Arrival · Movie Discussion

Arachnid1 Senior Member

Originally posted by Darth Thor
Saw this. Should have watched Fantastic Beasts instead.
It was okay in the end. But very very slow.

Now that I've seen this movie, I highly disagree. This movie was great, and was a lot more enjoyable than FB.

GREAT twist at the end

ares834 Senior Member

Saw this a few days ago. It was quite good, though nowhere near as good as the hype suggests.

Darth Thor Senior Member

Originally posted by Arachnid1
Now that I've seen this movie, I highly disagree. This movie was great, and was a lot more enjoyable than FB.
GREAT twist at the end

To each their own. The ending was the only thing that made the film bearable for me.

carthage PLEASE PROTECT ME STONES

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Robtard Senor Member

Recently caught this, not a spectacular groundbreaking film, but good, imo. Worth the watch for any SciFi fan, just don't go in expecting fast-paced action.

Ascendancy Senior Member

Originally posted by Robtard
Recently caught this, not a spectacular groundbreaking film, but good, imo. Worth the watch for any SciFi fan, just don't go in expecting fast-paced action.

How does it compare to something like Interstellar?

Khazra Reborn Champion of Midgard

Just saw this, I was a bit disappointed, not due to the pacing or anything. I just felt the pay off regarding the 'universal language' was a bit lame.

carthage PLEASE PROTECT ME STONES

You'd have to be a pretty big meathead to expect action in a film about linguistics and aliens unlocking the purpose of humanity.

Khazra Reborn Champion of Midgard

When did I say I was expecting action? I was simply a bit let down by the films final reveal.

Mindship Snap out of it.

Originally posted by Robtard
Recently caught this, not a spectacular groundbreaking film, but good, imo. Worth the watch for any SciFi fan, just don't go in expecting fast-paced action.

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Originally posted by Ascendancy
How does it compare to something like Interstellar?

Interstellar had more action, iirc. Interstellar I also consider the true successor to 2001: a space odyssey, in terms of awe-inspiring. The venue for Arrival was more contained, the concepts inspiring more fascination than awe, imo.

Robtard Senor Member

Originally posted by Ascendancy
How does it compare to something like Interstellar?

It's a simpler story than Interstellar, but overall I think Interstellar was the better quality flick, story, script, acting etc., despite its issues. I liked Interstellar though, a lot of people didn't.

Dr Will Hatch Senior Member

Yeah, I'd agree with Robtard. Interstellar was the more ambitious, gutsy movie, and imo, even though it didn't succeed in everything it was trying to do, it was more memorable than Arrival. Actually, both movies both have the Bootstrap Paradox inherent in them, which is interesting.

Overall, I liked Arrival. I enjoyed that it was about something that most sci-fi movies gloss over- how next to be impossible it would actually be for humans and aliens to communicate with one another. Amy Adams was great in it. It's not a masterpiece like Villeneve's last movie, Sicario, but it's worth going out to see for sure.

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Interstellar would have been amazing if the 2nd and 3rd acts were about exploring the various worlds in that black hole/solor system like they did the water planet and ice planet. There were a few more planets they didnt go to if I remember. The bookshelf mind trip thing about love was stupid.
So if it was more space exploration and less "love" conquers all nonsense it would have been great not just ok.

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Originally posted by Darth Thor
Should have watched Fantastic Beasts instead.

Shoot yourself in the head.

Can't imagine it being worse.

Ascendancy Senior Member

Thanks for the insights, peeps.