i can not believe people be call this the best sf movie of the year and unless there aren not any other sf movie this year . ebert obviously need to adjust his med if he give this four star . plot hole . plot hole . the rock . do they mean anything . how come the alien can not find some way to communicate with people . how do they expect to leave their numeric clue hidden for 50 year and have just the right person run across them . why do the son get all bent about be treat a a child . for 30 second . my god it full of hole . this abomination make swiss cheese look like battleship armor . think provoke only in the sense that if you start think about it and you will be astound at how little sense in make and and how much thinking you have to do to force any of it to work . i have be read science fiction for 30 year . i know sf . sf be a friend of mine . and if this be the best sf movie of the year and i be a monkey uncle . and aunt . and male offspring . and second cousin once remove .