Arrival 0

[cousin itt]

Can't find a thread for this movie. So, sorry if there already is one. Currently at 100% on RT with 54 reviews counted.

Edited November 5, 2016 by cousin itt

[Comicopolis]

Looks very interesting from the trailers.

[NewEnglandGothic]

Popped in 2001 tonight after watching the trailer on Star Trek Beyond. Looks interesting. Hawkeye and Lois Lane team-up.

[50 Cent #II (1st)]

Watch this trailer (for a different "Arrival") if you want a high cringe level for 2 minutes of your life:

 

 

The 90's Charlie Sheen The Arrival wasn't bad, but the sequel must have been as I don't recall it.

[NewEnglandGothic]

Watch this trailer (for a different "Arrival") if you want a high cringe level for 2 minutes of your life:

 

 

The 90's Charlie Sheen Arrival wasn't bad, but the sequel must have been as I don't recall it.

Didn't movie critic Roger Ebert like it more than Independence Day that summer?

[Sauce Dog]

This is one of my most anticipated movies this year (other than the new Godzilla which i've already seen) as anything based on a story by Ted Chiang is going to be interested. I recommend all of his stories for any sci-fi fan (the collection 'Stories of Your Life and Others' is amazing)

[valiantman]

It's odd that they're using the same name as the 1996 film. I just assumed it was a remake.

 

Looks like it has no connection to the original.

[Sauce Dog]

It's odd that they're using the same name as the 1996 film. I just assumed it was a remake.

 

Looks like it has no connection to the original.

 

Well, they ain't. One is called 'Arrival' and the other older one is called 'The Arrival' and I don't think anyone gives the Charlie Sheen movies much thought anymore nor would even refer to it as 'the original'. At least it is better then the vast amount of other movies that have identical names (Bad Boys, Gladiator, Red, Crash, The Illusionist etc.. etc.. etc..)

[nearmint]

Definitely seeing this over the weekend.

[cousin itt]

73 reviews counted and still 100%. I'm starting to think this might be even better than the charlie sheen version.

[50 Cent #II (1st)]

Yeah, I'm looking forward to this one also, the Director has been great with Incendies, Prisoners, Enemy and Sicario. This will be great also, I'm sure. If you haven't seen any of those, add them to your queue already (he sure loves the one word titles).

[paperheart]

Rex Reed needs to be put out to pasture.

[Darth Corgi]

Just got back from a late showing. It was awesome. Lots of great work here. Interesting soundtrack and sound effects.

[50 Cent #II (1st)]

I think most will like it. Think Contact meets Interstellar meets Tree of Life (or some othe T. Malic movie) with pacing similar to his other movie Enemy. The ending climax is sutle/subdued. No clapping and a pause of silence before everyone got up and quietly left. Not that it was bad, just don't expect Independence Day.

[1Cool]

Terrible movie and I love Sci-fi movie that are deep. Very very slow with very little pay off at the end. Left wishing I had those two hours back and my headached.

[revat]

Thought it was great

[fastballspecial]

It looks like another Contact Style movie and I am all for that.

 

 

[Hawkman]

Really good. Thoughtful. Well-structured. Beautifully shot by Bradford Young, obviously. Amy Adams may get some Oscar love here-- I wouldn't be mad. Loved the depictions of alien life/attempts at alien communication-- unlike most of what we usually see in these flicks.

 

Denis stays rollin', man. Doesn't really top Sicario for me, but that -script was so aces. This is really strong too.

 

They were, I think, intentionally vague about what help the aliens would need (could be natural resources unique to earth, could be the thought process of a species that thinks about time linearly...). But teaching us their language and ability to hop around time will make it much easier to communicate (and maybe help ensure that we haven't exterminated ourselves through nuclear war) when they return in 3000 years.

 

humans can only "time travel" when they've fully understood the heptapod language... that is, when they've started to dream in it and are fully immersed in it. Adams was obviously the most well-versed but I get the feeling that her knowledge was even further advanced when she boarded the ship and could actually touch the ink.

 

and it looks like she becomes the leading expert on the language in the near future but obviously not everyone gets the time-hopping ability because her husband is surprised by the daughter getting sick.

[Sauce Dog]

not everyone gets the time-hopping ability because her husband is surprised by the daughter getting sick.

 

FYI it isn't anything to do with time-hopping or traveling, it's just access to memories. Just as when you are trying to figure out a problem you might suddenly remember a moment from your past that can help you. But yes, not everyone learns it fully enough (or tries to) to get to that level of perception.

 

 

"It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards" - The Queen of Hearts

[miraclemet]

just re-read the story today and watching the movie now....

 

as someone else said, the trailer was a little to Day the Earth Stood Still, or a thinking mans Independence day, but as others had said, its way more Contact than anything else...