# “Disclosure Day” (No spoilers in OP) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [June 12, 2026, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disclosure-day-no-spoilers-in-op/1030836 "2026-06-12T02:06:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disclosure-day-no-spoilers-in-op/1030836/41 "2026-07-13T15:58:39Z")
In the 2001 novel I understood that the Earth was launching the nukes at the Star Child as a defense against what they perceived as an alien attack. Maybe I totally screwed that up. But that’s how I read it. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disclosure-day-no-spoilers-in-op/1030836/42 "2026-07-13T16:22:40Z")
According to Wikipedia we’re both wrong and @JohnT is right: > The Star-Child then returns to Earth, where he intercepts an orbiting [nuclear weapon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapon "Nuclear weapon") and safely detonates it outside the atmosphere before it can reach its intended target. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disclosure-day-no-spoilers-in-op/1030836/43 "2026-07-13T16:45:07Z")
> [@solost](#): > > So that’s about as sappy and syrupy as it gets, but hey, it’s Spielberg-- you wouldn’t expect _ **evil** _ aliens, would you? The ones in War of the Worlds sure weren’t very nice. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disclosure-day-no-spoilers-in-op/1030836/44 "2026-07-13T17:22:37Z")
The aliens in WotW were awful but the most horrifying scene in that movie is when the mob steals their van. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disclosure-day-no-spoilers-in-op/1030836/45 "2026-07-13T17:37:29Z")
Oh yeah, Spielberg _did_ make an evil alien movie-- forgot about that one. In my defense, it is one of his more forgettable, dumb movies. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disclosure-day-no-spoilers-in-op/1030836/46 "2026-07-13T17:53:16Z")
Saw _Disclosure Day_ this weekend and quite enjoyed it! It’s a popcorn movie, so I was easily able to suspend disbelief about the science, pseudoscience, etc., and just go along for the ride, which was fun and even a little surprising. It is very well acted - there is not a stinker in the bunch, and Emily Blunt was truly excellent. As others mentioned upthread, Courtney Grace does a star turn as the anchor at the end; she was note perfect, just wonderful stuff. They did a good job pacing out the info and keeping me guessing about where exactly it was all headed - I very much enjoy being surprised by a movie/story, and this was just surprising enough for me. I also like how they dropped us into the story in the middle of things - and then ended the same way. I know some others earlier did not appreciate that ending, but I thought it was excellent and, from a filmmaking perspective, good symmetry with the beginning. There were a few things I did not like, including the car/train encounter, which seemed like an action sequence from another, more cartoon-y movie, and the CGI animals were laughably fake-looking. (Well, the cardinal was decent). I mean, this is a Spielberg blockbuster - they couldn’t afford the best animal CGI? So incongruously bad. Otherwise, very enjoyable, 8/10 from me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disclosure-day-no-spoilers-in-op/1030836.md?page=2)