I went into this film expecting something awe inspiring. I came out thinking what a waste of my hard earned money. The acting was below par, and the script was full of holes. I know my way around a nonlinear narrative, but when the much touted “payoff” came along—complete with some subtitles which still didn’t bring closure—I was very irritated.
There was nothing spiritual to this film, nothing . It was a complete waste of time ( pun unintended) . The music score has been touted as being wonderful, but, again, it failed to deliver on any level. I am a film music journalist and consultant, and the music did not score subtext, emotion nor reinforce anything on the screen. Someone on social media told me I was not “intelligent” enough to realise the film’s “genius, ” which was a ridiculous thing to say. Only lemmings and sheep who are told what to like will pretend to enjoy this garbage.
The first 3/4 of the film was the set up. It seemed as though The Rapture would arrive before the script finally got to its point. And when it did, the denouement was wanting. There was a HUGE hole in the story's logic: If these aliens had enough intelligence to build such technologically advanced spacecraft, you'd think they would have also been smart enough to figure out a language translation system so they'd be able to communicate with life on other planets. But these quixotic visitors from another galaxy appeared “slow”—and also looked for all the world like leftovers from a Johnny Depp pirate movie.
