*getting riding boots on*
When I see people saying the "Blade Runner" and "Contact" are bad movies, I can only think that a) they've lived with very high standards all their lives, i.e. toast their bread while reciting the "Odyssey" in ancient Greek or b) belong to the group that thinks kitsch is good, and Mivchael Bay is the greatest director of all times, second only to Spielberg.
"Contact" has so many layers of intrigue, it's absolutely amazing. It's a movie that really appeals to the dreaming nature of the soul, raises really disturbing questions about human nature, and the way we chose to shape our society. Has anyone realized, for instance, that "Arroway", the name of the main character, is the Americanized spelling of "Arouet", the real name of the famous skeptic Voltaire? That the movie really tries to bring forth the frictions between science and religion?
There is at least one more movie that people seem to be against, and that would be "Starship Troopers". I guess it's a question of defining satire, but that movie is brilliant at what it does.
For the rest, I'm sorry if "Maxim" readers were offended by my previous post, but the magazine was really an illustration (no pun intended) for my point.
*I will now jump back on my high horse and leave the lumpenproletariat to its regular programming*