Posted on 11/20/2016 6:08:34 AM PST by SMGFan
Once or twice a year, a movie comes along that is not only an exciting piece of entertainment and a shining exemplar of cinematic craftsmanship, but also a resonant meditation on the human condition. Such a film is “Arrival,” the best movie to arrive in theaters so far in 2016.
If you haven’t already seen it, I urge you to get yourself to the multiplex right away and save for later the rest of this review, which will discuss details of the film’s beautifully realized, emotionally replete surprise ending. It might be the most awe-inspiring conclusion to a sci-fi movie since Dave Bowman’s flight through the final monolith and into another plane of being in the closing minutes of “2001: A Space Odyssey.”
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this was a sci-fi story mixed with a love story
It was good, I enjoyed it, but afterwards I said “I bet this was written by a woman” and I was right.
I’ll let Freepers who have seen the movie weigh in. I trust their opinions more than some mainstream media “reviewer.”
My take:
1. She’s not aging well.
2. Movie was good.
3. Very similar in spirit to Contact and Stanislaw lem’s Solaris.
4. NYT over hypes it, but it is a decent movie to go see. Not very many of them these days.
If the ending is anything like that effing Jodi Foster Sci Fi film, “Contact,” then I don’t want to see it. Or like “Lost” or anything in that nature.
The biggest pro-life heroine is Sarah Palin.
Oh my!
The film Arrival was based on the short story “The Story of Your Life”, by Ted Chiang.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_Your_Life
In reading the article, I could not help but wonder if pro-choice advocates will make the argument that the eugenics-like early termination of children because of birth defect cements their position, that they are only helping to ensure a healthier human race.
My son has autism, and will always have. But even if I did know, I would never support an abortion of him. It made me stronger and more compassionate, and taught me more humility.
But, but I can see boob free online...
It does not, because (1) many birth defects are the result of de novo mutations, and (2) most of the people afflicted by serious birth defects cannot reproduce, so their aberrant genetic profile is not preserved in the gene pool.
On the other hand, those who are pro-abortion are very likely changing the allelic distribution of the gene pool. A woman whose maternal instinct is so weak that she can kill her own children as a form of birth control is less likely than other women to have living children. This is as much a result of psychological factors as it is of physical factors. Abortion damages the reproductive organs, making post-abortive women more likely to have future pregnancy loss or premature birth.
In short, pro-aborts are culling the very characteristics that make them pro-abort out of the human gene pool.
Wow! How did this get out of Hollyweird?
To choose to have a child knowing how they will die ... that is the pro-life message.
The aliens are very alien, the science fiction is interesting.
It goes moderately downhill with the reveal, since it takes Sapir-Whorf theory to an extreme that is biologically impossible for humans and probably in violation of physics.
I see a lot of movies but I don't know about calling this the best movie of the year. Like I said, it was good, but the remake of the Magnificent 7 was good too, as was the Accountant.
Beyond those, the pickings have been pretty slim this year.
I thought this movie was pretentious.
Thankfully, it isn't exactly like "Contact". It is a decent film, but I would say that the film is more about interaction with the aliens, how language works, and concepts of the fluidity of time rather than a sci-fi action film. I liked the movie, but keep in mind that it is a bit more of a high concept film than it is a summer blockbuster film. My only "criticisms" of the film would be that the ending is a bit abrupt and that it could have used a bit more backstory and resolution in regards to the aliens.
Frankly, it sounds like an anti-climactic Stephen King book/film. Disappointing or unfulfilling ending - hurried and rushed.
Just saw Arrival with my 17 year old daughter yesterday. I purposely made sure not to watch any previews or read any reviews, so I had no idea what to expect. I thought it was a very interesting sci-fi flick, although likely too slow moving for a lot of people these days.
Yes, upon it being revealed that Louise, learning of the suffering and death of her child in advance, still chose not to change her life, the first thing I thought was — whether the producer and cast knew it or intended it, this movie will leave many taking a pro-life meaning from it.
My comment after the election was that all the feminists had to do to get Hillary elected was to turn out their base. But the base couldn’t turn out - it was ABORTED!
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