Arrival

[iodeac 138]

I'm sure there was a thread about this left behind on the old board, but I just rewatched it and it might be in my all-time top ten. I'm basically obsessed with Spanish and I love how the movie deals with language acquisition and how it's perceived. I just got back from a trip to Colombia with about 18 other people and I was surprised to hear that I was the only person who has dreams on another language. Definitely interested to see what you all think.

 

Also, the Max Richter score at the beginning and end got me. I think Leftovers will always be in my mind because of his work there and I recognized that same style in this movie

 

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[HoustonFrog 368]

The language stuff wasn’t that interesting to me, but it’s probably a top 15 or top 10 movie for me.

I loved how they marketed the movie as an alien movie when it was anything but that. That was just the setting.

Also hit close to home at the time as we had just found our pregnant with our first child. My wife cried really really hard

[South Austin 52526]

4 minutes ago, HoustonFrog said:

I loved how they marketed the movie as an alien movie when it was anything but that. That was just the setting.

Agree.  It was a device for a greater philosophical debate about whether you would do anything differently if you knew the outcome of your future.  At least that was my take away. 

Love this movie.  Need to watch it again.

[Parliament 14276]

My one complaint is they figured out the language too easy, and never showed us exactly how they did it. It was a deus ex machina that we never even saw.

Still liked it very much.

[Viper 12111]

2 hours ago, South Austin said:

Agree.  It was a device for a greater philosophical debate about whether you would do anything differently if you knew the outcome of your future.  At least that was my take away. 

Love this movie.  Need to watch it again.

try reading the short story it was based off of by Ted Chiang. He has two collections of philosophical short stories like this, though Arrival/Story of Your Life, is the only one involving aliens.

[yoladu 4094]

[Jiggy-Z 3433]

2 hours ago, Viper said:

try reading the short story it was based off of by Ted Chiang. He has two collections of philosophical short stories like this, though Arrival/Story of Your Life, is the only one involving aliens.

Read the whole collection/book that "Arrival" was in.  Great stories.  I especially liked the Tower of Babel and the "genetically altered smart guy" story.

[billfromlaketravis 11520]

Damn. What an interesting philosophical movie. Renner and Adams are terrific.

I’m going to think about this one. Is Arrival better than Interstellar? 

Edited June 21, 2023 by billfromlaketravis

[Sam Lin 3560]

On 2/27/2020 at 2:35 AM, Viper said:

try reading the short story it was based off of by Ted Chiang. He has two collections of philosophical short stories like this, though Arrival/Story of Your Life, is the only one involving aliens.

This, the story is fantastic. Short but strong.

[notre dame joe 191]

On 2/26/2020 at 9:54 AM, HoustonFrog said:

The language stuff wasn’t that interesting to me, but it’s probably a top 15 or top 10 movie for me.

I loved how they marketed the movie as an alien movie when it was anything but that. That was just the setting.

Also hit close to home at the time as we had just found our pregnant with our first child. My wife cried really really hard

that really hung me up as I kept thinking can we pause linguistics class and get back to the aliens?  I probably need to watch it with absolutely no alcohol.

[WBT 20646]

6 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

 

I’m going to think about this one. Is Arrival better than Interstellar? 

Yes

[hookem2010 2624]

I watched it back in 2018 and loved it, then rewatched a couple of years ago when my wife first got pregnant. Hits hard. I might be due for another rewatch. 

[hookem2010 2624]

Just now, WBT said:

Yes

Interstellar is the superior theater experience, but Arrival is a better movie.

[South Austin 52526]

1 hour ago, hookem2010 said:

Interstellar is the superior theater experience, but Arrival is a better movie.

Well said, and agreed.