So much backlash to criticism these days boils down to “If you were the inventors of Facebook, you would have invented Facebook.”
If Disclosure Day was a good enough movie, people wouldn’t have as many issues with its ideas. It isn’t, and it feels dated.
It's telling that the element of Disclosure Day that people are having the most trouble believing isn't the sci-fi , but the idea of humanity experiencing a shared moment of empathy. Which makes me think that must be the point Spielberg is going for - it's a plea for togetherness