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⭐6/10

As I was scrolling Google images for a thumbnail, it really hit me that there isn't an exciting image in the entire movie. It's a Spielberg movie and it's about aliens, there should be nothing but cool images! 

This was my most anticipated movie of the year so I was certainly disappointed. It's a movie about the main characters having possession of world-altering intel - that aliens exist and have visited earth - and they want to share it publicly. It's a cool premise, but this movie kinda devolves into a weird, early 2000s action movie of the good guys running away from evil secret agents in suits with ear pieces. 

The first 2 hours are pretty up and down. There's some cool ideas, but it's all a little silly, all the characters are very stupid, many of these problems would be resolved if people just talked to each other, and the sci-fi elements are a bit under baked. The action sequences are underwhelming and there's some truly horrendous CGI. Didn't Spielberg make Jurassic Park 30 years ago?? There's also an attempt to shoehorn some deep thoughts about religion and empathy and trauma but it's all pretty clumsy and uninteresting. 

The last 30 minutes or so are really exciting, but it's kinda odd that the big reveal is something we already know. Still, this was the most engaging part of the movie and it should have been the central focus. A take on the world grappling with the reality that aliens exist is exciting, and this is where the Spielberg magic is at. An action movie about the leakers running from the FBI is less so. 

So I dunno. It's not a bad movie I suppose, and the 2.5 hours went by pretty quickly. Blunt is pretty incredible at times. There's a good movie somewhere in here! But it's kinda just a big meh from me. 

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