Star Crystal (DVD, 2003)

this movie starts with a slow plot and builds a story based on first encounters between humans and an alien life form who is on its way home. the alien is at first misjudged to be evil but as the story begins to progess the humans begin to understand what this alien creature is about and capable of. several people are killed by the alien until the humans learn that it did in self defense. they become friends and help each other and the story has a good ending. special effects are weak but the story line makes up for it.