As others have noted this movie aspires to bring a 2001: A Space Odyssey sense of awe and spirituality to the viewer. It fails. The plot twists and science behind them are not believable. Add a cheesy overwrought film score that features a church organ blasting away at 140 decibels to make us 'feel' the drama of each situation - and you have an almost laughable movie. The music was also way to loud in parts and drowned out the dialog often. What's with that? Is it because the dialog wasn't achieving its intended dramatic effect - so the music is supposed to? Just weird and ineffective.

There is no subtlety anywhere in this movie - you are told what to feel where and when with over dramatic scenes and music.

The space effects were awesome. The editing was edgy and interesting and the cinematography was excellent. Acting good too so not everything about the movie was poorly done. I won't be recommending it to my friends, however.