THUMP. THUMP. THUMP. A clean, crisp signal cuts through the static and noise of space. When you've spent years listening to the sounds of the cosmos, you get used to hearing weirdness, but Mike Webster knows this is no ordinary signal. It's not a pulsar or a black hole, it's not interference, it's something different, something logical, something with purpose. As part of a three man astronomy team crammed into a car kitted out with all manner of stellar studying equipment, Mi... (Full plot summary below)
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THUMP. THUMP. THUMP. A clean, crisp signal cuts through the static and noise of space. When you've spent years listening to the sounds of the cosmos, you get used to hearing weirdness, but Mike Webster knows this is no ordinary signal. It's not a pulsar or a black hole, it's not interference, it's something different, something logical, something with purpose. As part of a three man astronomy team crammed into a car kitted out with all manner of stellar studying equipment, Mike is reluctant to jump to grand conclusions about his little discovery, and secretly transmits a response to the signal. Pointless, he knows, even if it was from intelligent life, it'd take thousands of years for his response to reach them and thousands more for them to reply. But when he does receive a response just hours later, his scientific understanding, and that of his fellow scientists, is shaken. Could this be genuine? Is there more to decipher from the message? How could a reply come so quickly? Before long, the team face the challenge of documenting their discovery, proving its authenticity and sharing it with the world before it is lost forever. Three astronomers may just have inadvertently stumbled across Mankind's greatest discovery: proof of alien life.
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| User ReviewRosvel92An uplifting indie film, in every sense of the word. As someone who has some experience in Research, no film captures that beautiful feeling like this one. (My field was Concrete, I am a Civil Engineer). This may as well, be is the best film about research of all time. The characters feel like real people. Research students are mostly underpaid volunteers, that are just doing it for the love of it. However this makes the experience frustrating, and undervalued. To feel un-rewarded Work in labs, can be lonely and tiresome, extremely methodic. Doing things that are very alike, over and over again. In the search of this new thing. The existentialism behind the pursuit of knowledge. This film really captures, how this little discoveries, or just the possiblity of them, are the things that keep us going. In movies we always see this big budget fancy CGI rooms. With all kinds of technology. This is the first time the equipment looks like something, an average working person. Could afford. And then learning it was made with a super small budget. Knowing the struggles of indie film-makers, this makes the movie even more inspiring and awesome. |
| User ReviewVagsdmanUnbelievably good! This is a true sci-fi that is masterfully directed and acted! Best movie I’ve seen all year! |
| User ReviewMack9393This film is in my Top 10. It proves less is still more in film. It deserves far more attention than it received, and the reviews whining about dialogue (that was actually decent and mostly necessary to flush the plot out)) or minor technological details concerning astronomy & astrophotography are probably the same folks happily being spoon fed by Marvel, Star Wars, or worse: Ancient Aliens. If you check you’ll see their reviews for this film are their only reviews, so take that for what it’s worth… It’s an indie sci-fi film based primarily on hard science and it punches wayyy above its weight. Keep looking up and try to be less cynical. |
| User Revieweva3si0nCosmos is a bright project of conversational Sci-Fi. Cosmos has a near-zero budget, most of the film is a conversation of 3 scientists in a car at night in the woods. What a surprise I was when watching Cosmos. When you watch Cosmos, you begin to believe in what is happening, everything is filmed plausibly, without Hollywood pathos. There's even suspense at the end of the movie. And it works. Rarely does a film give such pleasant emotions, given its budget and cast. Independent cinema should not be underestimated. Amateur movie shot about lovers of astronomers with love. The main thing is to let the film open up, the first 10-20 minutes may seem boring, the plot develops only then. |
| User ReviewSSR+ves Some great performances and a gentle build that sucked me in at least. -ves Overly long, and a finale that just doesn't quite warrant the long build up. |
| User ReviewPxxA superbly watchable movie. The director managed to keep the suspense right to the end. The ending could have been more spectacular but still it's quite an intelligent film. |
| User ReviewJimHawkinsPretty poor representation of Astro-photography; No Red light discipline; not computerized Scope Mount example and an overall lame script. |
| User ReviewjacothedogThere was so much useless dialogue in this movie that I could not wait for it to end. They played out the friendship drama way too much. The use of the "slow zoom in" to the characters' faces during dramatic scenes was extremely overused. I want my two hours back... |
