taken right from E.T., CE3K, The Goonies, Poltergeist, Carrie, and yes, even Star Wars (a VERY R2D2-ish toy robot) abound. i think this movie had a budget consisting of the money saved from a week of collecting tin cans from the side of the highway.technically speaking the director (Emmerich)seems to have done well with what little talent and budget available, though its pretty funny that he had a hand in WRITING this atrocity.

I used to rent this movie when I was a kid over and over again, with that compulsion little kids have, of watching something 500 hundred times until they've learnt all the dialogs. I remember it scared the s**t out of me, no matter how many times I saw it. I was 7 or 8. It was on the threshold of my tolerance to horror. It was exciting to go through it again with all your friends. Saw it many years before and it had lost all its spell. It's quite frankly, a lot rubbish. However, it has that something that mesmerizes little kids, whatever it is. Probably not an accomplishment of its director, but a fortuitous by-product.

This movie made absolutely no sense to me. This kid's Dad dies, and a few years (maybe months ?) later, he starts talking to him on his toy phone , and also gets poltergeist-type messages through his other toys ???!!! It makes me think this movie is about the day dreams of an insane child. Also, I don't see any horror in this film. Aside from the flat/over acting, and a very horrible storyline , and the whole plot, it's the best movie I've ever seen ! (I'm being sarcastic here)