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?

It's like a Nolan movie without all the bombastics and explaining. (I do like me some Nolan though)

Just a wonderful masterpiece.

I can't believe there's a world where Jeremy Renner has a chance with Amy Adams.
On a serious note, I had no idea what this movie was about or the direction it would go and I'm so happy I didn't. This movie was magnificient. Amy was marvelous and I'm even more confused as to how she didn't get an Oscar win, let alone nomination all together. My stomach felt so tense halfway through the movie. The score was great. The entire premise had me feeling I was in galaxy brain mode the whole time. Long story short, the movie was fantastic.

Quiet, intriguing, mysterious & atmospheric.

Really fascinating and a puzzle to figure out.

Mind numbingly boring.

В 2016м уходил после сеанса под рев половины зала. Сегодня все кончилось куда прозаичней, но после пересмотра есть ощущение, что кто-то перенес твой личный опыт в голливудский двухчасовой фильм – сила этой истории в том, что с таким же впечатлением остались еще миллионы людей.

hannah is specially because it’s a palindrome

this was leagues better than i was expecting. wow. all around beautifully done and kept me 100% engaged the entire time. i havent felt excitement like this while watching a movie in awhile.

films like this are why i unashamedly love sci-fi.

{ oh ! also ! apparently the guy that directed this is set to direct an upcoming film adaptation of dune ?? i’m shitting myself. cant fucking wait. }