This movie truly was overrated tripe.
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kenny-164 — 9 years ago(February 01, 2017 07:05 AM)
I plead innocent to being arrogant. I am instead tired of negative trolls posting here how the film failed to live up to their expectations. that some film that on its merits is a very good film nonetheless failed to meet such expectations is hardly a valid indictment of the film itself.
I totally understand the problem of misleading marketing of films, but Arrival is hardly the first film to be so accused. Maybe read a review or do something other than rely on the studio's marketing to decide what to see.
Or enjoy the film for what it is rather than complaining about how it did not accord with your expectations.
And to say what I said is false is itself a lie. I accurately characterized the OP's objections, as he himself confirmed in his very revealing response. -
itziktamar — 9 years ago(February 04, 2017 01:34 PM)
This is a brilliant post, captures the movie perfectly.
For me it was a 6/10. The concept is quite cool but the delivery and character choices were so very terrible and mind numbingly slow. You know a movie is done wrong when you find yourself staring at a screen for 15 seconds waiting for the image to change.
Also, sticking the shells in every poster and trailer and then keeping as a "surprise" in the begining of the movie was so stupid We know what it looks like, move on please.
Move on please should actually be motto for this movie. -
MechanicalWhispers — 9 years ago(February 05, 2017 08:56 AM)
I would agree, only so much as to say that the movie wasn't even a 6/10. Maybe a 4.5. It had some nice visuals, but felt extremely empty. And I love slow movies. But the movie still has to be intelligent and purposeful in its slowness. Characters lacked depth and didn't really make me care what happened to them. I also love how lax the security is around the ship. Anyone seems to be able to casually visit at any time. This movie was light years away from having the substance, impact, and emotional depth of "Contact". In fact, it made me want to watch "Contact" immediately after, just to feel like I didn't waste my entire evening on something so banal as "Arrival".