Movie: Sphere

I was able to watch the movie “Sphere“, an adaptation of Michael Crichton’s science fiction novel.

A team was sent to the ocean floor of the South Pacific to investigate a half-mile spacecraft. They eventually found out that it was a US space craft from the future and that it is carrying an alien sphere.

To cut the story short, three of them were able to enter the sphere and acquired a power to materialize the things they can imagine. However, they only realized that they possess such power after their fears manifested and killed their companions.

The three of them were able to resurface and came to a conclusion that they also have the power to forget the things that happened. That they were not ready to handle such gift. One of them were hesitant at first so the following dialogue ensues:

Dr. Norman Goodman (played by Dustin Hoffman):

It’s a little hard to let go off. Something that could’ve been… this gift? The power to make our dreams come true. We’re given the greatest gift in the history of mankind. We’re given this magic ball, and it says:

Imagine what you will and you can have it.

That’s an extraordinary gift, but we’re so primitive we manifested the worst in us, because what we have inside us.. is what we have inside of us, instead of the best of us. What does that say?

Harry Adams (played by Samuel L. Jackson):

We weren’t ready Norman.

Dr. Norman Goodman:

We have what’s called an imagination. I mean, look what we’re capable of.
We can… we’re not ready.

and with that, they decided to let go of the said power.

It was an interesting concept. If you have a 24/7 power that materializes what your mind imagines, what are the things that will be manifested? I wonder.