ARRIVAL (2016) ☾ MOVIE REACTION - FIRST TIME WATCHING!

[@Centane]

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[@bankbarcomo806]

There is a movie named "The Arrival", while it's about aliens that's all it shares with Arrival.

[@charlize1253]

This movie is based on the real idea that languages not only use a different vocabulary, but express different underlying things -- for example, the Inuits famously have 30 different words for different kinds of snow; French has a lot of words for emotions including twelve different kinds of "love"; German has a lot of words for philosophical ideas; Chinese is indirect and uses a lot of vague symbolic metaphors -- and when someone learns a new language, they not only learn the words but they re-wire their brains to actually perceive new things they couldn't before (such as the different kinds of snow the Inuits can see). When people learn German they actually become more philosophical, and when they learn French they actually perceive emotions differently; that's a true scientific phenomenon. The movie's idea is that if an alien language can span time, then can learning the language enable someone to see through time?

[@notsureyou]

The wife's dying words were: In war there are no winners, only widows.

[@hernandemornay7559]

No te preocupes ,los aliens y el espacio exterior son una ficción religiosa ok

[@Hope...M]

I wish I could understand how KZbinrs are able to sometimes double as ventriloquist with no prop. I know it's each time you come on you're speaking but your lips are moving. You should think about doing that on the side to make a little extra cash. 😉✌️

[@coldflamebluedragon196]

Arrival taught me that Governments communicating with each other is much more challenging than the Humans communicating with Aliens

[@alcor4670]

I'm a bit mixed over that one. Communicating with aliens would work *if and only if* the ones _attempting_ to communicate with them would be our best and brightest -- and even that might not be sufficient. Those people would also have to overcome the natural human bias/fear/discomfort against aliens that isn't _shaped_ like us (a head, two arms, two legs, a face, etc.). The inevitable language barrier would be a much-harder challenge later on. If it _does_ happen, let's make sure that no one on the team would try to kill them out of fear. Governments on the other hand are pretty much always led and managed by those who are *_NOT_* our best and brightest. Democracies only work for the good of all if the *voters* are intelligent, wise, and educated properly -- which almost always isn't the case. Autocracies, dictatorships, and the like are often always worse than that.

[@trhansen3244]

Arrival is the worst movie of the last 20 years.

[@adamcummings20]

@@trhansen3244 LOL

[@user-vc5rp7nf8f]

lol

[@DerekHise]

​@@trhansen3244 Uh, no. Every objective indicator of quality contradicts you. (Box office numbers, aggregated critics' reception, aggregated audiences' reception, verisimilitude, self-consistent actions/motives for characters, etc.) It's far more likely that you are just not _personally_ capable of appreciating the movie. Some people want fast-paced attention grabbing movies for their ADHD. Other people don't want to think too hard trying to grapple with the plot or predict twists. Some people aren't interested in the deep questions and SciFi genre. A completely color-blind person looking at a Leonid Afremov painting will be unimpressed. You are allowed to be metaphorically color-blind to this kind of art. ...But if you are looking for validation in your opinion without providing any objective critiques, good luck getting anyone else to care what you think.

[@edmo922]

I remember how I felt walking out of the theater the first time I saw this, and that is why I will always watch reactions to it. Probably my favorite movie ever. Denis Villeneuve is a sci-fi wizard.

[@johnmavroudis2054]

Amen! He and Alphonso Cuaron ("Children of Men," and "Gravity") are the best directors working today.

[@fakecubed]

This and Blade Runner 2049 were his auditions to get to direct what he really wanted to do: Dune.

[@juandesalgado]

And apparently Clarke's "Rendezvous with Rama" will be one of his next projects. Can't wait.

[@fakecubed]

@@juandesalgado I’m more excited about that than I was for Dune.

[@matthewgoodyear8818]

@@johnmavroudis2054Incendies got him into Hollywood. Prisoners is his best film imo

[@pheverdream5618]

If after watching Arrival for the first time you find yourself wondering what Louise's temporal experience is like, simply watch the movie again. You now know what the meaning and context of every event in the movie. Your mind is free to recall what will be future events in the film at any point of your re-watch. If you watch it again with someone who hasn't seen it before, you'll observe it's effects play out linearly in their reaction while your mind dances forward and back throughout the scope of the movie.

[@janistan]

Brilliant... that's why we film- and musicnerds enjoy watching reactors reactions, isn't it? -Mindlooping!

[@hfenring]

Excellent point and advice.

That's exactly the experience the film is looking to create IMO. That's like how Louise finally experiences time, and how the heptapods did all along. Time for them is non-linear. There is no past or future. Everything happens simultaneously. You're friends are looking at it like Louise did at the beginning of the movie, while you're looking at like Louise from the END of the movie, with the heptapods language.

[@SteveNaranjo]

This is such a brilliant explanation, hats off to you for coming with this explanation.

[@sam_c95]

37:09 To explain the ending which is confusing you a little... Louise can now experience any point in her life all at the same time. So at some point in her life she needed to learn Shang's wife's dying words but it doesn't matter _when_ she learns it. She basically "remembered" a future event where she learnt the phrase the same way you and I could remember a phrase we were told in the past. The way she learnt that phrase was Shang simply told her what it was. But from Shang's perspective, he still experiences time the same way you and I do, so he can only access memories from the past, not "memories" from the future. This means he doesn't remember telling Louise his wife's dying words because it hasn't happened on a linear timeline yet. This is why hearing it from Louise was so impactful on him, because it proved the power of the skill which the heptapods taught Louise.

[@pedrorochadacunha8129]

She doesn't experience everything at the same time like Dr Manhattan. She has to 'look' to somewhere to live that moment. There was many examples of this in the movie, the most obvious ones were going back to read ber own book and asking Gen Shang what to say

[@bigdream_dreambig]

"Oh, I shouldn't be getting emotional over this!" Of course you should! That's part of what makes it such a great movie! 😁

[@artboymoy]

True. Watching someone lose a loved one should affect you.

[@KingDomsKingdom85]

Its why I watch the reactions to it as its beautiful to see genuine empathy from others.

[@Jordashian93]

Arrival is genius technical filmmaking combined with a profound message -- that we are happy because we choose to live life despite its inevitability and predictability

[@larryleisuresuit3566]

Agree! I think events in time are more deterministic than we realize.

[@trhansen3244]

LOL It's a terrible film.

[@znk0r]

​@trhansen3244 if I had such horrible taste in movies I would keep it to myself.

[@trhansen3244]

@@znk0r Exactly. Arrival is awful. Anyone praising it should be quiet.

[@juanausensi499]

@@trhansen3244 I think there is a disconnect between how high you regard your opinions and how everyone else regards them.

[@viciouspiggy1]

The Hungarian word for inciting opponents to fight and defeating them one by one is szalámitaktika, salami tactics. Also, the bomb scene was great - they had spent so much time trying to understand the Heptapods that when they used a human gesture, pointing at the bomb, Banks and Donnelly didn't get it.

[@charlize1253]

This movie is based on the real idea that languages not only use a different vocabulary, but express different underlying things -- for example, the [Inuits] famously have 30 different words for different kinds of snow; French has a lot of words for emotions including twelve different kinds of "love"; German has a lot of words for philosophical ideas; Chinese is indirect and uses a lot of vague symbolic metaphors -- and when someone learns a new language, they not only learn the words but they re-wire their brains to actually perceive new things they couldn't before (such as the different kinds of snow the [Inuits] can see). When people learn German they actually become more philosophical, and when they learn French they actually perceive emotions differently; that's a true scientific phenomenon. The movie's idea is that if an alien language can span time, then can learning the language enable someone to see through time?

[@sectus68]

What an insightful comment. Got me thinking in a new way

[@jasonschuler2256]

You shouldn't use the word Eskimo. It is considered a pejorative, similar to using the word "Oriental" to refer to a person of East Asian decent. The proper terms are Inuit or Yupik.

[@charlize1253]

@@jasonschuler2256 Thanks, I actually wasn't aware of that. I thought about changing it, but if I edit the comment, then your reply will seem odd

[@KaiMax_23]

@@jasonschuler2256 Nobody complained but white people.

[@gregall2178]

@@charlize1253 You could use -strikout- to change words ;-)

[@RoxxSerm]

Went into the cinema expecting "just another alien movie". Went out of there questioning the meaning of life and what i would have done in her shoes.

[@Dirkus17]

Ah, I completely missed that Ian says "Screw it. Everybody dies" when he takes off his hazmat. And then the irony (the tragedy?) of the decision he makes at the end. Also, it's perfectly OK to watch this movie in silence and contemplation, Kamilla. In fact I'd say it's encouraged. It's a movie that rewards paying attention and I'm delighted you were doing that rather than "reacting" for a camera and an audience. Bravo. I love this movie, the pacing, the intelligence, the sound, the photography, everything. And when the realisation hit.... wow.

[@crispy_338]

Saw it in theaters. It was an incredible cinematic experience.

[@user-ed5ng6lr1f]

Arrival is one the best films in the last 30 years, unique, interesting, touching and extremely well made. Love your reaction, especially the "I don't know what to say" at the end. Some here.

[@jasonschuler2256]

One of my top 10 favorite movies of all time!! They of course intentionally don't translate the Mandarin, but if you're curious, the dying words of Shang's wife were "In war, there are no winners, only widows."

[@chetcarman3530]

I'm 76, began watching sci fi in the 50s & am a HUGE movie, sci fi and physics fan. Congrats on one of my fave reactions of yours to imo, the best sci fi film since 2001, Alien & Blade Runner. Maybe the best. (I've watched it maybe 10 times & forced all my friends to as well, lol)❤❤

[@feudist]

Brilliant short story intelligently adapted into a marvelous movie. Villaneuve trusts his audience. The achingly beautiful "Nature of Daylight" captures the reveal of Hannah's fate perfectly.

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

Amy Adams is absolutely believable in the role. She is very loveable as Louise

[@neutchain7838]

Yeah what an outstanding casting that was. Phenomenally written as well. She is extremely feminine, vulnerable yet has so much strength. Acted perfectly. Outstanding movie.

[@rollomaughfling380]

@@neutchain7838 "She is extremely feminine, vulnerable yet has so much strength." What kind of gender-misinformed, creepy, insulting weirdo comment is this? You honestly don't think there's strength in "femininity" or "vulnerability?" 👀

[@MZ-bl6wg]

As a single dad of a beautiful amazing baby girl that is my life this movie absolutely destroys me!!!I LOVE it though!!! The song “the theory of everything” is SO beautiful!

[@UltimaTheSeraph]

This is one of those movies that is surprisingly better on the second watch, as you see the beginning and ending differently like Louis. It's a genius storytelling. Most movies you watch are usually have the same experience or even less on the second watch, but this movie shows you two different perspectives, your first time watch and second watch are completely different experience.

[@BeCoShooter]

Saw it in the theater. When it was over, most of the audience sat there in stunned silence.

[@SeerMagicX]

Probably upset they wasted $10 on a really dumb scifi movie.

[@Zedd0z]

@@SeerMagicX You clearly didn't understand the movie at all.

[@SeerMagicX]

I understood it fine. And the good movie messages doesn't make up for terrible scifi. @@Zedd0z

[@athmaid]

@@SeerMagicX like any sci-fi movie at its core it's about the human experience. Kinda sounds like you didn't quite understand the subtext

[@SeerMagicX]

@@athmaid Or maybe you didn't understand the insanely flawed science.

[@Tconl]

In my world they still ended up together cause she was more tactfull/patient this time. Also I suggest watching the movie Contact with Jodie Foster. It is also a unique sci-fi movie that has in spirit something in common with this movie.

[@KennethSorling]

In case anybody is confused about why they the canary in the cage inside the alien ship, they were traditionally used as early warning gas leak detectors in mines. When the canary dropped off its perch, it was time to get the hell out of the mine and get to daylight, because you might be suffocating and not even know it. They brought them here for two purposes: to get warning about potentially dangerous elements in the atmosphere, and to freak us out about the possiblility that the tiny humans were walking into a huge gas chamber. And it worked, without a word being wasted.

[@artboymoy]

"Oh, she's a professor now" Ho ho ho.... Phenomenal movie, although I don't think you really "called" it when the twist of Louise and Hannah was revealed. It was really well told. The ending where Louise was calling Chang was her actually being in both the present and the future in order to get the information from the future to create the event for it in the present. Kind of a bootstrap paradox but in this movie I feel time is locked. You can't change it.

[@RyanOlson_21]

It was such a beautiful movie. I had to watch it three times to realized that she was seeing the future. Because I was so caught up in the flashbacks or (flash-forwards) even though they said she sees the future I was too caught up in emotions at the time of watching it. Love your reaction

[@gabsrants]

Best first contact movie ever - I would put Contact second and the Chinese series of the Three-Body Problem third.

[@mikegandalf]

Contact the book I agree with...the film of that is fine but not anywhere near as good

[@Bekka_Noyb]

ooh Contact is great too!

[@CChissel]

I love the three body problem, the books are amazing

[@Rael73]

I loved your reaction to arrival. I am so pleased that you enjoyed it. Did you know that the film was based on a short story by Ted Chiang called Story of your Life. Ted was a former computer scientist who gave that up to write sci-fi short stories. He has published at least two collections of stories. His first collection contains this story and has the same name. I thoroughly recommend both collections. You can read about him on Wikipedia.

[@bnn32-c7s]

The only movie makes me cry in first few minutes and at the end every time guaranteed

The best line in this ENTIRE MOVIE is "Weapon opens time...". When Costello tells Louise that, it's so simple, yet incredibly complex. What he actually meant is that the "weapon" is the ability to go to any point of your life at any time. You "start to experience time like they do". Which is that you don't experience time AT ALL. There is no "past" or "future" for the heptapods, because they live in non-linear time. By the end of the movie Louise is fully living in non-linear time, which is how she's talking to Shang in the "present" and the "future" at the same time. Because for Louise it's LITERALLY at the same time.

[@sulfurlad]

Their language is based on their existence in non-linear time, and her learning it taught her how to think and see in non-linear time. That's what enabled her to talk to the premier in two times at once. My current high concept scifi favorite movie.

[@Five_filling_feasts]

Fear and hate can create the greatest monsters

[@captbunnykiller1.0]

Hannah was unstoppable in that way that there was always a future where she died but never a future where she never existed. Despite Louise knowing how it ended, she would still have her daughter even if for a short while. All she could do was choosing a different approach when it came to Ian and not tell him, so that they would make the journey together instead of him leaving.

[@tinchoflatero]

Since I had not seen it, I decided to watch it before seeing your reaction so as not to have spoilers... And I must say that it is a very excellent movie! Thank you Camila. Greetings from Argentina!

[@Centane]

Glad you enjoyed it! 💓💓

[@tinchoflatero]

@@Centane When are you going to see the equalizer 3? Since Denzel and Dakota got back together since Man on Fire...

[@Antilli]

This is one of my favorite movies ever. I'm glad you could appreciate it. It's completely different to anything else out there.

[@thetommyshades5347]

25:53 "If they are not friendly why are they friendly shaped? They are not friendly shaped." The way you said that is so cute. You're so adorable!

[@Centane]

😂😂🤍

[@thetommyshades5347]

@@Centane Hey Camille! Great reaction today! I wanted to ask if you were still planning on watching Star Wars the Clone Wars off camera? I didn't expect you to react on camera to the whole series but I was hoping that you'd show us your reaction to some of the most popular episodes/arcs. There's some stuff in there( like Umbara, Ahsoka arcs, Darth Maul and a few others in the later seasons) that rival even revenge of the sith. Your reaction to some of those would be priceless.

[@CandC68]

Wife's dying words. "War has no winners, only widows." Hannah spelled the same backward as forward. Like time. One of my favorites sci fi movies of all. And I've been watching them for over 70 years. I loved that "Centane (Kamilla)" got it.

[@seanmcmurphy4744]

Same. I have watched it several times and still have tears pouring down my cheeks each time. The SF novella this movie was based on, _Story of your life_ by Ted Chiang, is in my opinion even better, more subtle and more emotional than the movie, probably the best SF I've read in a decade. It won the Nebula award and Theodore Sturgeon award.

[@MarcoMM1]

Great reaction like always, i love this movie its one of my favourites, and its based on "story of your life," a 1998 short story by Ted Chiang, this movie spent a long time in development hell as it was believed to be unfilmable it took years for a production company to take a chance on it, and it took a few more years on top of that to tweak the script until a studio wanted to fund the shoot. When he saw the finished film (when it finally got made), Chiang really enjoyed it, finding it to be both a great adaptation and a great all-round movie. When casting was underway Amy Adams was Denis Villeneuve’s first choice for the role of Louise. Adams reportedly accepted the part within 24 hours of receiving the script. Other fun facts about it a whole language was created for this movie, During pre-production director Denis Villeneuve and screenwriter Eric Heisserer created an entire language for the movie. Along with their creative team, they put together a “logogram bible” containing more than a hundred different linguistic images. Out of these hundred-plus logograms, a total of 71 actually appear in the finished film. Denis Villeneuve made his screenwriter Eric Heisserer work for weeks on what Shang’s wife’s last words would be. So, Heisserer was pretty peeved when he found out that the words he was forced to rewrite over and over again weren’t even subtitled in the final cut. Heisserer would’ve preferred not to leave the words a mystery to English-speaking audiences and is happy to translate the film’s most crucial line of dialogue for anyone who asks: “In war, there are no winners, only widows.” In order to prepare for the role of a linguistics expert in this movie, Amy Adams consulted with an actual linguistic professor named Jessica Coon, who teaches at McGill University. According to Coon, what the movie gets right about language is its interactive nature, although she contests claims that the filmmakers invented a whole new language for the movie. Keep up the amazing work

[@fakecubed]

Abbott came to Earth knowing he would die, and gave up his life willingly to ensure that humanity would learn the universal language and be able to help his species at some critical moment in 3,000 years. He's a hero prepared to sacrifice everything for his people.

[@cryptokrupt]

I remember how I was astonished after I read the original story, and then again got astonishing experience watching this estory on screen.

[@KevinLyda]

Time in this universe is non-linear. She's living her life out of order so her future can inform her past. And her past can then inform her future. Free will in that universe is doubtful. One thing that many people complain about is that she had her child knowing her child would die. But everyone having a child makes that decision. They might not know when or how as Louise does, but we have not yet cured mortality. Very few people live past 70 or 80 years old. So if you have a child, you do so knowing that the child will die. As Louise says, it's the journey that matters. That's all she had to offer her child; it's all anyone has.

[@obelisk21]

I think the other thing that most people don't get is that it is not like an intellectual decision that you make before you have met your child. From her perspective, she has already given birth, raised, and spent a lifetime (her child's lifetime) loving her. Would you ask a grieving parent at their child's bedside whether they rather not have had the child at all because from her perspective she has already had all those experiences, they are not an imagined future, they are memories.

[@lazyhominid]

Arrival is one of my absolute favourite stories. They way what happened was revealed - that she was living her life non-linearly from start to finish - is masterful. How she, from learning the alien language, started getting better and better control over when she experienced to be able to get the information she needed to tell General Shang, from future General Shang. It really messed with you. And I love it for that. Such an interesting premise, and so well executed.

[@bboyshotty]

KNEW you'd love this! I almost forget how much i love/how good all time it is until I get refreshers from watching reactors watch it for the first time haha.

[@jojojo503]

Adore this movie. It's the only piece of media I have a tattoo of (heptapod logogram for human). Denis Villeneuve shot up my favorite directors list with this movie. He's so good at what he does.

[@3dbadboy1]

I love the new mic. This movie hit me in the feels, and it still does even now. Thank you for your heartfelt reaction.

[@akangsuki]

The point of the movie, I think, is that time is non linear. The past, the present and the future all are happening at the same time. And due to our limited understanding, we see time as linear. The alien language is the 'tool' to see or to understand how time really 'works', that it is non linear, because reality is as real as how we perceived it. That's why as Louise starting to understand the alien language, she's also starting to understand how time really works, she's starting to experience the past, the present and the future all at once

[@michalpetrilak3976]

You described it perfectly.

[@lindarne77]

This one crushes and utterly destroys me every time. And I love it anyways, probably in my top teen and I'll watch it again sometime. Brutally beautiful...

[@aidarosullivan5269]

Louise is my all-time favorite heroine in cinema. Something about her true feminine approach to resolving conflict captivates me

[@mylovelybeard]

I won't be looking at any of your non-KZbin content. So, what a fab reaction vid you pulled together here . . as good as any I've seen (and I watch an awful lot of reaction videos). Your emotional reaction matched my own for the movie, not that that matters, and it was simply beautiful to share with you. And thank you for sharing as you have. So many reaction videos are horribly false or desperately cheesy, but yours was all natural and all there . . I bloody loved it! I think most folk, watching the movie for the first time, didn't get it as much as you, and I, did. So glad you enjoyed it.

[@dravenheissel]

This movie is amazing. And by the way, I guessed the ending of the movie during Louise and Ian's conversation about "singles", because in the "flashbacks" she has a wedding ring. In fact, if you watch the movie again, they're telling you from the beginning that it's not linear.

[@rastarn]

My favourite scifi of the last several decades. Superb screen adaptation of an excellent short story.

[@heatherspence3848]

31:41 😢me too! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ I’m loving this

[@Pinkielover]

better to have known to never had known meaning she made the right choice to continue on loving her daughter while she could ,,, people take every opportunity with your loved ones to be with them because you never know when it's over , RIP mom I miss you like crazy too

[@pouletnoir4441]

This is one of those amazing films that gets richer and richer the more you watch it. Truly a masterpiece.

[@Humstuck]

Its perfectly fine to be emotional. She made the best and hardest choice in the world. She chose to have her daughter, knowing she would lose her very young because she thought the experience was worth it through and through.

[@boblob-law9401]

Simply put, Louise actually does remember telling Shang his wife's dying words. She just had to access her memories. At the point of them meeting, she has an entire lifetime of memories to sort through, past and future. She's already seen her entire life by that point. It's sort of like when somebody asks you if you remember an event from a long time ago. At first you may not fully remember, but after a few details are given, it starts to jog your memory. Like others have said, Jang hasn't learned the language yet, so all of his memories are linear. So he can only access the past. This is most likely because Louise hasn't published her book yet, which teaches everyone how to read the language. Great reaction BTW! In my opinion, this is one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time

[@rayhutchinson640]

"In war, there are no winners- only widows." But you just won a subscription, Centane! Fantastic reaction!

[@Centane]

❤️❤️❤️

[@pistonburner6448]

Such pseudo-intellectual nonsense...sounds impressive for about a minute. Unfortunately in war there are winners, they do in fact literally win.

[@Zenkaiii4]

@@pistonburner6448 I think you're too attached to the first part of that quote to really understand what it means. Obviously, there are winners and losers in a war. However, that's not the point of the quote. This quote alludes to the fact that despite the outcome of a war, both sides end up sacrificing something. The 'widow' part can be compared to the suffering, loss, and grief experienced by each side. Take WW2 for instance, the Soviet Union was fighting with the Allies and the Allies ended up winning. However, the Soviet Union also lost about 15% of its population (~16,825,000 people) over the course of the war. They may have "won" the war, but at what cost?

[@pistonburner6448]

@@Zenkaiii4 In many wars the aggressor is a net beneficiary. At the very least their leadership, often even the upper middle class and up in general. Many times so far unaffected nations engage in wars, and gain from the 'spoils' as a winner. And most importantly: about 50% of countries at war have had no choice to engage in war. They've had to pick up arms to defend themselves or they'd be subjugated. Sometimes they have to capitulate and make peace only to start a war themselves later to win back what was stolen from them. So it's very pointless to make 'holier-than-thou' blanket statements like that, which aren't even necessary to make in the first place.

[@Zenkaiii4]

@@pistonburner6448 Dude, it's just a quote about the ramifications of war. I understand you have a very logical perspective of the world and see through the "guise" of generality, but it's really not that deep. When the writers came up with it, they probably weren't going for the quote of the century. The weight of the statement wasn't due to the content, but from who said it. Shang's wife could have literally said "Tax fraud is always okay and btw I just shit myself," and the tone and weight of that scene in the movie would not change. You seriously need to lighten up man lmao.

[@flibber123]

My understanding of this story is that time is not linear. There is no past, present, and future. It's all one. The aliens have a language that allows them to perceive the true nature of time, but we humans do not. Louise gains understanding of their language, which she can then use to sort of hop from one moment in her life to another. So at the end when she's speaking to the Chinese general, she's using that ability to gain vital information in the 'future' to use in her 'present' time. That's also why at the end she accepts her fate. She will always have that daughter and her daughter will always die. She cannot choose to change that. What she can choose is whether she accepts that and makes peace with it, or she can choose to not accept it and live a bitter and unhappy life. If time is non linear then you can't change what's going to happen. If we are in the present, then what we do will affect the future. But if there is no present or future? Then nothing we do now will change the future since neither present nor future exist. To simplify it, there is no way Louise could be seeing anything in her future unless IT ALWAYS HAPPENS. If it was possible for Louise to not have that daughter, how could she look in the future and see her daughter?

[@spdcrzy]

It's one of THE most beautiful sci-fi movies I have ever seen. It's futuristic, incredibly alien, and yet deeply, DEEPLY human in its story. A sci-fi story that isn't action-packed, dystopian, or "exciting" in any way, but one that is deeply and truly nerdy to its core (and laudably representative of how real scientists do their work) and FLAWLESS in its execution.

[@thetankgarage]

I love this channel. Lots of stoicism and as I've already commented before I wrote a list 5-6 years ago of all the movies that I think everyone should see. This was my sci-fi list: 1. Star Wars (1977), Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983) 2. I, Robot (2004) 3. Arrival (2016) 4. Interstellar (2014) 5. Blade Runner (1982), Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 6. Wall-E (2008) 7. Robocop (1987) 8. Edge of Tomorrow (2014) 9. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

[@gregall2178]

Awww... no love for Enemy Mine? 😞

[@Paul_Allaker8450]

Generals wife's dying words were" In war, there are no winners, only widows" Great reaction. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@kevenpinder7025]

The movie explores the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis that language shapes perception and cognition. By beginning the journey of learning their language, Louise's perception of time blurs from the linear and she begins to remember the future. I had to see this in theaters twice before I could make any sense of it. Of course, the real sphincter grabber is that we're still around in 3000 years, and have progressed to the point we are advanced enough to offer them help. But, even more, Abbott stayed at the glass when Costello booked, and blew Louise and Ian out of harm's way, knowing this was his end. He's been remembering this sacrifice his whole life.

[@marke8323]

It is a great movie, I loved it when you got the movie "Twist", lol

[@TJMiton]

one of the best pure scifi film out there. its so phenomenally well done by all involved.

[@bobbelleci9995]

Yeah, pretty amazing. Nice reaction. So much is said in silence as much as the spoken word and I loved watching your expression throughout. Thanks!😎

[@philipturner9087]

Fantastic movie

[@stephenniehaus8635]

If you liked this, another movie in this vein is Contact, with Jodie foster

[@matthehazard6986]

I think this is the best movie to show how first contact would go. Also, it's funny how everything has subtitles except what the General's dying wife said. I believe in an interview the director revealed it is a poem and the person who recommended which poem was upset it didn't get subtitles.

[@ryanhampson673]

In the original story Louise's child dies in a rock climbing incident which to me is even more tragic. She knows her child will fall and die but chooses to still let her take up her hobby of climbing even knowing how it will end.

[@mikedignum1868]

What makes the military think they can destroy a spaceship that has control over space/time. I saw the aliens laughing their socks off when they heard the declaration of war.

[@omrmajeed]

In my opinion Arrival is the best pure scifi movie of this generation.

[@wadestewart5504]

Agreed along with Interstellar.

[@david.j9.rabbithole808]

Hi. Just wanted to pop in the comments and say I’m really enjoying your reactions. Thanks for doing what you do!

[@gg_mendes]

Thanks for watching. This is my favorite movie so far.

[@JoePlett]

If you haven't seen the movie DO NOT READ THIS COMMENT. I love that on second viewing you realize they basically sum up the entire plot in the first few moments - where Louise in her voiceover says "memory doesn't work the way I thought it did" Perhaps that's why you were confused over the ending - where once she realizes the new way she perceives time, she will have to gather information in the future to use in the present. Hence the flash forward scenes - memories of future events. Kind of makes your head explode, but the rules of the universe established in this film hold up quite well. Even if it does spell the end of "free will".

[@kroanosm617]

It's so cool how they just needed to teach her enough to be able to pull her future knowledge of how to understand their language.

[@notsureyou]

The wife's dying words were, In war there are no winners, only widows.

[@brettmuir5679]

I am very happy that I stumbled upon your channel the other day. No one reacts to The King's Speech. Since then I have grown to know you as very astute and charming personality. You read...books.....XD You are the only LOTR reactor I have known to actually go back and read the books....and loved Tom Bombadill. I am eager for what is to come. Thanks again. BTW, you even make an advertisement enjoyable

[@Centane]

I appreciate you! Thank you so much 🥹💓

[@neilgriffiths6427]

My biggest bug-bear of this whole movie - 15:50 - it doesn't "prove her point" - it Illustrates her point. A linguist would never make that mistake.

[@Cavetroll100]

It's hard not to love a good sci-fi story that works your mind, and challenges your understanding of the universe you live in. I LOVED this movie. I watch it at just about every opportunity. It's so easy to get lost in Louise's journey toward successful and productive communication with beings whose existence and perception transcend time. It was a pleasure taking this journey with you. Thanks for having us along.

[@marcuscato9083]

...I had already seen it. I was going to watch the Arrival when I realized that...

[@pheverdream5618]

I remember you telling me this five years from now...

[@TahiriVeila13ABY]

On The Nature Of Daylight By Max Richter which is a piece of music used in this film, was a perfect choice. Anytime that piece of music shows up in a movie or show (as long as the movie or show is worthy of it) it kills me. Love that song, love this movie, loved your reaction.

[@gregall2178]

*"Anytime that piece of music shows up in a movie or show (as long as the movie or show is worthy of it) it kills me."* The Gael does that to me ;-)

[@Wingless_DraGon-hex]

Hey my criticism is only about the subtitles placement if subtitles are hiding behind your reaction overlay please move your reaction overlay to top left corner or just move subtitles to other corner

[@Carryout14]

Contact is also great movie. Will make you cry if you watch it.

[@neilgriffiths6427]

End of - thanks, Centane, it's been emotional :)

[@Wesleech]

One of those movies where when its over you just kind sit there and think. well.. try to think.

[@cblchildrenspython]

Anything director Denis Villeneuve makes is a must see.....this is no exception! One of the coolest, intelligent and meaningful alien movie to come along

[@emune1111]

this is one of my fav sci fi movies, such beautiful film

[@ezerlab1]

"Even got a name for it in Hungary" means : Salami slicing tactics on Wikipedia

[@bcn1gh7h4wk]

as I was writing a fantasy story at the time, the take of this movie on language was so enlightening. I was basing myself in Elvish and Klingon to come up with fictional languages like Orcish, but someone pointed out "Yeah, but those were based on English in turn... how do you speak Orcish *in* Orcish, from an Orc's perspective? Do Orcs even have a word for 'friend' or are they just 'this person I happen to share a moment with'?"

[@indade]

Centane's got a nice rig setup. Looks dope.

[@Centane]

I love it! 💓

[@tekkeitserktok]

You need to read the book ! It's not that long and it's as mindblowing as the movie. Denis Villeneuve has greatly adapted the book even if the timeline of the book isn't the same. What a piece of art it is. Some of my all time favorites movie !

[@dunringill1747]

This is a brilliant screenplay adaption from Ted Chiang's short story "Story of Your Life". There is a pivotal moment where Louise talks to General Shang in the future to solve the growing unrest of the present. In a way, you can describe this moment as a memory based "Bootstrap Paradox" being looked at from the present point of view. Don't you just love Science Fiction?

[@JeremyStevens-gw1hl]

I am writing this to help out Kamila and this video and this channel with the algorithm 🥰❤️✌️☺️

[@tgriffin8179]

Great react… keep’em coming!!

[@jonasfermefors]

This is my favorite Denis Villeneuve movie and he's my favorite active director in Hollywood, so that is high praise indeed. Blade Runner 2049 and Dune part 1 are also great, but this is such an original concept that I rate it higher.

[@Bekka_Noyb]

Knows Jeremy Renner, but not Amy Adams or Forrest Whitaker? 🤔 'Best movie I've seen in a while now' - amen! Was fortunate to see this in theaters. Such an amazing brilliant movie. One of the best films of the new millennium. dbl ♥

[@jontastic]

I think the possible reason for their daughter dying early is that both her parents were exposed to radiation from the Arrival. At one point they say that radiation is rising, but it’s worth the risk. I don’t recall if either of them were in the room to give consent.

[@arraymac227]

Seeing this film made me laugh at all the dire predictions for _Dune_ as it was being anticipated.

[@williamjohnson-e4u]

Actually, this great film almost didn't turn out this way. Accidentally, some editing was done AND... NOW you see the whole movie and Time as if YOU were a Heptapod! The Moment is always there... and you can always bring it back. "Come back to me"... "I forgot how you feel"...

[@christinemclaurin2631]

One of my all-time favorite movies! Fantastic reaction 🔥 🔥🔥

[@drchaos2000]

one of the eeriest lines in cinema... "who is this child ?"

[@AARONANKRUM]

Well, as far as Louise having see the future to affect the past in order to cause that future she saw to come into being, we must think in terms of quantum physics. According the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, the act of observing an event changes it. Thus, if you could step above the liner timeline and view the ever present Now where past, present and future all occur at the same time, your viewing the future would fix that future. Or simply, the present is fixed in order to result in the viewed future outcomes. Fun huh?