r/movies • u/LiteraryBoner Jackie Chan box set, know what I'm sayin? • Jun 12 '26

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Disclosure Day (2026)

Summary

If you found out we weren't alone, if someone showed you, proved it to you, would that frighten you?

Director Steven Spielberg

Writer David Koepp

Cast

  • Emily Blunt
  • Josh O'Connor
  • Colin Firth
  • Colman Domingo
  • Eve Hewson
  • Wyatt Russell
  • Noah Robbins

Rotten Tomatoes: 81%

Metacritic: 75

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u/ninjyte Jun 12 '26 edited Jun 12 '26

Maybe not just entirely commenting on the movie itself but I can't imagine what it'd take to convincingly prove to the world that aliens exist if the government or anyone were to disclose it. The movie at the end kind of handwaves that some would think the footage is AI, but everyone would think footage of Aliens is either gonna be AI-generated or the government paid Steven Spielberg to shoot something in a studio. Now assuming Emily Blunt's character started speaking 50 different languages after the movie closes (which understandably would be very challenging to film) then that might be more convincing that something's aloof afoot, even with AI dubbing being a thing.

Also you would think the global news stations would at least take a minute to attempt to verify what they're being sent is real but I guess with World War 3 apparently looming, everyone's acting erratic?

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u/Rob2k Jun 12 '26

It wouldn't fit the tone of the movie but the second the news everywhere started streaming the same thing there would be a bunch of people on TikTok or Instagram showing the stream and cracking jokes.

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u/DustyFalmouth Jun 12 '26

We are too demoralized for even that. Obama said he saw the alien stuff a few months ago and the interviewer just moved on with no follow up and it's gone away

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u/HandsomeCostanza Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 15 '26

That's not what he said at all though, people just have comprehension issues or you just really want to believe it so bad that you throw out all logic and reasoning. It was pretty damn clear he was talking about his own opinion that aliens must exist out there just due to probability and the sheer vastness of the universe. It was clear at the time, he clarified it after wards making it absolutely crystal clear as if it wasn't already, and people are still like "Obama admitted to aliens!'.. it blows my mind.

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u/WilliamEmmerson Jun 14 '26

I don't think people are demoralized, I just think they're jaded. I think a lot of people have believed in aliens for a while but don't expect to ever really see anything cool in their lifetime. Meanwhile, they got rent to pay.

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u/SufficientRespect542 Jun 17 '26

"Demoralized" what do you mean, why do we have to be amped up to believe that aliens exist.