Overrated by pseudo-intellects and pretentious nerds
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The_TJT — 9 years ago(January 10, 2017 07:17 PM)
Hailing a movie like this as Sci-Fi master piece is an act of total ignorance oozing out of pathetically poor IQ.
What an intelligent way to start a post.
The film's premise is set on a fairy tale fantasy tale like that of Alice in Wonderland. Deciphering an alien language gives your brain cells access to some unholy dimension to retrieve information from future and flash images in your mind?!
It is TRUE science fiction concept, new and imaginative In other words it is great science fiction.
And just when the aliens started flashing their language, the sensible set of audience thought that the best part is about to begin which would show how exactly would humans interpret & decipher alien language.
I thought the film showed that pretty well, and included the concept of time in it that is what made it science fiction.
If the film would have been only about learning the language then it would have been more like fantasy fiction instead of science fiction, an 'Independence Day' of sorts.
If you want a film purely focused on learning the language I recommend
The Miracle Worker (1962)
, which is hard to top in that category, and is based on real case as well. The acting is simply brilliant.
Arrival, however, is not only about the sci-fi concept and story. It is also about the cinematography, pacing, and Adams' performance which were all pretty flawless. This is a very well directed film by Villeneuve no matter what you wanted the script to be. -
The_Foxcatcher — 9 years ago(January 13, 2017 03:29 AM)
If the film would have been only about learning the language then it would have been more like fantasy fiction instead of science fiction, an 'Independence Day' of sorts.
Oh really? So does that make 'Contact' a fantasy film? Contact was intriguing because of the part of interpreting an alien message. They start analysing the message and then one clue leads to another and then another and all within the paradigm of scientific possibilities.
Arrival did nothing. It straight away fed you with some fair tale fantasy logic of foreseeing future and ending with a nonsensical decision made by a character.
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The_TJT — 9 years ago(January 13, 2017 07:57 AM)
Oh really? So does that make 'Contact' a fantasy film? Contact was intriguing because of the part of interpreting an alien message. They start analysing the message and then one clue leads to another and then another and all within the paradigm of scientific possibilities.
You missed the point, regardless of your superior IQ
The point is that if a film is only about linguistic problems then it lacks the true science fiction element - it would be a film about linguistics in fantasy environment.
Both Contact and Arrival have more than that though. Arrival has 'time travel' and Contact has travel through wormholes. Those are science fiction concepts while linguistics is not. -
frankmullins — 9 years ago(January 21, 2017 03:29 PM)
Science fiction consists of what can be -however unlikely it is to exist with current knowledge.
Fantasy is what can't logically exist.
The alien language giving the ability to transcend time and see future, past and present as one is fantasy. There is no basis in reality for such a thing.
Whereas the aliens landing is sci-fi. Cause odds are there are aliens out there and as unlikely as it they will visit us due to the size of space, it is something that could happen.
If ya just got to combine both elements in the movie, the. It would be fantasy, since the language was such a big part of it.
Back in the day, when there was a sci-fi story with lots of impossible stuff in it. It was referred to a science fantasy.
Reckin that is as good a description as any. -
maxLevelkook — 9 years ago(January 10, 2017 07:45 PM)
Villeneueve has a talent for making emotionally complicated films, I think Blade Runner is a great fit. I didn't like this movie, but the problem was the story and writer, not the director.
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charzhino — 9 years ago(January 11, 2017 03:42 AM)
At least its not unrealistic comedy crap like The Martian was. Honesty, any movie that tries to be serious and thoughtful like Arrival or Interstellar always gets labelled pretentious. Its actually laughable that people have forgotten the meaning of the word.
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oregonziggy — 9 years ago(January 12, 2017 12:07 PM)
I agree, I watched it with a group of people and two of them have actually been in movies , one of them fell asleep and the other one decided to become our bartender LOL He thought it best we get a little drunker to finish the movie.
We had a screener copy of the film because they are in SAG? I think? Don't know that much about it.
I love a good thought provoking movie, I like it when they leave some of it up to the individual to ponder what it means. But this whole movie was that.
I loved Interstellar, one of my favorite films ever. This movie should not be compared to Interstellar. -
The_Foxcatcher — 9 years ago(January 13, 2017 03:24 AM)
unrealistic comedy crap like The Martian
Unrealistic? Are you in your sense? Do you know who wrote 'The Martian'? It was closest possible realistic Sc-Fi movie with smart comic reliefs to have the audience relaxed from the continuous science concepts the movie dealt with.
Your statement about The Martian alone proves your natural inability to acknowledge intelligent fact like how Arrival was a fairy tale fantasy tale drivel with no backing on scientific possibilities.
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ChardeeMacDennis86 — 9 years ago(January 14, 2017 09:03 AM)
The Martian was completely corny and unrealistic.
People like you make me laugh, because you come to places like this to rant about "pseudo-intellect" and "pretentiousness", yet usually you're obviously the ones who think that you possess some sort of genius that elevates you above the rest of us, all while ranting like a person who doesn't have two brain cells to rub together.
Why don't you take your arrogant, superior attitude and your deluded self-image somewhere else. -
jenersharma — 9 years ago(January 21, 2017 12:41 PM)
Unrealistic? Are you in your sense? Do you know who wrote 'The Martian'? It was closest possible realistic Sc-Fi movie with smart comic reliefs to have the audience relaxed from the continuous science concepts the movie dealt with.
The Martian won the Golden Globes for Best Comedy or Musical, so. -
The_Foxcatcher — 9 years ago(January 26, 2017 10:42 PM)
The Martian won the Golden Globes for Best Comedy or Musical, so.
Another display of lousy IQ.
So in order to be nominated for Golden Globes, the movie has to be solely a comedy and comedy only, right? Despite knowing that The Martian was relying heavily on Science (assuming you saw the movie), your argument shows how desperate & foolish you are.
No wonder, Arrival must have pampered your feeble little mind.
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C-Younkin — 9 years ago(January 14, 2017 10:11 AM)
I'll agree with you. This movie has a lot of really silly things in it that people are giving a pass on. And it tries to go for a kind of self-importance that it just doesn't earn. That ending in particular in really contrived.
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SmotherEarth — 9 years ago(January 17, 2017 02:29 AM)
Agree.
This film is not good as an intelligent sci-fi but i see it as durable as a feel good film for people who think its intelligent,had it went into the language part with the..ya know,linguist it focuses on i probably would've liked it.