Arrival - Official Movie Review

[@gertjankeegstra2342]

Very nice review. I'm only surprised by the fact that no one talked about sound. The sound design, sound editing and music is incredible in this movie.

[@iSOBigD]

The Dutch Movie Enthusiast yeah there were a lot of scene that without the sound would have been boring or made no sense. they did a good job with the audio and the way it was shot

[@globalcombattv]

Too bad the story doesn't provide much.

[@ImNotSoLegit]

Its the only thing that held the movie together, the cinematography was so boring it almost put me to sleep. That being said, the sound really brings the narrative to fruition.

[@TriColoredTiger]

A rarely seen intelligent non violent sci-fi movie. 9/10

[@GeekFurious]

Alonso saying the story is pretty "straightforward" is the flashing neon sign he DID NOT get it.

[@atenakehnaton3965]

...the story is incredibly straight forward. The story was beyond obvious and on the nose.

[@davidmitchell-baker1701]

No he got it, it's not this big complex movie everyone is making it out to be

[@ahsannaseer3237]

Aten Akehnaton You may think that it is obvious and on the nose, but it is not "straightforward". SPOILER ALERT. It is not straightforward because; the film's beginning and ending is actually palindromic, just like Hannah the name of the protagonist's daughter. The opening scene in the beginning that feels like a flashback for a long time in the film, is actually not just a simple flashback but a flashforward. The film also constantly jumps in time, so I would absolutely not call it "straightforward", but perhaps you meant something else when you described it using that term.

[@atenakehnaton3965]

I mean there isn't a lot to think about because the movie is an exposition machine that makes sure the audience gets everything. It's like getting hit with a sledgehammer of plot points to make sure NO ONE gets lost. That's what I mean by straight forward. They take a character, surround her with idiots, so she can explain really obvious things, which is really an insult to the intelligence of the audience. I guess what I'm stating is, there's no subtlety, it's obvious and straightforward(plain to see).

[@ahsannaseer3237]

Aten Akehnaton Aha! I can see what you mean ;)

[@anasnejmi6961]

Did Alonso just give Doctor Strange a 8.8 and Arrival a 7.5?

[@ginofactap]

that's why he's just Alonso.

[@sonicjrjr14]

NEJMI Anas what's your point? What does 1 have to do with the other? Is Arrival based on a comic?

[@TheNellic07]

This is a movie made so that pseudo-intellects and pretentious wannabe film critics can pretend to be intelligent by praising it.This is the most boring movie I have ever seen The story about aliens is just framework for the story about Louise and her future sick kid, the story about life. There is no suspense , aliens are just extras. This is drama about life and bad things in life, the end is stupid and rushed

[@thecopercoper5533]

+TheNellic07 Hahahaha! A person who did not even understand a rather simple yet profound message of the movie, calls others pseudo-intellectuals. Hahahaha. This is so ironic. You even call the movie boring. Hahaha! I'd rather be a pseudo-intellectual than a none-intellectual like you.

[@46.56.A.]

TheNellic07 What happened here is that you're an idiot who got triggered because you like loud action films and don't like films that force you to think.

[@StephanieL180]

Best film all year. Any film that has you discussing the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, Lakoff & Johnson's conceptual metaphors, game theory, non-linear time and determinism, facing life given the inevitability of death and loss... is truly magnificent.

[@SteMail926]

[SPOILERS} Really surpised by the lukewarm reception below. For me, the idea of Amy Adams having to decide between the inevitable pain, heartbreak and disconnection that will come from falling for Renner, yet going for it just to feel that happiness again, made it a really poignant reflection on human purpose. Not to mention how slick it is in terms of plot mechanics, setting, thematic links, cinematography and THAT SCORE etc etc etc. The actual plot is easily readable after a a second watch but its depth seems to be obscured on purpose so you only get it if you 'learn' how to read her emotions like Adams does with the language.

[@808thampire]

I loved this movie 10/10.

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

One of my five favourite films of the year. I'm really looking forward to his Blade Runner sequel.

[@TT-qc2mu]

SoulStylistJukeBox you must be pleased

[@theolamp5312]

I'm late to the party, But Matt was the only one that got this right. It's great on so many levels. Cinematography, Direction, Script, and Acting. We experience 2 acts where we are being played without even knowing it. And, we have a 3rd act with a real payoff for a change. The movie demands that you see it twice. We have been so lucky to experience so many exceptional Sci-Fi movies in the last few years. Arrival, Ex-Machina, A Quiet Place are the ones that 1st come to mind. These all stand as great movies regardless of genre. I will have to re-watch The Martian & Interstellar to see if I can put them in the same class.

[@jessica5497]

Critics act like Denis Villeneuve doesn't have a saying on how this movie feel or looks. It's insane.

[@achilleshoplite]

There is a classic episode from The Twilight Zone called "The Gift". It's about an alien arrival to Earth & the human challenge to discern whether it comes in peace or to destroy us. "The Arrival" takes this premise to a 2 hour length as Amy Adams plays an expert linguist trying to decode the alien language to determine their intentions. This movie is a cinematic "followup" to Spielberg's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" & has more in common with that in its cerebral approach than the typical violent alien invasion film. I appreciated the work director Denis Villeneuve did here & frankly like his Spielberg followup more than I did Nolan's controversial Kubrick followup. Although there are still some cliches it can't avoid, I found myself terrified & fascinated by it's premise at the same time. Grade of "A-"

[@sylvial1985]

Christy and Alonso are both SENSORS, they need sight and hearing stimulation. Matt is an intuitive, who sees beneath the minimalistic visuals. From now on I will trust Matt only.

[@shannonbloom4133]

It's a story about a mother and her understanding of what time and life bring to her, and humans inability to think and make up memories except in a linear fashion. It talks about time, living in a moment, and returning to a moment that never dies. Time is a sea, not linear. You all missed the damn point. Kurt Vonnegut and Slaughterhouse Five.

[@seal3081]

They should have called Dr Daniel Jackson. He's the best interspecies alien linguist the world has got.

[@KabbalahSherry]

seal3081 - Is he the funny haired dude from Ancient Aliens?! 🤓 Cuz if so, I gotta admit: I love that guy. lol

[@whowantit3]

Na, seal3081 means from Stargate.

[@RominaJones]

So stoked for this film, one of the most highly anticipated releases this year for me.

[@Martin-mh3ue]

This review lacks focus and doesn't do this movie justice. But I get it, I find it hard to express why this movie is excellent. The story, the focus on the main character and the way she handles herself, visuals, etc. Loved it. Refreshing movie.

[@theolamp5312]

I just saw this movie tonight. I definitely deserves a 9. You should go see it and pay close attention from beginning to end. It's one of the rare complex movies that gives you hints throughout, to help you understand the movie as you watch it. Denis wants to make you think. The ending will pull everything together for you. Best wishes to film lovers, Ted

[@goodgirlkay]

I LOVED contact! As a little girl, it had a major influence on me.

[@alexrjharrison]

Me too. I found it profound. Loved the book too!

[@sanyrub]

I hadn´t watched that film until last year and I loved it too. I mean, not Interstellar to me, but I loved most of it (effects cannot be the same obviously). Loved Jodie Foster in it. That whole discovery during the first part of the film was so exciting. Perfectly done. I´m not big on religion so all the religion talk put me off a little bit. Thankfully, films nowadays seem to not be that influenced or afraid of showing science and that´s it. Funny fact that Matthew was part of that film (I had no idea, I always knew about that film as a Jodie Foster film) and 15 years later he was the leading actor in Interstellar :)

[@IMortage]

You must see this one then. It is soo much better than the trailers make you think as well. I am with Matt Atchity as well, 9/10 is a minimum for me.

[@rich.j5308]

7.5 are you serious? Dear god

[@Dr_Salt]

Hard to take these guys seriously when they give this movie a bunch of 7s and give a cookie cutter marvel movie like Dr. Strange a bunch of high 8s.

[@tanjabuchholz5314]

I love this movie so much. Just watched it a second time and its still just as moving

[@RabbiVideoTube]

I don't see how you could watch the movie and come away being like "eh it was pretty good" it was really fucking good, best movie of the year.

[@meloncholicbliss]

HOLY SHIT ATCHITY WITHOUT A BEARD. I DID NOT EXPECT THAT HAHA

[@Omletteàlafromage]

For whoever is wondering, it is based on the short story "The Story Of Your Life" by Chiang Ted

[@BL00DRUNN3R]

Great film and definitely the best sci-fi I have seen for a while. Make sure you are paying attention for the last 20 minutes or the ending won't make sense.

[@StraightToBlack]

Christy appears to have hang-ups about Denis Villeneuve in general. She has complimented Prisoners, Sicario, and this for their cinematography, but is really dismissive of their narrative strengths. She's always like, "meh, it's fine."

[@jameslong6813]

I always have the similar problems with his movies as well. I just can't seem to ever get fully immersed.

[@MovieGuy808]

Tyler Hunter I kind of agree with her. I just watched Sicario last night, I really loved the visual style but found the story kind of meandering and Emily Blunt's character kind of bland and one note. I loved prisoners though.

[@ekuhn44]

yeah I disagree...I find his movies thrilling and suspenseful

[@ethidian3444]

She doesn't really care about quality though. She cares about the more subjective experience of whether or not the movie appealed to her desires/interests/taste. I like her commentary a lot of the time but I'm admittedly starting to become really salty toward critics in general ;)

[@cjwright79]

So... you're saying she's mistaken or unappreciative because she's consistent in her reservations and concerns, is that the implication? You'd prefer it she wildly varied what she has trouble with, or maybe the only acceptable thing for her to offer would be unqualified and effusive praise because then she would be just like you, an echo chamber for your own thoughts and feelings.

[@paperkay]

Awww, is Christy not intelligent enough to get Villeneuve movies? She likes the pretty pretty pictures, but the complex narrative eludes her? Who saw that one coming?

[@kylevanwagn3r]

Every time I happen upon a review by these morons I'm floored that they get paid to do this.

[@westmoviestk2924]

This is one of the most amazing movies I have seen in a While. This movie is so deep it will make you want to see the movie a second time, just to take it all in. I am debating between a 9 and a 10 so I am going Right in the middle and give it a 9,5/10. Best movie of the year so far

[@KabbalahSherry]

West Gaming - I'm SO excited! 🤓 I read the short story as well, but heard they changed up the ending, since in the story, the Aliens just left & that was it. They ended up just hear for observation & then w/no explanation they were gone. Not fishing for spoilers but... I am super excited to see how they change it up for the movie! 😆

[@iSOBigD]

KabbalahSherry i thought it was much better and complex than what you described. Also it was all explained, not impossible to understand like Enemy.

[@dmcarefuldriver]

Without spoiling, I'll say that they didn't really change the ending - they just added to it. And it doesn't really have anything to do with the aliens - they take it much deeper than that. It took me awhile to appreciate it but once I did, I think it makes the whole movie even stronger.

[@KainErrow]

I have to admit, when I saw the trailer for this movie looked up what I could on it, and saw some info on the short story and it's basic theme, I knew this would be a movie I needed perso ally to read the short story for first prior to watching the movie. Haven't done it yet but I absolutely plan to. Enjoyed the review.

[@aughtnt]

Christie, saying there is a narrative mind eff is a spoiler I wish I hadn't heard.

[@kylevanwagn3r]

Denis Villeneuve has directed eight feature length films at this point. Four of which are in English, and all of them are masterpieces. If you don't know what to expect from a Villeneuve film at this point, you shouldn't be reviewing movies. Period.

[@freegadflyathome]

I just saw this. I agree with Christy. The mood and aesthetic was the most interesting part for me. I thought it was great though. I would be interested in reading the short story now.

[@tavasaikong2740]

Yo Alonzo, where did you get that badass shirt?

[@CarSVernon]

this sounds very interesting, though the still of Amy Adams holding the sign that says HUMAN is a bit silly (maybe out of context). ....tho their ratings are kinda low for the way they talked about it.

[@Wolfsbane909]

LOL, so they don't speak dolphin? the humans that is.

[@iSOBigD]

CarSVernon it's just a small part of the movie where she tries to communicate, it makes sense in context

[@jedrzejszymanski542]

Bravo Alonso, arrival has lower rate then sisters, bravo.

[@pauliewalnuts100]

Alonso's shirt is brilliant.

[@kacornish1]

Can’t take you seriously when you give this movie scores in the 7s...

[@TamaraJayne85]

Went and saw this last night, absolutely loved it! And ordering the short story

[@gamefannaticcs]

This movie is brilliant. You guys seem to have missed some things apparently, 7 is really low for this kind of filmmaking craft. I mean it is a new scifi classic

[@pelotontherapyy]

7.3 & 7 5 is a fuking joke. smfh this movie is amazing anything under a 9.0 is bs!

[@Etaukan]

This movie tickled my brain in a most agreeable way. Absolutely worth seeing, so long as you're not expecting a shoot'em up.

[@Ketraar]

Also someone mention the sound effects and music please, its freaking great. One of the best sounding alien movies, along the lines of close encounters (but better and more modern). 9/10 go see it.

[@ArtemisMS]

This film was sort of like what Interstellar wanted to be. It also felt very Arthur C. Clark-ish.

[@TheMightyPipe]

Christy's hair looks lovely. Also Matt rocking the clean shaven. Alonso beautiful as always.

[@shanewilliams35]

Listen, I would love to delve into this movie. It's so good. Even thinking back on certain things that happen it makes me wanna see it again. Plus, the whole narration scene was so bizarre when you think about it and exposition-ey but it plays to the theme of language in a meta sense for us as audiences. Love this film.

[@whitestripe100]

I haven't watched one of these in a while can someone tell me what happened to Matt he looks SOOO different did he just lose weight?!

[@ForAnAngel]

And shaved

[@ApexVenom-]

He looks younger

[@mikejay5130]

He got that Benjamin button disease....

[@fausty616]

Yeah. Wot?

[@cinemawithsven]

The guy in the middle is the biggest critic ever. Lighten up Alonso I never see him give a good review!

[@suzys8558]

Ok, so I just finished watching this movie literally seconds ago and it's not the best movie or the worst, it's actually pretty slow but I did like the story line and how it developed with the main characters instead of the cliche fast pace that movies seem to make. At times it was a bit confusing where I thought it was showing her past but it was actually foreshadowing. I wouldn't say it's my fave movie and and amazing one at that but it's not bad, not a lot of action but it did have to do with a lot of internal dialogue with the lead which can be frustrating at time as well.

[@TheArtfryne]

wow. a cerebral Villeneuve film ... who would that thunk?

[@lSeKToRl]

Movie reminded me of watching a anime with the cinematography.

[@alexsmaxwell]

The original story is The Story of your life by Ted Chiang, in case anyone was wondering. It's within a short story collection. www.amazon.com/Stories-Your-Life-Others-Chiang/dp/1101972122

[@marikotrue3488]

Loved this movie. Any movie that "walks out of the theater with you", is worth seeing. In view of recent events, the main topic of this movie, communication and cooperation, is especially relevant.

[@ZoeHewittHosting]

I agree--absolutely loved this as well and am ready to start handing out Oscars! I also appreciated that it wasn't a downer movie like so many indie-feeling films are. It seems like sometimes filmmakers think movies have to make you upset to stick with you and this wasn't that way at all. I loved all of the symbolism with circles and floating/lack of gravity. The movie was so well done!

[@jazzx251]

I agree - not only did the movie leave the theatre with me, I was covered from head to toe in black ink!

[@marikotrue3488]

***** :)

[@ZoeHewittHosting]

***** Hahah! Also, if it's okay to say to both of you--I do movie reviews on my channel and since you also liked the movie, you might like my review that talked about the deeper symbolism and meanings in the movie. If you have a chance to look, then I'd certainly appreciate it.

[@ibrahemwasti957]

They gave this a 7.5? I guess originality counts for nothing these days...

[@kevingregory-evans6285]

Saw this just last night, the theatre was packed! Says a lot about how good this film is.

[@SoulStylistJukeBox]

Let me guess, Christy calls it a "slog"

[@brunoadministrator8923]

Actually, I think linguist John McWhorter has written that language doesn't really affect your thought in that way.

[@charlesvelasco3357]

i can't get over no beard achity. he's more terrifying than any alien could ever be.

[@LopezTalks]

Gonna be watching and reviewing this on my channel tonight! High hopes!

[@fausty616]

What happened to Matt?

[@emmmanueeel]

It's the first time that I see Matt Atchity without his beard... I'm scared!

[@seal3081]

Should I watch Dr Strange or this? I didn't go see Dr Strange because I was waiting for the reviews for this.

[@seal3081]

Yeah I think I'm leaning more to this. I was expecting atleast all 8's across the board so I'm a bit surprised. I'm just worried this might be too slow for me. But I liked Contact so I'll probably like this.

[@LopezTalks]

Dr. Strange is good, but nothing amazing. I'd say Arrival.

[@kingdarko]

this movie is incredibly slow

[@saifurrehmaan2637]

no ignore the low scores these guys are incredibly inconsistent with how tehy score movies i think they should just scrap that part of the review, listen to what theyre saying though its a beautiful film and i thought it was incredibly profound, deffo worth going to see

[@samtudor-hidy5190]

kingdarko hahaha, this movie was not slow

[@onionsandwich]

How come you guys have only 172K subs. Wow ! - I thought you'd have more.

[@Fittgirlaudrey]

I see Matt has regressed to wearing the Hawaiian shirt.

[@cjwright79]

I'm with Christy on this one. The mood and look and the texture of this film are first rate, the story itself is, much like Abbott and Costello's written language, rather elliptical and circular and doesn't really go anywhere that's ultimately all that rewarding. I like the aerial panning shots the best, and the often-frightening mood followed by revelatory giddy moments, and the terrifyingly-effective score, and the tense action sequences involving some cowards from the military and their bombs and guns. But man oh man, that line at the end "wanna make a baby", was like squatting down and taking a dump on a filet mignon, just awful and tacky and completely autistic when it comes to misunderstanding what sex is really about. I also can't say I care for how this movie treats the topic of free will, which is to say we don't really have any, we're all just pawns in a predestined cosmic game, which is a completely untenable position to anyone with half a brain or the slightest whiff of willpower or some semblance of an integrated psyche. I kind of suspect that this entire movie exists as a tortured explanation of why some nerdy lonely guy should be allowed to slip his sad sausage into this girl he has a crush on, get her pregnant with his defective sperm, eventually bail on the relationship because he's so damn autistic, and then have the fruit of that union wither on the vine as their child dies of cancer in adolescence, but hey! It was all worthwhile because the aliens said it had to happen that way. Use the weapon, i.e. the weapon being a dick. This movie is what happens when someone's sexuality gets subsumed into their intellectual obsessions to the point where it just has to come out somewhere, namely their short stories. Ted Chiang, I'm looking at you hombre. I would be real embarrassed if I were you.

[@WilkinsMichael]

Would a father really leave his dying child? That part didn't make sense to me, sure he might be mad at his wife but the child exists. You wouldn't leave, you would stay to the end just like she did. I guess there are a few people who wouldn't stay but his character throughout the movie was the type to do the right thing. Doesn't make sense, am I missing something?

[@PJsFirstChannel]

They're making a sequel called Departure.

[@FreakieFan]

funny

[@meredithchandler73]

I think it’s interesting that Matt feels people should read the short story it’s based on. Basically - he thinks people should go into the film spoiled?

[@JAContes]

Yeah I was gonna say that the trailers really reminds me of Sphere with a little Close Encounters thrown in. If I hadn't heard that this movie was great, I would have passed on it based on the trailers.

[@iSOBigD]

J.A. Contes yeah there's similarities but It's a great movie, if a little slow paced and not for everyone. I will say it's an original alien invasion movie which is hard to pull off in 2016

[@ZoeHewittHosting]

The trailers didn't do the movie any service--I found them a bit dull whereas I thought the movie was fantastic. A good movie comparison would be Gravity (for the feel) or Predestination (for the themes, a movie that flew totally under the radar starring Ethan Hawke).

[@iSOBigD]

Zoe Yeah, good comparissons

[@ZoeHewittHosting]

iSOBigD Thank you! (If it's okay to say, I do spoiler-free movie reviews on my channel and just talked about Arrival. Since you liked what I had to say here, you might like my review as well if you have a sec to watch.)

[@JAContes]

Okay well I finally got around to watching it, and I hate to say that I absolutely hated it. I thought it was some of the most contrived/pretentious drivel I have ever seen. I couldn't wait for it to be over. I also figured out the twist very early on. Amy Adams was not old enough to have an adult daughter die of cancer. I was also very disappointed that they didn't name the aliens Kang and Kodos as opposed to Abbott & Costello.

[@RAYED2008]

SPOILER : I loved the movie but one thing, The scene where she called the chinese minister and told him what his wife said confused me, IF we are going with the idea that time is non linear, then she should of known what he meant when he told her, because as we have seen throughout the movie, the time displacements that happen is her living in those moments simultaneously. Why is it then at that moment it seems she traveled to the future not remembering the past. Also and this paradox is in most time travel movies, if she needed the future to alter the past then what about the future that was not altered. How was there a union if she didnt call him in the future until he reminded her to alter the past. ahhh so confusing

[@zvimur]

2 possibilities: 1. I think 18 months passed between the conversations. 2. Louise glimpsed a possible future. 2nd possibility raises the question Would you deny an hypothetical child's existrnce, if you know it to be brief?

[@Eldwinn]

You guys spelled fuck wrong in the name

[@diegomorett142]

I love Alonso's shirt

[@RAYED2008]

Woah haven't seen you guys for a while, Matt IS THIN :D

[@johnmatrix9520]

Alonzo's shirt is awesome.

[@globalcombattv]

The concept that everyone can time travel is dull.

[@ChrisOliver4307]

I don't think Christy and Alonso are real human beings. This movie was beautiful on every level.

[@djcloutier3576]

Christie, it's Villeneuve. you pronounce the l's. Like the word, village, same root word. Just letting my French Canadian come out.

[@klondike444]

A "much, much better movie than 'Contact'"? That's saying something.

[@KainErrow]

I'd normally make some snarky remark about Ben's supposed membership in this group, but considering the utter horror of Election Day, I think I can forgive him. It's not going to be airsickness that has him puking up his guts.

[@schmoab]

Good movie, but not great. I think the ending had some logical problems (sort of like Interstellar.) This movie is about communication-not aliens or how humanity needs to work together. It does make Amy Adams character god-like. In reality this situation would hinge on many people working together, not just one lady.

[@jazzx251]

... but halfway through, everybody disconnects and goes their own way; which seemed a fitting allegory for what is happening today - with the end of the EU in sight, and the UN no longer being taken seriously, and Trump's overtures to leaving NATO, which would be the end of that as well. We're fragmenting badly, and it didn't take a dramatic alien invasion to do it! - I think it's entirely possible that a sudden appearance of 12 massive alien spaceships would CERTAINLY cause the worst of us to take the worst sort of unilateral action. "You do what you like with your spaceship ... but we're nuking ours while we get the chance!"

[@SilverSnark]

Who is this Ben you talk about?

[@TheGreatLKHS]

I like Christy Lemire's black strappy wedge sandalss! Whoo hoo!

[@vagvll]

loved this movie,it blowed me didnt expectedthis ..but contact is still my favorite.

[@iknowallthesadsongs2115]

this was an A

[@LucielZ1]

Good film, but nothing beats Contact.

[@sutea3772]

For whatever reason I couldn't get past some of the choices in sound and music throughout the film. Also, all the sick daughter stuff just didn't do it for me.

[@binzsta86]

Donald Trump should communicate with the aliens.

[@FastandFurious_family4ever]

Sharon Riley stop it.

[@jeremychong8541]

Donald would say shoot it! Just like in that shitty independence day movie.

[@harrisonknockers2038]

Nah, he would build a giant sphere around the Earth and make the space aliens pay for it.

[@lyragomez4507]

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[@birdman6815]

he would bomb the shit out of them and take out their families

[@jessica5497]

7.5 ? LOL

[@johnnythreefour2902]

I read the short story, seemed a bit unrealistic. It comes down to the aliens writing actually changing time and space. Doesn't really make sense.

[@arezoi]

Johnny Threefour like your life

[@johnnythreefour2902]

House.Targaryen What? I live a great life full of wonderment.

[@김또지-x5n]

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[@TheSpiritOfTheTimes]

These people should read some Chomsky.

[@Igotoeleven]

the aesthectic is great.........but there are some plot holes...7 out of 10

[@atenakehnaton3965]

Went to see it today, the theater had one seat left, I'll go see it Wednesday morning.

[@atenakehnaton3965]

Saw it yesterday, I thought it was garbage. It was massively cliched and sappy. Now it wasn't bad in the acting, directing, cinematography, etc. but the story was dumb and obvious. The aliens were uncreative. The movie really could have done something great, but it treats its audience like morons, by filling the movie with idiots so the main character can explain REALLY obvious shit. I think Ex Machina handled similar ideas in a much better way.

[@JasonFriedlander]

how was the story dumb and obvious?

[@atenakehnaton3965]

Jason Friedlander About half way through I knew everything that was going to happen. The entire movie was obvious. The dumb part was all the things they explained about language. No fucking shit, I think everyone knows this who isn't a complete fucking moron. Ex Machina covered much of the same material in a much more nuanced and intelligent manner. This movie really beats you over the head with the obvious. I get it's not a thinking movie, it's an emotional fantasy, but Jesus stop pointing out the fucking obvious. They basically took a character surrounded that character with morons so she could explain common sense. The movie had some good points but it was mostly dull and pretentious.

[@jazzx251]

In what way does this resemble Ex Machina? I can't see any parallels at all.

[@atenakehnaton3965]

***** A lot of Ex Machina was about language and how the mind works. In the movie Eva even goes so far as to state Blue Book is named after Ludwig Wittengensteins work. When Eva goes to put on her artificial skin there is a painting of Wittengensteins sister on the wall by Climt. The movie constantly goes over how the mind is both an abstraction of reality (which is what language is) and a series of impulses in direct response to it. Basically both movies use some foreign element to make a study of man (chiefly the mind/language) and it's place in the universe.

[@antoe18]

oh my god matt is like a completely different person with all the weight he has lost

[@SoreThumbSociety]

Highly recommend.

[@mickrogers7414]

Critics rarely mention the quality of cinematography which in the case of "Arrival" was bad to the point of being inconsiderate to the viewer. I read somewhere that the AD Bradford Young was striving for a "mundane" look and he achieved it and more. I got a refund from the first theater because the movie was so washed out and dreary I thought it had to be the projection. Theater number 2 was just as bad. This movie looks and feels dreadful and amateurish, and maybe that's what they were going for, but it is rude and painful on the eyes.

[@ThePrytanis]

Alonso doesn't have kids. If he did his score would be higher.

[@killbot6]

I unsub'ed awhile back, re-subbing now.. don't let me down again.

[@skatinghippo366]

Ben is in death process

[@DarkDennis1961]

Ben? Ben who?

[@patrickkelley1415]

Arrival was a HUGE let down. It took such a lame M Knight Shamalon twist toward the end. the revelation was such an easy out. Terrible

[@austinbrady3308]

He also did prisoners