This is a movie review for "Arrival", first released at the Venice Film Festival on September 1, 2016. I watched this January 10, 2020.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Run Time: 1 Hour and 56 Minutes
Trailer
Official MPAA Rating (According to IMDB.com):
G / General Audiences
PG / Parental Guidance Suggested
PG-13 / Parents Strongly Cautioned
R / Restricted
X
Not Rated
Notable Cast
Amy Adams ... Louise Banks
Jeremy Renner ... Ian Donnelly
Forest Whitaker ... Colonel Weber
Michael Stuhlbarg ... Agent Halpern
Plot
Aliens have come to Earth and landed 12 "pods" (ships). The USA sends a team (including a linguistics professor) to try to communicate with these aliens. Why did they come to Earth? Are they friendly? Do they have more sinister reasons? Can the humans communicate with the aliens?
Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.
4.5/5 - *SPOILERS*
I love it because of the linguistics and trying to communicate. But then they threw in the idea of time perception and I just fell in love with it even more.
A lot of the bad reviews didn't like the lack of action or the lack of CGI. True, there wasn't much of either but that doesn't make a movie good. The thought provoking and emotion touching elements are very active in this one. Some movies can pull off an almost monochromatic color scheme and I think it was done well with this one.
If you want a sci fi movie with action, this is not the movie for you; try the new Star Wars movies instead. If you want CGI, try Avatar by James Cameron. If you want a thought-provoking movie, then you might like this but it is really about linguistics and trying to find a "common ground"/way to communicate. They don't really show how they have a break-through to be able to communicate because it does throw in the whole "the aliens don't see time in the same way we do" thing. Sure, maybe she's getting the fact that they will eventually get the full break-through later, which starts the break-through now, but.... *mind boggle*
Anyways, trying to describe this movie is difficult because of the whole "time isn't linear" thing. If you want to watch, I highly recommend it. If not, that's your choice. ;-)
That's my movie review. Thank you for reading! Feel free to leave a comment. More reviews to come.
~ Gracie Mae DeLunac
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