ah, yes. meryl streep's role as "meryl streep in another mediocre dramady" was much more deserving of an oscar nomination than amy "i carried this movie on my own two shoulders" adams. because florence foster jenkins will be remembered for much longer than arrival. at least she got nominated for nocturnal animals OH WAIT

memory is a strange thing. for example, i remember amy adams's performance as being one of the best of 2016, but the academy seemed to remember differently

The ghosts of Stanley Kubrick and Michael Crichton have inhabited Denis Villeneuve's body.

more filmmakers should (follow suit and) go full Tarkovsky in wide release form. Villeneuve had already proven himself to be one of the most versatile filmmakers in the medium -- as if we needed any more proof -- and it goes without saying that Bradford Young is a complete colossus with the camera.

why didn't anybody warn me about Max Richter's On the Nature of Daylight bookending the film? I can't even listen to that piece (in absence of a heartbreaking cinematic context) without tearing up; imagine what the introductory and concluding sequences herein did to me.

if you could see beyond the boundaries of your vision and comprehend the entire vastness of your environment -- all that is before you, beside you, behind you -- would you still traverse the same trail, or would you tour time through disparate doors?

the most overwhelming movie i saw this year. i left the theater with question marks on my eyes

This is a movie about faith in humanity.
This is a movie about language vs science, that at the end they turn out to be the same.
This is movie about how language makes our mind think.
This is a movie about not judging others just because they are different.
This is a movie about love and death...

A good screenplay can have all the elements I have said before, but if the movie isn't good, it won't work. What do you need to, from an excellent screenplay make a great movie, you just need Denis Villeneuve. Don't worry Blade Runner fans, we are in good hands.

My mom hated the ending "what guy leaves a dying child? A fucking pussy that's what!"
I thought what was extremely special and idiosyncratic about this movie was how the audience first believes that the backstory of the film comprises of flashbacks rather than "flash forwards." The plot tricks you into thinking Dr. Banks has nothing left to lose after her daughter dies - so of course she's going to go off and attempt alien communication. But once she says "who's this child?" And "go ask your father if it's a science question" You know something is up..

Magiskt bra science fiction-drama. En av de bästa i sin genre på många år. Filosofiskt, smart och nervkittlande.

Okay. You know how SciFi movies skip over the whole gruelling process of actually trying to quantify and understand the very foundation of communication with an alien language and species. Well this movies just stays on that part. It is captivating and entertaining though. If you're a SciFi fan give it a go.

Science Fiction in Perfektion.

Now I am really pissed I have not seen this movie until now. I don't usually call movies "masterpieces" because I think that sounds pretty pretentious (maybe not?) but I would definitely call Arrival a masterpiece. Usually I see a movie and for at least one thing think "well, I would've changed that," for Arrival, I could not think of one thing. Where was Amy's Oscar, though???

An irregular alien story, but why not many challenged this before-- how do we communicate with them?

this messed with my head so much and i loved it