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b’a1-distrib.tgz’ # models.py from sentiment_data import * from utils import * from collections import Counter class FeatureExtractor(object): “”” Feature extraction base type. Takes a sentence and returns an indexed list of features. “”” def get_indexer(self): raise Exception(“Don’t call me, call my subclasses”) def extract_features(self, sentence: List[str], add_to_indexer: bool=False) -> Counter: “”” Extract features from a […]

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CS计算机代考程序代写 SQL scheme prolog matlab python ocaml mips Functional Dependencies data structure information retrieval javascript jvm dns Answer Set Programming data science database crawler Lambda Calculus chain compiler Bioinformatics cache simulator DNA Java Bayesian file system CGI discrete mathematics IOS GPU gui flex hbase finance js Finite State Automaton android data mining Fortran hadoop ER distributed system computer architecture capacity planning decision tree information theory asp fuzzing case study Context Free Languages computational biology Erlang Haskell concurrency cache Hidden Markov Mode AI arm Excel JDBC B tree assembly GMM Bayesian network FTP assembler ant algorithm junit interpreter Hive ada the combination of flit buffer flow control methods and latency insensitive protocols is an effective solution for networks on chip noc since they both rely on backpressure the two techniques are easy to combine while offering complementary advantages low complexity of router design and the ability to cope with long communication channels via automatic wire pipelining we study various alternative implementations of this idea by considering the combination of three different types of flit buffer flow control methods and two different classes of channel repeaters based respectively on flip flops and relay stations we characterize the area and performance of the two most promising alternative implementations for nocs by completing the rtl design and logic synthesis of the repeaters and routers for different channel parallelisms finally we derive high level abstractions of our circuit designs and we use them to perform system level simulations under various scenarios for two distinct noc topologies and various applications based on our comparative analysis and experimental results we propose noc design approach that combines the reduction of the router queues to minimum size with the distribution of flit buffering onto the channels this approach provides precious flexibility during the physical design phase for many nocs particularly in those systems on chip that must be designed to meet tight constraint on the target clock frequency

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the combination of flit buffer flow control methods and latency insensitive protocols is an effective solution for networks on chip noc since they both rely on backpressure the two techniques are easy to combine while offering complementary advantages low complexity of router design and the ability to cope with long communication channels via automatic wire

CS计算机代考程序代写 SQL scheme prolog matlab python ocaml mips Functional Dependencies data structure information retrieval javascript jvm dns Answer Set Programming data science database crawler Lambda Calculus chain compiler Bioinformatics cache simulator DNA Java Bayesian file system CGI discrete mathematics IOS GPU gui flex hbase finance js Finite State Automaton android data mining Fortran hadoop ER distributed system computer architecture capacity planning decision tree information theory asp fuzzing case study Context Free Languages computational biology Erlang Haskell concurrency cache Hidden Markov Mode AI arm Excel JDBC B tree assembly GMM Bayesian network FTP assembler ant algorithm junit interpreter Hive ada the combination of flit buffer flow control methods and latency insensitive protocols is an effective solution for networks on chip noc since they both rely on backpressure the two techniques are easy to combine while offering complementary advantages low complexity of router design and the ability to cope with long communication channels via automatic wire pipelining we study various alternative implementations of this idea by considering the combination of three different types of flit buffer flow control methods and two different classes of channel repeaters based respectively on flip flops and relay stations we characterize the area and performance of the two most promising alternative implementations for nocs by completing the rtl design and logic synthesis of the repeaters and routers for different channel parallelisms finally we derive high level abstractions of our circuit designs and we use them to perform system level simulations under various scenarios for two distinct noc topologies and various applications based on our comparative analysis and experimental results we propose noc design approach that combines the reduction of the router queues to minimum size with the distribution of flit buffering onto the channels this approach provides precious flexibility during the physical design phase for many nocs particularly in those systems on chip that must be designed to meet tight constraint on the target clock frequency Read More »

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1. Introduction and JUnit Planning 1 To exhibit intelligent (rather than random or else rigid) behavior, agents must plan. 1 Examples: Plan … 2 … a wedding … a trip … a project … a move between apartments between houses from one business location to another … a robot’s course of action Robots, and agents

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# grading.py # ———- # Licensing Information: You are free to use or extend these projects for # educational purposes provided that (1) you do not distribute or publish # solutions, (2) you retain this notice, and (3) you provide clear # attribution to UC Berkeley, including a link to http://ai.berkeley.edu. # # Attribution Information:

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CS计算机代考程序代写 scheme python chain DNA CGI android ER asp cache arm Excel assembly interpreter 1 >from the man who presented us with henry : the portrait of a serial killer ( 6 . 5/10 ) comes a wild tale set within the elite and white trash of florida’s south coast . plot : guidance counselor ( dillon ) is accused of raping one of his students . she happens to be the daughter of one of the wealthiest women in florida . the counselor is brought to court on the charges , as another white trash girl ( campbell ) , also joins the rape finger-pointing club . as the story unfolds , we find that many things aren’t exactly as they seem ( that’s as much as i could say without ruining anything ) . critique : good little flick that slows down at certain points , and runs a tad long , but generates enough twists and turns to keep most people interested throughout . mind you , i could see many people not liking it because it takes ” one too many ” twists and turns , but hey , i happen to like that kind of thing . and besides , the twists and turns in this movie managed to remain within the realm of believability ( or scathingly close to ) , and even ” explained ” many of its turns with a showcase of missed scenes during the credit crawl at the end of the film ( do not leave the theatre before you see the credits . . . it really does clear up some stuff ! ! ) . other than that , the acting was good , with campbell transforming her ” good girl stereotypical ” role into a pot-smoking , goth-looking white trash chick out for a good time . denise richards ( from starship troopers ( 7/10 ) fame ) solidifies herself as hollywood’s jelly-donut pinup girl of the moment , and proves that all breast implants needn’t lead to lawsuits . bacon is solid , and so is dillon ( while continuing to prove his inability to age to the whole wide wondering world ! ! ) . sprinkle the story with a bunch o’ shots of alligators peeking through the swamp waters , bacon showing the world the size of his ding-dong ( do we really need to see this ? ? ) , a couple of lesbian kissing scenes , and a menage-a-trois , and you’ve got yourself a decent time at the movie theatre . on the down side , the soundtrack was not as prominent ( or slick ) as i thought it would be , and theresa russell ( real name : theresa paup ) seems to have lost her way in every which way possible . . . . ooooh , i almost forgot bill murray’s exquisite role as the down-trodden lawyer who agrees to defend dillon in court . murray actually added that extra little spice of humour that allowed this film to affirm its position as a quirky little noirish tale of sex , greed and mystery . little known facts : neve campbell specified a non-nudity clause in her contract ( she’s also born in guelph , ontario . . . go hoser ! ) director john mcnaughton says he deleted a scene that would have shown matt dillon and kevin bacon showering together , as it was gratuitous . kevin bacon plays in a band with his brother , called the bacon brothers , is married to actress kyra sedgwick , and has a game based on him called ” six degrees of kevin bacon ” .

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1 >from the man who presented us with henry : the portrait of a serial killer ( 6 . 5/10 ) comes a wild tale set within the elite and white trash of florida’s south coast . plot : guidance counselor ( dillon ) is accused of raping one of his students . she happens

CS计算机代考程序代写 scheme python chain DNA CGI android ER asp cache arm Excel assembly interpreter 1 >from the man who presented us with henry : the portrait of a serial killer ( 6 . 5/10 ) comes a wild tale set within the elite and white trash of florida’s south coast . plot : guidance counselor ( dillon ) is accused of raping one of his students . she happens to be the daughter of one of the wealthiest women in florida . the counselor is brought to court on the charges , as another white trash girl ( campbell ) , also joins the rape finger-pointing club . as the story unfolds , we find that many things aren’t exactly as they seem ( that’s as much as i could say without ruining anything ) . critique : good little flick that slows down at certain points , and runs a tad long , but generates enough twists and turns to keep most people interested throughout . mind you , i could see many people not liking it because it takes ” one too many ” twists and turns , but hey , i happen to like that kind of thing . and besides , the twists and turns in this movie managed to remain within the realm of believability ( or scathingly close to ) , and even ” explained ” many of its turns with a showcase of missed scenes during the credit crawl at the end of the film ( do not leave the theatre before you see the credits . . . it really does clear up some stuff ! ! ) . other than that , the acting was good , with campbell transforming her ” good girl stereotypical ” role into a pot-smoking , goth-looking white trash chick out for a good time . denise richards ( from starship troopers ( 7/10 ) fame ) solidifies herself as hollywood’s jelly-donut pinup girl of the moment , and proves that all breast implants needn’t lead to lawsuits . bacon is solid , and so is dillon ( while continuing to prove his inability to age to the whole wide wondering world ! ! ) . sprinkle the story with a bunch o’ shots of alligators peeking through the swamp waters , bacon showing the world the size of his ding-dong ( do we really need to see this ? ? ) , a couple of lesbian kissing scenes , and a menage-a-trois , and you’ve got yourself a decent time at the movie theatre . on the down side , the soundtrack was not as prominent ( or slick ) as i thought it would be , and theresa russell ( real name : theresa paup ) seems to have lost her way in every which way possible . . . . ooooh , i almost forgot bill murray’s exquisite role as the down-trodden lawyer who agrees to defend dillon in court . murray actually added that extra little spice of humour that allowed this film to affirm its position as a quirky little noirish tale of sex , greed and mystery . little known facts : neve campbell specified a non-nudity clause in her contract ( she’s also born in guelph , ontario . . . go hoser ! ) director john mcnaughton says he deleted a scene that would have shown matt dillon and kevin bacon showering together , as it was gratuitous . kevin bacon plays in a band with his brother , called the bacon brothers , is married to actress kyra sedgwick , and has a game based on him called ” six degrees of kevin bacon ” . Read More »

CS计算机代考程序代写 scheme prolog python database chain DNA CGI flex finance android ER asp case study cache arm Excel Elm ant Agda 1 what’s shocking about ” carlito’s way ” is how good it is . having gotten a bit of a bad rap for not being a big box office hit like pacino’s previous film , ” scent of a woman , ” and not having as strong a performance as he did in that one ( he had just won an oscar ) , ” carlito’s way ” was destined for underrated heaven . that’s what it is : an underrated gem of a movie . and what a shame because pacino and de palma both do amazing jobs with it , and turn it into a great piece of a pulpy character study . ” carlito’s way ” deals with , well , carlito brigante ( pacino ) , a puerto rican ex-drug kingpin , who gets out of a long jailterm when his coke-addicted , curly-haired lawyer ( sean penn ) points out a legal technicality . of course , carlito was actually awoken in prison , and has decided to go straight , even if he’s really a crook at heart . carlito , like barry lyndon , is a man who is trapped by fate at every turn , and can’t escape into something he is not . carlito’s attempts at a clean , legal life are thwarted at nearly every turn . when he first gets out , a friend of his ends up leading him into a big shoot-out , where he has to kill a couple people to survive . he’s constantly getting bugged by the government to see if he’s doing anything illegal , and his lawyer finds himself neck-deep in a pile of shit , needing him to try and help him out , which includes him doing some prison breaking . carlito , like ratso rizzo , wants to go to miami ( since , according to film logic , that’s where it’s at ) , but needs some funding . being a legend , he is quickly able to get a nice job running a big dance club ( this is the 70s , by the way , and since some of this takes place in night clubs , we get to hear all sorts of 70s classics , including several k . c . and the sunshine band tunes – my personal favorite ) . he gets a bodyguard ( the great luis guzman , at his best ) , and is soon running a pretty good business , even if he’s constantly attracting underworld young thugs , like benny blanco ” from the bronx ” ( john leguiziamo ) , who is more than once pointed out to be a young version of carlito . on the other side , the symbol of promise and hope , is gail ( penelope ann miller – what happened to her ? ) , his girlfriend from before prison . she’s a goregeous ballerina , and a stripper , and soon carlito is trying to get back with her , and take her with him when he finally leaves for miami . while this relationship is never fully defined or anything , we get a sense of love between them , and they have some truly interesting scenes between them ( she never gives him addresses or locales – he always has to track her down ) . all of these elements clash together at the end , in a brilliantly executed , emotional climax , which is inevitable . when i say inevitable , i mean we see it at the beginning and then backtrack , putting a great spin on it . sure , it’s going to eleveate some of the tension , but it gives the film a lot of depth , as carlito is seen trapped by fate . what’s amazing is the big chase sequence ( amazingly done by de palma ) has a lot of tension and thrills . like ” apollo 13 , ” we know what’s going to happen , but we’re still thrilled by what happens in the middle . it’s also very emotional , thanks to a great script by david koepp , and amazing performances by pacino and miller . de palma is famous ( or infamous ) for lots of violence in his films . his earlier flim , ” scarface ” ( which starred pacino in the lead ) , has a ton of it , especially at the end ( and a nasty chainsaw scene towards the beginning which i’m still not over ) . but de palma actually reigns in more quieter scenes . to me , the best scene in the film is when carlito is on top of a building , looking down into the room where gail is doing ballet . this is the most brilliantly done , and most emotionally stimulating scene in the entire film , and probably the best in de palma film history . with a gorgeous soprano duet in the background , and rain pouring down onto a trashcan lid covering carlito’s head , and a saddened , remorseful look on pacino’s face , it’s a tear-jerker ( well , for me , i dunno about you . . . ) . the acting from all is great , especially from the three leads . pacino was panned for his performance , chiefly because his accent wasn’t puerto rican enough and , well , it wasn’t as ” strong ” as his oscar-winning role in ” scent of a woman . ” well , his ” scent of a woman ” performance was great and all , but it was nothing really but , as comic kevin pollack said , a ” foghorn leghorn impression . ” in ” carlito’s way , ” he’s emotional , and strong , despite the fact that he’s remorseful over his entire lifestyle , which he cannot change . i felt more for carlito brigante than i did for the tango-dancing , insult-throwing blind guy in ” scent of a woman . ” as i said , penelope ann miller is great , and she and pacino actually have very good chemistry . and they’re scenes are well-written , with some good clever dialogue which adds some interest to an otherwise bland relationship . and sean penn is amazing as the coke-addicted rat attorney . every scene he’s in , he has great energy , and even measures up to the greatness that is pacino . in smaller roles , john leguiziamo and luis guzman are great . ” carlito’s way ” is one of those films which you heard about briefly , but when you finally watch it , you’re absolutely blown away . it’s a wonderful film , a highly underrated little masterpiece which was shelved after it didn’t do so hot . but trust me and check it out . it’s a great little film , and proof that the residential critics and mass populus are not always right .

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1 what’s shocking about ” carlito’s way ” is how good it is . having gotten a bit of a bad rap for not being a big box office hit like pacino’s previous film , ” scent of a woman , ” and not having as strong a performance as he did in that one

CS计算机代考程序代写 scheme prolog python database chain DNA CGI flex finance android ER asp case study cache arm Excel Elm ant Agda 1 what’s shocking about ” carlito’s way ” is how good it is . having gotten a bit of a bad rap for not being a big box office hit like pacino’s previous film , ” scent of a woman , ” and not having as strong a performance as he did in that one ( he had just won an oscar ) , ” carlito’s way ” was destined for underrated heaven . that’s what it is : an underrated gem of a movie . and what a shame because pacino and de palma both do amazing jobs with it , and turn it into a great piece of a pulpy character study . ” carlito’s way ” deals with , well , carlito brigante ( pacino ) , a puerto rican ex-drug kingpin , who gets out of a long jailterm when his coke-addicted , curly-haired lawyer ( sean penn ) points out a legal technicality . of course , carlito was actually awoken in prison , and has decided to go straight , even if he’s really a crook at heart . carlito , like barry lyndon , is a man who is trapped by fate at every turn , and can’t escape into something he is not . carlito’s attempts at a clean , legal life are thwarted at nearly every turn . when he first gets out , a friend of his ends up leading him into a big shoot-out , where he has to kill a couple people to survive . he’s constantly getting bugged by the government to see if he’s doing anything illegal , and his lawyer finds himself neck-deep in a pile of shit , needing him to try and help him out , which includes him doing some prison breaking . carlito , like ratso rizzo , wants to go to miami ( since , according to film logic , that’s where it’s at ) , but needs some funding . being a legend , he is quickly able to get a nice job running a big dance club ( this is the 70s , by the way , and since some of this takes place in night clubs , we get to hear all sorts of 70s classics , including several k . c . and the sunshine band tunes – my personal favorite ) . he gets a bodyguard ( the great luis guzman , at his best ) , and is soon running a pretty good business , even if he’s constantly attracting underworld young thugs , like benny blanco ” from the bronx ” ( john leguiziamo ) , who is more than once pointed out to be a young version of carlito . on the other side , the symbol of promise and hope , is gail ( penelope ann miller – what happened to her ? ) , his girlfriend from before prison . she’s a goregeous ballerina , and a stripper , and soon carlito is trying to get back with her , and take her with him when he finally leaves for miami . while this relationship is never fully defined or anything , we get a sense of love between them , and they have some truly interesting scenes between them ( she never gives him addresses or locales – he always has to track her down ) . all of these elements clash together at the end , in a brilliantly executed , emotional climax , which is inevitable . when i say inevitable , i mean we see it at the beginning and then backtrack , putting a great spin on it . sure , it’s going to eleveate some of the tension , but it gives the film a lot of depth , as carlito is seen trapped by fate . what’s amazing is the big chase sequence ( amazingly done by de palma ) has a lot of tension and thrills . like ” apollo 13 , ” we know what’s going to happen , but we’re still thrilled by what happens in the middle . it’s also very emotional , thanks to a great script by david koepp , and amazing performances by pacino and miller . de palma is famous ( or infamous ) for lots of violence in his films . his earlier flim , ” scarface ” ( which starred pacino in the lead ) , has a ton of it , especially at the end ( and a nasty chainsaw scene towards the beginning which i’m still not over ) . but de palma actually reigns in more quieter scenes . to me , the best scene in the film is when carlito is on top of a building , looking down into the room where gail is doing ballet . this is the most brilliantly done , and most emotionally stimulating scene in the entire film , and probably the best in de palma film history . with a gorgeous soprano duet in the background , and rain pouring down onto a trashcan lid covering carlito’s head , and a saddened , remorseful look on pacino’s face , it’s a tear-jerker ( well , for me , i dunno about you . . . ) . the acting from all is great , especially from the three leads . pacino was panned for his performance , chiefly because his accent wasn’t puerto rican enough and , well , it wasn’t as ” strong ” as his oscar-winning role in ” scent of a woman . ” well , his ” scent of a woman ” performance was great and all , but it was nothing really but , as comic kevin pollack said , a ” foghorn leghorn impression . ” in ” carlito’s way , ” he’s emotional , and strong , despite the fact that he’s remorseful over his entire lifestyle , which he cannot change . i felt more for carlito brigante than i did for the tango-dancing , insult-throwing blind guy in ” scent of a woman . ” as i said , penelope ann miller is great , and she and pacino actually have very good chemistry . and they’re scenes are well-written , with some good clever dialogue which adds some interest to an otherwise bland relationship . and sean penn is amazing as the coke-addicted rat attorney . every scene he’s in , he has great energy , and even measures up to the greatness that is pacino . in smaller roles , john leguiziamo and luis guzman are great . ” carlito’s way ” is one of those films which you heard about briefly , but when you finally watch it , you’re absolutely blown away . it’s a wonderful film , a highly underrated little masterpiece which was shelved after it didn’t do so hot . but trust me and check it out . it’s a great little film , and proof that the residential critics and mass populus are not always right . 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CS计算机代考程序代写 scheme database chain CGI ER arm Excel 1 contact is a film that tries to do several different things . it is intended to present a realistic picture of what alien contact might be like , to restore a sense of wonder and mystery to the issue of extraterrestrial life , to raise questions about science and faith and how they would be relevant in such a situation , and to tell a personal story of a romance between the astronomer dr . ellie arroway ( jodie foster ) and the religious spokesman palmer joss ( matthew mcconaughey ) . the film succeeds wonderfully at its first two goals . the portrayal of the communication from an alien world is much more reasonable ( albeit less immediately engaging ) than , say , the cold-blooded destructiveness of the invaders in independence day or even the complex process of abductions and genetic hybridization that forms the ongoing plot line of tv’s the x-files . the aliens in contact seem to be like us-they are more curious than anything else . they know we exist , they want us to know that they exist , and they would like to make the next step and communicate in person . the film wisely refrains from showing us the aliens directly , and between the characters’ ongoing speculation about the extraterrestrials and the outstanding visuals in the climactic yet enigmatic scene when arroway arrives on the alien world , that sense of wonder and mystery comes through with a force rarely seen since stanley kubrick’s 2001 : a space odyssey . most of the film , however , takes place on earth , where there is an extended public debate on how to respond to these aliens . scientists are enthusiastic , ultraconservative religious leaders are wary , and government officials are caught somewhere in between . the debate is fueled largely by dr . arroway’s atheism ; she seems the obvious choice to pilot the spacecraft for which the aliens have provided blueprints , but many are wary of sending an atheist as humankind’s representative to another species . the film is partly successful in raising and exploring these questions , especially when it reaches a conclusion that suggests that the two approaches – science and faith – could be viewed as complementary rather than diametrically opposed . still , the film falls a little short in its representation of this conflict as it exists in american society . the two ” sides ” are represented primarily by arroway and by far-right fundamentalists , but in reality probably 80% of americans are neither atheists nor far-right fundamentalists . palmer joss occupies something of a middle ground , but he ultimately becomes distracted by personal motives and comes across as a less-than-ideal spokesman for any ideology . then again , the film does concentrate mostly on public debate , which does , after all , tend to be dominated by extremists , rather than on dinner-table or college-dormitory discussions . contact is accurate in its portrayal of these issues , then , but only within the narrow scope to which it confines itself . the film’s one clear failure is in the portrayal of the romance between arroway and joss . for one thing , it resorts to the tired movie clich * that two attractive people will immediately fall in love as soon as they appear on the screen together , as there does not seem to be any other reason for their instant mutual attraction . the romance rarely , if ever , sheds any light on the characters , although it occasionally tries and fails – joss’s explanation that he quit the priesthood because of the celibacy requirement ( ” i guess you could say i’m a man of the cloth , but without the cloth ” ) , for example , is more like a punchline to a joke than character development . instead , the romance mostly seems to exist for the sake of later plot developments . granted , this is a plot- and idea-driven film and the characters are secondary , but this just seemed like laziness on the writers’ part more than anything else . the successes of contact , however , far outweigh its failures . even if the social commentary had fizzled altogether ( which it didn’t ) , the simple yet mysterious story of alien communication still would have made it a memorable film . contact doesn’t quite cover all the bases , but it covers about as much as one could hope for in a two-hour film , and its rejection of big-budget theatrics for a more realistic story is certainly admirable . and i would not be surprised if , ten years from now , contact is mentioned in the same breath as 2001 and blade runner as one of the finest examples of sophisticated and intellectually relevant science fiction .

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1 contact is a film that tries to do several different things . it is intended to present a realistic picture of what alien contact might be like , to restore a sense of wonder and mystery to the issue of extraterrestrial life , to raise questions about science and faith and how they would

CS计算机代考程序代写 scheme database chain CGI ER arm Excel 1 contact is a film that tries to do several different things . it is intended to present a realistic picture of what alien contact might be like , to restore a sense of wonder and mystery to the issue of extraterrestrial life , to raise questions about science and faith and how they would be relevant in such a situation , and to tell a personal story of a romance between the astronomer dr . ellie arroway ( jodie foster ) and the religious spokesman palmer joss ( matthew mcconaughey ) . the film succeeds wonderfully at its first two goals . the portrayal of the communication from an alien world is much more reasonable ( albeit less immediately engaging ) than , say , the cold-blooded destructiveness of the invaders in independence day or even the complex process of abductions and genetic hybridization that forms the ongoing plot line of tv’s the x-files . the aliens in contact seem to be like us-they are more curious than anything else . they know we exist , they want us to know that they exist , and they would like to make the next step and communicate in person . the film wisely refrains from showing us the aliens directly , and between the characters’ ongoing speculation about the extraterrestrials and the outstanding visuals in the climactic yet enigmatic scene when arroway arrives on the alien world , that sense of wonder and mystery comes through with a force rarely seen since stanley kubrick’s 2001 : a space odyssey . most of the film , however , takes place on earth , where there is an extended public debate on how to respond to these aliens . scientists are enthusiastic , ultraconservative religious leaders are wary , and government officials are caught somewhere in between . the debate is fueled largely by dr . arroway’s atheism ; she seems the obvious choice to pilot the spacecraft for which the aliens have provided blueprints , but many are wary of sending an atheist as humankind’s representative to another species . the film is partly successful in raising and exploring these questions , especially when it reaches a conclusion that suggests that the two approaches – science and faith – could be viewed as complementary rather than diametrically opposed . still , the film falls a little short in its representation of this conflict as it exists in american society . the two ” sides ” are represented primarily by arroway and by far-right fundamentalists , but in reality probably 80% of americans are neither atheists nor far-right fundamentalists . palmer joss occupies something of a middle ground , but he ultimately becomes distracted by personal motives and comes across as a less-than-ideal spokesman for any ideology . then again , the film does concentrate mostly on public debate , which does , after all , tend to be dominated by extremists , rather than on dinner-table or college-dormitory discussions . contact is accurate in its portrayal of these issues , then , but only within the narrow scope to which it confines itself . the film’s one clear failure is in the portrayal of the romance between arroway and joss . for one thing , it resorts to the tired movie clich * that two attractive people will immediately fall in love as soon as they appear on the screen together , as there does not seem to be any other reason for their instant mutual attraction . the romance rarely , if ever , sheds any light on the characters , although it occasionally tries and fails – joss’s explanation that he quit the priesthood because of the celibacy requirement ( ” i guess you could say i’m a man of the cloth , but without the cloth ” ) , for example , is more like a punchline to a joke than character development . instead , the romance mostly seems to exist for the sake of later plot developments . granted , this is a plot- and idea-driven film and the characters are secondary , but this just seemed like laziness on the writers’ part more than anything else . the successes of contact , however , far outweigh its failures . even if the social commentary had fizzled altogether ( which it didn’t ) , the simple yet mysterious story of alien communication still would have made it a memorable film . contact doesn’t quite cover all the bases , but it covers about as much as one could hope for in a two-hour film , and its rejection of big-budget theatrics for a more realistic story is certainly admirable . and i would not be surprised if , ten years from now , contact is mentioned in the same breath as 2001 and blade runner as one of the finest examples of sophisticated and intellectually relevant science fiction . Read More »

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