Man, I still vividly remember the first time I watched this film. I must’ve been like 12 or something, staying at one of my relatives places and found this on their massive shelf of movies and decided to watch it one day.

My idiot child brain saw Clooney on the cover and thought he was going to an abandoned space station to fight aliens or some shit like that.

I waited the entire film for the aliens to come and the action to start, needless to say that did not happen.

Weirdly enough though, I did not hate the film at all. I was way too young to understand it or even comprehend what was going on, but I was thoroughly entranced by the journey. The visuals, the acting, and the score especially. Everything resonated deep below the surface for me.

This film stayed in my head for years after that first contact.