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"Arrival" the movie (1 Viewer)
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Buzzbait
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Excellent movie. I don't know that I'd say that it was the best science movie I've ever seen but it is way up there and makes you think long after watching.
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A few questions/comments:
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A few questions/comments:
1) Does General Shang speak heptapod? In the flash forward scene where Louise meets General Shang at the gala he gives her his personal phone number. I can't remember the exact dialog but the inference is that he KNEW he needed to do so in order for things to turn out as they did.
2) Starting the movie with the scene with Louise and her daughter seems unnecessary in hind sight and only put in to force you to think that everything that happened with her daughter was in the past. I think the flash backs should have coincided with the moments when she started to get a grasp of the heptapod's language. If they had done it that way I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have figured out the flash backs were a result of her brain being rewired and her ability to experience time non linearly. It wouldn't have taken away from the "Ah Ha!" moment. Of course the counter argument to that would be that I'm thinking linearly and that's not the way things work with Louise.
3) The rouge American soldiers planting the bomb was dumb and unnecessary.
2) Starting the movie with the scene with Louise and her daughter seems unnecessary in hind sight and only put in to force you to think that everything that happened with her daughter was in the past. I think the flash backs should have coincided with the moments when she started to get a grasp of the heptapod's language. If they had done it that way I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have figured out the flash backs were a result of her brain being rewired and her ability to experience time non linearly. It wouldn't have taken away from the "Ah Ha!" moment. Of course the counter argument to that would be that I'm thinking linearly and that's not the way things work with Louise.
3) The rouge American soldiers planting the bomb was dumb and unnecessary.
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The General
Footballguy
Finally saw this. Fantastic. Great music, great story. Was bummed not to see it in the theater.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
It sucked.
The General
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Dan Lambskin
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McGarnicle
Footballguy
I think there was another thread for this movie where people were saying it blew them away and was the best sci-fi movie they'd ever seen. I thought it was solid but not nearly up to that level.
The General
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Different strokes and all. It wasn't action packed but I liked the build up and the story twist was well done. Great music and look to it as well. I wish they would have gone just a bit more into how society and the general population was breaking down.
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