ARRIVAL (2016) | Movie Reaction | First Time Watching!

[@thinj8257]

I saw this in a theater on release day, November 11th in 2016. I went not because I had any particular movie in mind to see, but because I needed to not be in my house for a couple hours. My mom had passed away while in in-home hospice after her second fight with brain cancer on that Tuesday morning, and I went into the theater looking for distraction. I wanted to be by myself but anywhere other than in my house in my own head. I was looking for escapism. Instead I got what remains to this day the most effecting and meaningful movie watching experience of my life. A movie that ends with the message that the end while absolutely meaningful, is not what defines life but just one little piece of it, that a life is worthwhile even if the end is tragic, it just made me feel... better. It made it easier for me to remember the things that actually mattered, to close my eyes and hear my Mom laugh, and not focus on the end. Went in for escapism, got an expertly crafted deeply thoughtful movie about language and human cooperation winning out. One that also happened to make me feel like life is worth living in a moment when I was genuinely questioning that. Has been my favorite movie ever since. Still makes me feel better today. Great reaction from Arianna! Always glad to see someone else have a good experience with this one.

[@Mr.Ekshin]

Not sure how someone watches this, and then thinks, "Meh... it's just a clump of cells... may as well get rid of it."

[@jamesmee5212]

Thank you for sharing that my friend, love is timeless ❤

[@wraith1701]

💛

[@PhilospherStoned]

@@Mr.Ekshin how does that relate to the original comment?

[@enricovalbuena1118]

Thank you for sharing this

[@mokshasine]

One week after losing my niece to leukemia I decided to turn on a movie I'd never seen about aliens as a distraction from the grief. Instead I got a movie about a mother that knows that there's no such thing as a wasted life, and given the choice she still has her daughter knowing how important her time is... disguised a movie about aliens. This is one of my favorite movies and is still an important part of processing my grief.

[@jbacunn]

This movie is going to wreck Arianna.

[@Etticos.]

This movie wrecks everyone.

[@TheGeekHeroes]

It did

[@judeless77]

Buhahaha you’re not wrong

[@BrandonWestfall]

Wrecked*

[@vee__7]

Looking forward to the ugly crying lol

[@JamNaco]

General Shangs wife’s dying words translate to "War doesn’t make heroes, only orphans and widows"

[@DanielOrion74]

“In war there are no winners, only widows”.

[@RainbowCuga]

General, I am in the American camp. Your wife sent a message in a dream. [inaudible] She said you should be brave/courageous to help save the world. War makes not heroes but orphans and widow

[@Baleen2407]

The music of this film is something that makes you feel some type of way. It makes you miss something that never existed.

[@Kybot12]

It’s the same song from episode 3 of the Last of Us. IYKYK.

[@zissoulander]

@@Kybot12 its a cheat code for ugly crying feels

[@swiftlymurmurs]

On The Nature of Daylight will do that to you, absolutely. Also the score by the late great Jóhann Jóhannson and the current great Hildur Guðnadóttir. Neither of them have ever missed as far as I'm concerned

[@bicranium7198]

@@swiftlymurmurs I refer to "On the Nature of Daylight" as a cheat code for drawing out emotions. It was also used in Shutter Island. Been in a lot of other stuff too but Arrival, Shutter Island, and that The Last of Us episode are the 3 I'm familiar with. Pieces like that make me want to learn more about music theory because of how effective it is.

[@TRONwuzhere82]

@Baleen2407 I love that last statement. That's deep.

[@LaughingMan2GIG]

Denis Villeneuve is one of if not the best directors out there. He brings great focus on the human condition no matter the setting. Scifi, historical etc. He understands that no matter the subject without character development being the focus a movie can only do so much. His earlier works Incendies, Polytechnique, Prisoners are a good demonstration of his ability to focus on what makes humans humans

[@deek60819]

easily the best alive right now at what he does

[@pjny21]

The way he plays with concepts of future, present, past within a character's mind is beautiful.

[@jopay142]

I remember Timothée Chalamet mentionning having seen Polytechnique and be astounded by it. The guy knows his cinema.

[@jaycobherr8996]

Opening scene is fuckin amazing

[@G82Jesse]

Prisoners, Sicario, Arrival, BR2049, Dune 1 + 2. The man simply cannot avoid greatness even if he tried.

[@igamez51]

“I forgot how good it felt to be held by you” when she had never held him yet, was my favorite line in the movie.

[@artloverivy]

It makes so much sense, but it’s so damn trippy.

[@sad_michael]

"because time is not linear!" 😭😭😭

[@ACU_misfit]

So profound. You're here not to make the choice, cuz you've already made it. You're here to understand why you made it.

[@newbiesama]

What I love about this movie: It's not about aliens, it's about the humans

[@chrisbergsten1429]

It's always about the humans. What else would we write about?

[@blackopspro6455]

That’s the beauty of sci fi. It’s used to talk about us as a species

[@fajenthygia5760]

My favorite theory with this movie: There's only one ship, that just happens to be in 12 different places at once. 12 locations * 90 minutes = 18 hours, which is the interval.

[@MarijnvdSterre]

Though I don't get that feeling from this movie, I do love that idea! And it makes so much more sense as: "rebalance the O2 content and pressure" (Like they couldn't just pump in some air. Just about the only thing I don't like about the movie is Ian saying something like that.)

[@MrsTreehouse]

Very interesting. In the movie "Contact", the key number is also 18 (hours).

[@TRONwuzhere82]

Daaaang. I love that theory!

[@AdamPouget]

Thats a legit amazing theory wow

[@xxxZ41Dxxx]

wow this is amazing theory great perception 😮

[@kaygee2121]

I saw this in theater just a few months after my own daughter's arrival. This film will forever live rent free in my head.

[@juneangel7221]

It in my science fiction movie collection war of the world's is my fave😮

[@IndySidhu88]

Loved your reaction and one of my favourite films of all time. The General's wife’s last words are “War doesn't make winners, only widows” The quote is from the actual PDF transcript of the film so don't come AT ME with differences when I am quoting verbatim!

[@_starfiend]

In war there are no winners, only orphans and widows.

[@IndySidhu88]

@@_starfiend The quote is from the actual PDF transcript of the film.

[@xale52791]

Nobody has shots like Denis

[@swiftlymurmurs]

I found it funny that Arianna commented on how good the shot looked at one of the more intimate and simple scenes, which just so happens to be Denis' favourite shot too. She's got a good eye, Denis loves nothing more than a grounded, human closeup amidst larger-than-life craziness.

[@andrewcrowder4958]

Definitely a visual storyteller. Michael Mann makes movies for shots, too. As does Ridley Scott.

[@SHANN0N0HARA]

I saw this movie when my late daughter was going through cancer treatment. I had no idea what the plot was other than it was science fiction movie about aliens, I had no idea that the story involved the mother and daughter and the daughter being ill. I broke down and sobbed through my entire outing at the theater. I think I was supposed to see this precisely when I saw it. It was horrible what my daughter went through. It was terrible what I went through losing her. Grief has broken me. What she brought to my life was so huge though, if given the choice I would still do it. I would still choose to have her.

[@Terry-is7nk]

From 2014 to 2016...what a run of movies from Interstellar to The Martian to Arrival. They wreck a person's emotions.

[@BrandonWestfall]

I still haven't seen The Martian. I got burnt out on space movies for a while and never gave it a shot lol

[@wavehellhole]

People got their emotions wrecked by The Martian?

[@sitaro1207]

Wait didnt The Martian get a nomination for Best Comedy?

[@zissoulander]

The era of of extremely well-made hard sci-fi movies

[@b.c.2281]

@@BrandonWestfall It's a "light" watch and pretty feel-good compared to Arrival or Interstellar if that gives you a reason to give it a shot.

[@samuelmathu3327]

"Its better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all", Arianna had me in shambles when she said this 😭😭😭😭 30:01

[@andrewcrowder4958]

Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote that in the 1800s but it was a good thing for Arianna to bring out here.

[@Stubbies2003]

It is more complicated than that since she already knew the outcome though. Her action was selfless and selfish at the same time. Selfless in that she knew the outcome and still chose it. Selfish because she drug her husband and her child along for that effed up ride with no consent from either of them. Obviously she couldn't ask her unborn child for consent but she sure as hell should have told her husband beforehand. If he would have chosen the same then only the child has no say in the matter. However given how this movie went obviously he did NOT like that choice or the fact that it was made without his consent.

[@Dave3Dguy]

She had to have the child because the flashes of conversations with her daughter and others in the future were key to her understanding the aliens (and each other) in the present. Without deciding to have the child, she would have failed her mission without those future insights. That future might not have come about if she changed it by not having her child. It's not fair, but it was necessary. And she decided to embrace it.

[@samuelmathu3327]

@@Dave3Dguy Oh wow, that's an interesting point. That opens up a discussion about Free will. if Louise decides not to have her child, it brings into question the film's exploration of free will versus determinism. It could suggest that her visions were merely potential futures rather than fixed outcomes, implying a different understanding of the Heptapods' perception of time.

[@Dave3Dguy]

@@samuelmathu3327 Exactly. The Heltapods may have been showing her a future where it all works out, in order to help her. Then it was on her to make sure that future actually happens, which includes having her daughter, rather than risk changing everything.

[@wadestewart5504]

The first and final song used is On Nature of Daylight from Max Richter. It tugs the soul everytime.

[@FreakshowReptiles]

Absolutely love this song. It’s also used in Shutter Island.

[@nikolaos9652]

Using it in the opening and closing like this is borderline cheating. A perfect piece of music, enhancing the visual experience in such a subtle way.

[@Milagros_2113]

I remember watching ep 3 of The Last Of Us, I was super sad but when this song started I immediately thought of Arrival, I ended up crying much more intensely, beautiful song and all its uses have been fantastic

[@wyalves]

13:27, ok at that moment i shouted "Damn Arianna, you're smart!". When I first watched the movie, I only realized the plot by the end, but she picked it up so quickly!

[@AndrewBrowne3d]

Seriously, watch some of their other reactions. She is on the money so many times and is still surprised when it happens. She would be a good person read someone's first draft. She would be able to tell the author... if she saw the ending coming

[@deek60819]

came here for this, I just said holy shit out loud when she said that haha

[@robertshields4160]

'I used to think this was the beginning of your story. ...but now I'm not so sure I believe in beginnings and endings.' The movie gives away the plot in the first few minutes.

[@Dave3Dguy]

The best ones do, and hide it well.

[@michaelmaloskyjr]

Thematically sound to tease the end at the beginning since the message is, well, exactly that.

[@daver18qc]

YESS! Denis really has a way with cinematography, his movies are all stunning! And the twist in this one, they give you hints but most won't figure it out before the end

[@jlilley73]

I wonder if eventually Arianna will be able to determine how sad a movie will be by how many boxes of tissue Chad gives her in advance 😆

[@jlilley73]

"Oh boy, 3 boxes, better brace myself"

[@rabbitfishtv]

Death is very real to me now; I’ve lost three members of my immediate family-both my parents and my big brother-in the last two years. And I totally understand Louise’s decision to have the child she knows will die. Life ends. It is finite. But no matter how long or short it is, we can fill it with love; we can cherish a person whether they have three years or 90, and their lives matter (once they’re born, that is. A foetus isn’t a human). We need to accept our mortality, because that is one of the keys to compassion. Are you going to spend your energy on following ridiculous health influencers who tell you that you can live forever, or are you going to take that energy and share it with every human being, to give them a chance at the best life?

[@mwrench4185]

The rolling fog was actually real and filmed in Quebec, where the director is from.

[@areebanwar9229]

omg i got chills when she guessed "or are they giving her memories!" like how did she get that right away 13:45

[@Smeaver555]

"Oh this is cute!" "Honey, you've got a big storm coming..."

[@WildCanuckidan]

Seeing this movie before I became a parent...and afterwards.....whoooo boy. I was teary eyed during the first run once it clicked. But when I watched it after my little one was born....it damn near broke me ( my whole face was just wet , full on sobs). Still a wonderful film, one of my favs.

[@wadestewart5504]

This is one of my top 5 movies of the last 25 years. Hands down amazing. Artistic, music, score, cinematography, story... wow. Your reaction was the same as mine. I still sob like crazy and I've seen the movie over 4 times. I cry along with reactors of it too. 😢. Knowing the title Arrival is actually about Hanna and her arrival.

[@lexksa]

"i forgot how good it felt to be held by you"

[@Siddharth-94]

Gay

[@lexksa]

@@Siddharth-94 your point

[@Siddharth-94]

@@lexksa I am just kidding

[@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.

[@Dunc25535]

Im saying it now Denis Villeneuve is the best director we have ever seen, his filmography is perfect but not just really good films they are legitimately genre defining moments in film history

[@nedzed3663]

Hey, stop crying, you'll make me cry, seeing you cry, awwww now I need a hug!!!

[@beatrizortega1712]

And everything is so perfect with this movie, the first and last words she said to Hannah (her daughter) were the same "You come back to me", because the ending can also be the beginning.

[@BaldursPicketFence]

The film is based on a defunct linguistic theory called the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. The hypothesis suggests that our thoughts (the way we think and perceive the world) is determined by the language we speak. This means that our environment, our culture and our values influence the way we communicate and shapes the language we use to connect with people. The implication of this is that in order to truly connect with a different community or race or in this case another civilisation from another planet, it does not just boil down to translating a foreign language but really understanding what influences the way a language is written, expressed and understood. So the basic premise of the movie is that because Dr Banks refused to just scrape the surface but do her job and dig deep into understanding the alien, she was given a gift. Here’s where the science fiction kicker comes in. What if the alien language she was trying to understand was developed for aliens who do not see time as linear. Applying the Sapir-Whorf principles their language takes the shape of how they understand reality and view the universe, which is in circles because they express themselves in the past, present and future. So the reason why Dr Banks began to see her past, present and future in sort of this completely new and unlinear way, was because she cracked their linguistic code unlocking parts of her mind to the way the aliens see and perceive the universe. A gift that would help humanity progress faster and someday help the aliens solve their own future threat. 😂 pretty wild huh? The Sapir-Whorf theory has made many wild claims and is no a debunked theory. But it’s really good premise for building a science fiction story. Which is why Arrival is such a brilliant film.

[@RealBLAlley]

Linguistic relativity is still a valid concept. I suspect your understanding that the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is no longer valid stems from the fact Sapir and Whorf never collaborated nor did they present their individual ideas on the subject as clear and distinct hypotheses.

[@BaldursPicketFence]

@@RealBLAlley yea as far as I have read about it(not even that much, only when this movie came out) a lot of literature seems to feel that the implications of both their works that led to the theory are ideas that have either been debunked or do not hold much rigour, although I suspect their individual work is more significant. I was only set upon this theory because my supervisor at the time told me about it. I am not a linguist so I could only go so far in terms of my understanding.

[@RealBLAlley]

@@BaldursPicketFence I have always been a fan and student of literature and language. I am also a science nerd among other passions and disciplines. The concept of Linguistic relativity is valid regardless of how some might interpret or apply it to theoretical models. There is a definite two-way exchange between Human language and Human perception, particular temporal perception. What we call memory is merely the perception of time beyond the Present. Humans perceive the Present as the forward most point in linear time, and our collective language reflects that perception. Conversely, our language serves to reinforce that perception as a result of its structure. Even when we refer to a future action (I am going to the store), it's from the perspective of a past temporal point. Humankind and our language are unable to support the idea that "I went to the store" refers to an action occurring _forward_ of that moment in time. I don't know if Ted Chiang actively referenced time-space synesthesia, but it's the closest a relative few humans have come to seeing the world the same way as the Heptapods. One of the reasons those people do not quite reach that level is due to our constrained language structure.

The film also has a strong correlation to the Hermeneutic Circle. Which refers to the idea that our understanding of a text as a whole is based on our understanding of each individual part, as well as our understanding of how each individual part refers to the whole text. This is why Louise can't control the "weapon" until she understands their complete language. Then once she knows the language she can go backward and forward in time at will. Like she does with General Shang, jumping back and forth between getting the phone number from him and then calling him to GIVE HIM THE NUMBER...

[@petrjasinski8659]

The theory is not defunct, I just was not scientifically proven yet due to the complexicity of the topic and therefore is not widely accepted, but not defunct. I do speak 5 different langueages and can see in my life how each of the languages enhances my capability to think differently about different topics.

[@andrewcrowder4958]

Forest Whittaker’s performance here is fantastic. He’s commanding the civilians in a way that they can hear. He’s crisp, but with an air of courtesy, and is totally open to input from them. Anyone else flash on the old Mother Goose rhyme, “On my way to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives; each wife had seven sacks…” And Arianna basically grokked the story half an hour in.

[@danyellhenrique]

Arianna's mental breakdown is now one of the best moments of the Channel. 😂😂😂😂

[@Giovanni_Gabrielli]

In Mandarin Loiuse says to Shang "Jiang jun, wo zai mei guo ying di. Jian jun, ni fu ren gei wo tuo meng le. [inaudible] Ta shuo ni ying ping jie yong qi lai bang zhuo zheng jiu shi jie. Zhan zheng bu cheng jiu ying xiong. Xi hui liu xia gu er gua mu." "General, I am in the American camp. Your wife sent a message in a dream. [inaudible] She said you should be brave/corageous to help save the world. War makes no heroes but orphans and widows." Sorry I didn't put the accents, that would've taken forever.

[@leandrogomez3033]

Finally someone who understood the canary thing. Subscribed.

[@SennoCullen]

I've seen countless of reactions to this movie and she's one of the only ones who got what the canary is for!!

[@Forbiddenkitty]

I never realized how unknown the phrase "Canary in a coal mine" was.

[@cheddarandsourcream]

Just watched this one again. First time watching it since my son was born, he’s 10 months old now. Made me cry even harder than it usually does. This movie is a beautiful work of art. Life is precious, you can either live in fear of the inevitability of it all or you can welcome the journey and be at peace with it.

[@thepeej5]

Arianna crying makes me cry sometimes....even when I didn't cry at that part of the movie/show. Haha. All safely categorized in my "good cries" folder.❤

[@countgeekula9143]

My favourite film of the last 20 years. Incredibly smart, informative, thematically rich, and incredibly moving. Plus Amy Adams. So very good.

[@TA3DArtist]

We need more people like Arianna in the world. She has such a good heart. I’m glad she liked the movie.

[@swiftlymurmurs]

This is one of my absolute favourite movies and I'm glad you got so much out of it! People can get bogged down in the details and specifics but for me it's absolutely a movie you have to feel

[@dastaug]

Did you know that the score is composed by the same individual that did the music for Sicario? Yep! Same guy and he was Icelandic. Johann Johannsson. RIP.

[@Poggle_der_Geringere]

RIP. The track playing during the "flashback"-scenes is composed by Max Richter tough. It's hauntingly beautiful.

[@HalkerVeil]

Finally someone casually understands what the bird is for. The amount of reactions that don't get it is baffling.

[@Elephant2024-wi2li]

This is such a great movie. My absolute favorite of the genre of extraterrestrial visitation. Amy Adams is always spectacular. How she has never won an Oscar is an absolute travesty. Her character of Louise Banks is such a heroic figure. Amazing direction by Denis Villeneuve, as well as outstanding cinematography. Terrific choice.

[@pardox28]

Arrival might be a perfect movie. It's just so good & the scenes and message from it will rattle in your brain for weeks to come after watching it. How Amy Adams wasn't nominated for Best Actress I'll never know.

[@TheYeti6000]

I watched this movie randomly after hearing good things about it, but knowing no details. I was so blown away that I forced myself to girlfriend to watch it with me the next night. One of the only “time travel” movies that really works for me.

[@rodglasgow1643]

A truly great film, and one of the best SF movies ever done. An intelligent story and superb script.. Once again, Arianna, you bring your genuine self to the reaction. Thanks.

[@Bunny99s]

It's amazing that they put up so many subtle hints about the actual timeline but it's usually not enough to figure it out as it's deliberately vague. Though when the line "Who is this child?" dropped, it was the first gentle push to realisation which is quickly followed by reminding us of some of the past "memories" we've seen. It's great to see other people who immediately understand all the implications of non-linearity. I've seen other reactions which did kinda get it but were utterly confused by the two layers of time. I love movies which have such a turning point which gives new meaning to what has happened in the last hour and puts everything in a new light. It's this rush of aha's one after the other.

[@cloudwatcher608]

I'm so glad you're reacting to this! It's one of my favorite movies from the last decade, easily. It's not often I'm so wonderfully surprised by a movie like this.

[@animusnocturnus7131]

Yeah, Arrival hits me right in the feels every time as well.

[@frankenstein3526]

OMG…finally, a reactor who knows why the canary is there !

[@j.f.fisher5318]

One of the finest scifi movies ever. As measued by the standard of good written scifi that it makes one think and ask questions about the human condition and experience.

[@blortmeister]

The shot of the clouds flowing over the hills was a real event. Denis simply added a spaceship into it. Such a freakin' brilliant director. His name is enough to get me to watch a film--don't need stars, don't need a compelling story. Just tell me Denis directed it.

[@SteveNaranjo]

Have you seen Incendies?

[@NobuhikuObayashi]

Glad people react to Denis 👍

[@werthersoriginal]

Arianna: Why can't we have peace?!?!? Also Arianna: F*ck yo... ugggghhh I'm so frustrated!

[@oggyreidmore]

7:22 - Arianna: (begins to use Heptapod slur, then has change of heart) 🤣🤣🤣

[@OneAndOnlyOmar]

I remember watching this for the first time, there were some scenes where I’d tear up a bit because they were just such beautiful scenes. This is a great movie

[@Dr00dles]

Unbelievable movie. Denis can do no wrong

[@chinitowon]

I totally agree with you. Those in power only understand the world from a standpoint of domination. Its heartbreaking.

[@dansegelov305]

When I first watched this movie, I was single and not yet a parent. I absolutely loved it and cried my eyes out over Hannah. Now, I am a parent and I still love this movie. But now it absolutely destroys me!

[@HenryM912]

"it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" that's the phrase I was looking for but didn't come to mind when trying to describe this movie... thank you Arianna

[@frea2191]

One of the most underrated alien movies out there, loved your reaction 😊

[@kuhpunkt]

How is it underrated?

[@TerraZetzz]

It's interesting how when looking at the past there are always things you wished you did differently. But if you could see the future and see your future son/daughter even knowing they'll die. You wouldn't change it because you'll want to see them. How can you live with memories like that if you don't choose to follow it.

[@WhatHaveIMade]

Sometimes a movie comes along at the right time and brightens up your day. I'm glad it worked out that way for Arianna. Even though her name is not a palindrome.

[@jlilley73]

Ariannaira 😆

[@mjs752002]

Everyone is a palindrome if you spell badly enough.

[@bananamonke630]

one of the best movies ever made

[@unmemory1970]

I saw this for the first time back in late 2016 in the theater. I went back to see it again the very next day. Cried both times. The only time I watched a movie two days in a row.

[@1979ikimus]

👍🏻 one of my favorite movies.

[@wolvesevolve]

My intro to your channel Arianna, popped up recos and happens to be my top Denis Villeneuve film. Only time I've ever been a wreck at the start and end of a movie. And in a movie theater. Ufff and Denis really got to you with this one

[@brohanson]

I believe the dying words of the Chinese military leader's wife were something along the lines of 'in war there are no winners, only widows'. I am heavily paraphrasing but I believe the sentiment is the same.

[@EdwardMYang]

Denis Villeneue is a genius. I will watch anything he does.

[@SteveNaranjo]

Incendies?

[@CharlesVanNoland]

I love how indignant Arianna is becoming as this movie progresses.

[@patrickcromwell7554]

It was the twist of this movie that shock the shit out of me. The "memories" of her daughter, that turn out to be from the future. WOW.

[@jamenta2]

This movie was a masterpiece. One of the best Sci-Fi movies made to date.

[@cfroberts62]

I was on the fence about this one for years, and I was wrong---it's brilliant. Thanks for letting me experience it through you.

[@jackrussell3951]

The short story this was based on ("Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang) is a masterpiece and honestly I kind of thought the movie messed the whole thing up. The story was much more focused on the science of linguistics and the speculative fiction elements while the movie was all about spectacle. They both hit the same emotional beats, but they're so much more interesting when contrasted with science and philosophy than with images of huge spaceships and spooky aliens.

[@Steelburgh]

Finally, someone who gets as broken by the ending as I do. This is my absolute favorite movie. I ugly cry every single time (including watching this video!). Thanks for an amazing reaction.

[@PoP_uMm]

favorite movie of all time, just perfect "He said I made the wrong choice" may be the saddest line I've ever heard. Gets me every time

[@pheverdream5618]

A response I like to give whenever I post to a reaction to Arrival is to watch the movie again. The first time you watch it is to experience it as all of us experience life. A somewhat mysterious unfolding of consequences like a wave we surf just keeping up with it. A second viewing gives you insight into Louise's post Arrival experience. From the start of your re-watch your mind can move through the memory of all events in the film without regard to your present viewing point. Deeper meaning is available to you of all aspects of the events because the nuances and echos build and resonate within your present and memory experience.

[@xBloodXGusherx]

I watched so many reactions that I could have swore you guys did this one already. This was a pleasant surprise and a very nice watch. Thank you.

[@le_petit_calimero]

This is hands down one of my favorite sci-fi movies. I love the message that we finally have to start to see ourselves as one species and work together. At some point we started to draw arbitrary lines on this planet and humans said "this is this country, this is that country" and people are fighting each other because of this instead of working together. If we understood ourselves as one species and worked together, maybe no one would have to starve because there are enough resources, they are just poorly distributed. Humans wage wars because of these imaginary lines and depending on where you were born you are either lucky or not. That can't be right. It was never right. Like you said: "Can we just get along? Can we just have this happen now so we can not be where we are?" You saying this and the way you did really got me ... That's why I love this film so much. And i am glad i found this channel! Thanks for this great emotional reaction :)

[@Selph_EU]

Arrival always reminds me of "Miette leaving". Each time I find myself hoping that her family managed, just like Amy's character, to cope with their grief and live with it.

[@rensvh98]

I watched this movie like 3 times already and it fully hits every time. This movie is so, so well made and unlike any other movie I've watched that involves aliens. The language aspect, the future sight, the child she will have... I recognize the full body chills.

[@fzwilling]

Arrival is pure poetry :)

[@fredkrissman6527]

Just a "typical" DenisVillenueve film... Breathtaking, groundbreaking, & inspiring! Thanx for the bizarre & touching reaction Arianna.

[@bowi1332]

Hypercaffeinated and "whatever-else-that-was" Arianna sure makes touching content! 😅👏

[@Pinkielover]

it's better to love someone , than to never love at all enjoy every moment you have together .. unfortunately, not everybody can do that. I have absolutely no one in my life. Make sure I have siblings but they're not part of my life. not anymore sadly, that's the way life goes

[@JGComments]

ugh - just thinking about this movie again makes me almost want to cry.

[@SgtWicket]

I recommend reading the short story “The Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang. Denis is great but no movie can do it justice.

[@Oddworld2024]

I share in your compassion of this world we live in. I too wish we all could get along and advance our selves for the better. It’s crazy to think we Are intelligent but seems not enough to learn to see eachothers sides understand situatuations appologies for past issues. And move forward and unite. I’m with you

[@wraith1701]

Outstanding movie. I went in relatively blind (I knew it was a first-contact story). This was SO MUCH MORE than I expected. A lot of movies get labeled as “art,” but this film actually IS. It has the same transformative power as the novel that the lead character writes. Life-altering and life-affirming.

[@seanmcmurphy4744]

What a wonderful reaction! You really got this movie. I know this because my waterworks started about where yours did.

[@fslowtalker]

We are creatures born of violence, desperation, but also hope and love. As is everything in existence. We handle things with violence because it’s in our nature to do so but we resolve issue because of hope and love.

[@johnmavroudis2054]

She saw her daughter... she KNEW her daughter... She HAD to have her daughter... even knowing everything. A truly great film. "ARRIVAL" is as much about the arrival of Hannah as it is about the arrival of the aliens. What a film. Thank you for your empathetic and wonderful reaction. Since you loved this one, I'm sure you'll love these other gems: "PLEASANTVILLE," "STRANGER THAN FICTION," (both are magical, deep, and uplifting films. True gems.). Cheers!

[@jameswilliamson7140]

Arrival in my opinion is one of the greatest sci-fi films made, i always try & pass on that the collection of short stories which it is adapted from "Stories of Your Life and Others" is most definitely worth the read.

[@mmookksart9000]

OK, Arianna. I'm ready to cry with you. This is one of the most heartbreaking, beautiful yet hopeful movies I have ever seen. ♥

[@StoriesThatSuck-pw1vi]

This is one of my all-time favorite movies. So beautifully bittersweet. I was so happy when I saw that you were reacting to it.

[@Udgrasil13]

Hard contender for one the best films of the last decade.

[@nittojoe136]

One of my favorite movies! About time you guys watched it!

[@mikeyben7]

This movie is gorgeous and the score🙏🙏🙏 incredible writing, acting, pace. Just beautiful ❤

[@AubreySciFi]

It's a great film. It really keeps you guessing till near the end. Well shot, well directed, and well acted. Top marks all around from me.