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Jan 24, 2024RedLeaf rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Some of the questions the film poses is that if you could know the future, the good and the bad, and even that the future is evolving in the present, can you do anything about it, should you do anything about it, and if time is not linear,…
Jan 12, 2024readyrisa rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
This movie just dragged and dragged. At the end, it tried to resolve issueswith a version of time travel, which turned out to be fairly senseless itself. Mind you, I really like sf movies, but this movie was just boring.
Jan 06, 2024eusebius rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Oh, those heptapods... that meme got tiresome really fast. Science fiction is really dead now, because we know too much about the universe. How did those twelve objects cross the galaxy, travelling enormous distances, without being spotted…
Oct 16, 2023
A bunch of aliens land on Earth and draw circles.
Sep 14, 2023jimy55 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A very smart sci-fi film. Keeps you on your toes as you try to figure out what's going on in Amy Adam's character's "time line."
May 05, 2023
Multiple Recs! "I just really like Amy Adams, Aliens, and good movie soundtracks" - Atti B. "Another fresh take on SyFy/1st contact genre. Also the DUNE director made this movie too." - Nate C.
Oct 12, 2022bladeron rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
if youre a sci-fi fan then this is the movie for u. its beautiful, its thought provoking, its deep and intelligent. the movie and mood and cast and themes were on point for everything it was going for. it flowed so well. top sci-fi movies…
Dec 23, 2021renault17ts rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Much ado about nothing, some good acting
Nov 22, 2021hazeleyes1222 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A brilliant and intelligent movie for the discerning sci fi fan.
Oct 04, 2021richibi rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
entirely forgettable
Oct 02, 2021goldfrapp rated this title 1.5 out of 5 stars
If our first contact with Aliens is as boring as this movie, I would happily avoid them.
Apr 07, 2021LiamBaier rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I loved this movie more than I thought I would. For some weird reason, I've often understood movies based on non-linear time better than normal ones, and this had plenty of that. I had a pretty good understanding of the storyline the first…
Dec 18, 20207527jn rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
As a linguist, I absolutely loved this movie! I read the book this movie was based on, "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang, right after watching the movie and found the book amazing as well. The first 40 minutes of "Arrival" are slow…
Oct 16, 202010000mefest rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
This alien-contact movie stars Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker and focuses on human-alien communication and it's challenges and explores the experience of non-linear time.
Sep 24, 2020BBQ_Chick rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
The aliens are Abbott and Costello. You'd be better off watching the original Abbott and Costello. Even with fast forwarding I couldn't watch this drivel. Sheena Easton had a hit song in each of the sites where the aliens landed?? Come on!…
Aug 25, 2020_Azrael_ rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is a very good movie. Those who want an action movie with guns and explosions, then move on. This is a brain twister, not a Marvel movie. Anyone who gives this a bad rating because there was no action, does not understand the deeper…
Jul 15, 2020anonymouswe rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I loved how this story came together. Great acting as well. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Jun 13, 2020bluepanda_person rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Pretty good!
May 12, 2020dmasterson rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A viscerally engaging sci fi movie. It stays grounded and has many interesting twists.
May 06, 2020mJJLnk7 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Anything by this director (can't pronounce name) seems to be amazing.
Mar 01, 2020orsino81 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Science fiction has never been my cup of tea. For a reason I can't remember, I decided to watch this one and was absolutely blown away. It's the kind of experience that leaves you motionless at the end, making you question and re-evaluate…
Jan 12, 2020Matmanrocks rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
Like the new look for the aliens, kinda like "Thing" from the Addams Family. Kept waiting for something to happen but it's two hours of humans trying to talk to aliens and that's pretty much it. Boring, Boring, Boring!
Jan 09, 2020Moviereviewer rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
2016 Thought provoking sci-fi movie of First Contact
Nov 12, 2019N13m4nd rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I was dubious that a worthwhile film could be made out of Ted Chiang's rather cerebral short story, "The Story of Your Life," but this is one of the rare films which does justice to its written inspiration. That being said, though, I do…
Aug 27, 2019joshlib_0 rated this title 1 out of 5 stars
I wanted so much to enjoy this movie. Gave up after 30 minutes. There are so many dark scenes which have dark scenes within them with more dark scenes. Wasn't going to sit through 2 hours with nothing to see.