Encounter

I can't believe there is 3.7/10 rating on this.. We couldn't keep our eyes off of it cause it was so interesting.. We thought it was an amazing movie..

I wasn't expecting much from this, so the stilted dialogue and intermittent ham acting didn't bother me. Frankly if you look past all that it wove a pretty good yarn. Add a fairly charismatic Hemsworth and a couple of half decent experienced actors and you get a nice little story. I've found it harder to sit through some Hollywood blockbusters recently so lets not be too hard on this low budget effort.

This is a feel-good science fiction that is more about characters than plot. Space Pods have been coming to Earth and are systematically being destroyed by the FBI. Our latest pod lands in a field outside of Augusta, Georgia. A group of beer buddies find the pod and take it home with them. Will (Luke Hemsworth) who is confined to a wheelchair watches over the pod and makes contact. As long as the pod is in contact with him, he can walk. Sort of a blob cocoon type of thing. The special effects are not overwhelming. You keep wondering what the space pod is doing and if it has a sinister motive. Modest but effective, Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity.

The movie wasn't what I thought it would be, but I liked it. It was more dramatic and more about the characters. It also went in a direction I wasn't expecting. I thought the performances were really good and it didn't drag at all.

I'm a 79 year old Lover of science fiction. Last night, Lying alone in the darkness of South Florida, I came upon this film. It's near the height of Coronavirus. I liked The film: No danger, no violence, and an absurd looking alien Who actually helps humans. No heavy religion or spiritualist element either. Great ending too.

What should have been a well investigated and presented concept turned out to be a right load of cack, not worth the effort of staying awake. What the FBI had to do with it is anyone's guess, SWAT everywhere and nothing to do. The ending was predictable and of no consequence whatsoever. Watch teleshopping instead

Firstly let me say, ones age, recognizable faces, no CGI and using actual props, none of those guarantee a movie will be good. I was also pretty suspicious of the 10/10 reviews as there is no way on Gods earth this movie deserves a 10 in any which way. In fact here are two of the 10/10 reviews: 1. The music is haunting and stays with you. Worth your time. 2. A most watch! It will blow your mind! It kept me engaged. A one liner is not a review, these reviews are obviously from someone connected with this movie and they get Zero points for trying. Now to the movie, the acting was sub par but the dialog was really, really poor so the actors were doomed from the get go. Then the pacing of the movie was all wrong, that along with a very poor story line and plot etc. In fact the movie was so poor I will not waste any more time on it.

Poor idea and poor screenplay. The alien seems to have come out from a low-budget SF film from the 1950s. If really you like science fiction, maybe you shouldn't see this movie.