Very disappointing...

Too much of everything

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

No, just no. Does not work. Script doesn't hang together, acting ain't great and the camerawork is awful. Avoid this total waste of your life.

My path through time is mercilessly fixed. I cannot change course to escape the memory of the pain I have caused, the chances I have missed, the regrets that are directly behind me. I cannot bring back what – or who – has been lost. I cannot linger interminably in the sweetest of moments. But sometimes, how I wish that I could.This is the longing explored by Third Contact, the new film by Si Horrocks. Yes, it was made on a shoestring budget, but this film needs no special pleading. Photographed beautifully in black and white, and with a thoughtful, un-showy yet emotional performance by Tim Scott-Walker, this film will challenge you, and it will richly reward your attention.It's been two weeks since I've watched the film, and it has crossed my mind daily. I would say the lingering impression is not of a psychological thriller or a philosophical treatise (though those aspects are certainly present), but of a poem. The human note Third Contact strikes is clear and true. I found it a melancholy film to watch, but what was left for me afterward was like the photo negative of that: a powerful impression of beauty and happiness in small moments, and unexpectedly but wonderfully, a profound affirmation.

One of the most remarkable films I have ever seen. Disturbing? Yes. I can see why there is a question and answer session with it. Brilliant? Yes. And it does leave one with many questions. It is totally unique. I came away with seeing it as the total breakdown of the main character. The "remarkable" man who is doing something to Erica and facing David near the end David himself? trying to cope with his profession and entering the minds of others literally and otherwise after his loss. David is "alive" at the end (back to the beginning) still in his torment. Which begs the question "Was it all a psychotic episode?" brought on by the incredible amount of alcohol and drugs taken by him? No police investigation into the "deaths" which would or could have been done theoretically and a lot of other questions. How much is real or surreal and how much of what actually happened did happen is up to viewer interpretation. Amazing and I would have to see it more than once and pause it several times to begin to figure that out but it works seen once to be incredibly intriguing and worth celebrating as a masterpiece.

I usually go to big budget movies with low expectations and more often than not, those expectations have been well justified. Conversely, I always have higher expectations of low budget indie movies because from my experience the independent filmmaker is working primarily out of his/her love of the movie making process which usually (but not always)results in Art.When I first saw the Youtube trailer for Third Contact I was immediately captivated and suspected that I might be in for a treat and couldn't wait to attend the London Premiere on the BFI IMAX screen. I did attend and was not disappointed. I usually judge movies, not by any deep analysis but by the initial impact the movie has on me after the credits have gone up. Hiroshima Mon Amour, Woman in the Dunes, La Jetee and more recently Primer have all made deep impressions on me. I can now include Third Contact in that list. I really, really want to see this film a second and third time. My most recommended for 2013 thus far!