If Batman v Superman didn't do Amy Adams any justice, then Arrival will. For once, Arrival tells a compelling story: a known language connoisseur is assigned to translate what a group of aliens is communicating in order to understand why they arrived on Earth. Adams characters, Louise Banks, is quite intelligent and will never be the same. After deciphering their language, she has her perception of time manipulated. How scary! Jeremy Renner's character is quite funny. There may be no true antagonists, but the antagonists are the world and their (hostile) perception of the aliens. Finally, the aliens' writing system is magnificent! I wish I knew how to spell my name in their language!
This review is from Arrival [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray] [2016]
Posted by Rallala2
Arrival creates an interesting correlation between the linearity of language and the linearality of time. Worth watching more than once to fully appreciate the complex interweaving of reading and moving through time this film so artistically presents.
This review is from Arrival [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray] [2016]
Posted by Mark
A group of scientists must find a way to communicate with aliens after they land at 12 locations around the world. While trying to communicate with the aliens, linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams), discovers that time is non-linear for the aliens, and they have a different means of communication.
This review is from Arrival [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray] [2016]
Posted by JamesAtlanta
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