About time someone voiced something resembling an opinion on this case.  I
remember seeing the movie around the time it came out... the movie was a little
spooky because it more or less makes the aliens a little closer to what the
general consensus seems to be; neither good nor evil... they just do what they
have to do and then that's that.  Whitley Streiber's story at times seems like
he kind of padded the descriptions of the beings that visited him to make them
more friendly.
That's just my opinion though... if it's worth anything.