Search Results
6/14/2025, 9:20:39 PM
I got to see this early. AMA. To start off with, here is a plot dump.
>movie begins in a space museum, Elio and his aunt are visiting. His aunt is in line for a promotion at the space base where she works but the death of Elio's parents and his general 'tism keep stopping her from getting it.
>Elio is having a 'tism attack under the table in the museum cafeteria, space is his special interest. He runs off into an exhibit that they are still building about the golden record that was sent into space. Cool visuals ensue as he triggers a display and he learns about the possibility of alien life. His aunt tells him aliens don't exist. Cut to titles.
>Timeskip. Elio is older and is wasting the time he could be spending socialising by trying to attract aliens to abduct him. He skips school to draw circles in the sand and shit to attract them. His aunt is pissed that he isn't growing out of his 'tism and says he needs to make friends.
>Elio gets into an altercation with two other boys, Caleb and Bryce, who also have 'tism about space and radios. During the fight the radio antenna jabs Elio in the eye. Hence the eyepatch.
>On the base, one of the aunt's coworkers claims to be receiving an alien signal. He plays it back for everyone but it's unconvincing so he gets sacked for being 'crazy.' Elio sneaks in later while the room is empty and sends a message to the aliens begging them to come get him. He signs off with 'okay, bye, I love you!' which the aliens misinterpret as a common Earth greeting and it's repeated about fifty times throughout the film. It's not as funny as they probably thought it was.
>Elio's message happens to coincide with the aliens discovering the golden record, and so they assume Elio sent it and that he is the leader of Earth.
>Elio's stunt causes a power outage on the base and the aunt almost loses her job. She loses patience and ships off Elio to boarding school to get his shit together. Caleb and Bryce are also there and make his life hell.
>movie begins in a space museum, Elio and his aunt are visiting. His aunt is in line for a promotion at the space base where she works but the death of Elio's parents and his general 'tism keep stopping her from getting it.
>Elio is having a 'tism attack under the table in the museum cafeteria, space is his special interest. He runs off into an exhibit that they are still building about the golden record that was sent into space. Cool visuals ensue as he triggers a display and he learns about the possibility of alien life. His aunt tells him aliens don't exist. Cut to titles.
>Timeskip. Elio is older and is wasting the time he could be spending socialising by trying to attract aliens to abduct him. He skips school to draw circles in the sand and shit to attract them. His aunt is pissed that he isn't growing out of his 'tism and says he needs to make friends.
>Elio gets into an altercation with two other boys, Caleb and Bryce, who also have 'tism about space and radios. During the fight the radio antenna jabs Elio in the eye. Hence the eyepatch.
>On the base, one of the aunt's coworkers claims to be receiving an alien signal. He plays it back for everyone but it's unconvincing so he gets sacked for being 'crazy.' Elio sneaks in later while the room is empty and sends a message to the aliens begging them to come get him. He signs off with 'okay, bye, I love you!' which the aliens misinterpret as a common Earth greeting and it's repeated about fifty times throughout the film. It's not as funny as they probably thought it was.
>Elio's message happens to coincide with the aliens discovering the golden record, and so they assume Elio sent it and that he is the leader of Earth.
>Elio's stunt causes a power outage on the base and the aunt almost loses her job. She loses patience and ships off Elio to boarding school to get his shit together. Caleb and Bryce are also there and make his life hell.
Page 1