It's funny you mention Slaughterhouse-Five. Yes..I thought about that film a bit after watching this. Unfortunately, Arr
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vahidjurstic — 9 years ago(February 10, 2017 04:57 PM)
I do not understand how anybody can give this movie a rating of 8.3 and call it a masterpiece. The only thing the cast has mastered is the art of BOREDOM!!!! After watching the movie for 30 minutes you are nothing more than deeply confused and eagerly awaiting some sort of action different than THAT HIDEOUS SOUND! I SWEAR if I didn't know it was aliens in that giant semi- gravity stone tube, I would have thought I am listening to some sort of whales hunt.
Half an hour later you sit in front of the screen even more dazed and disoriented than before. The only new twist is the womb-like feeling Amy Adams finds herself in, her bouncing hair and that creepy white mist which seems to transport people and dissolve matter at the same time.
By the end of the movie you begin to question every choice you have made in your life, including why you decided it was a good idea to see a movie where a semi-linguist, semi-fortune teller and a semi-scientist try to decipher a mysterious alien language, because 3,000 years later the alien whales will need some human help. Eh? Not only did I lose 2 hours of my life, but I need time to recover from this epic disaster. -
bonjovi9999 — 9 years ago(February 13, 2017 09:22 AM)
Movie that only pretentious pseudo intellectuals and hipsters would like.This movie is super slow paced with a "twist/payoff" at the end that Stevie Wonder could see coming from a mile away. How time could be non-linear while preserving causality was never explained at all. In fact, causality was violated by the main character getting a phone number in the future she need in the past as well as what to say to convince China's military leader to back off attacking the aliens. This movie heavily favors feelings/emotions over logic and reason with the main character moping around in the dark/sitting outside having "flashforwards" of her daughter's life most of the film rather than working. On top of this the actions of the main characters and military aren't believable in any way (e.g. why not have some engineers and biologists on your team). Save yourself two hours of your life and don't watch this. The Rotten Tomatoes score this movie got has proved to me that rotten tomatoes is paid advertising. I would personally give this film 1 out of 5 stars since Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner did good work playing their characters, paper-thin and unbelievable as they were. Other than that there is absolutely nothing of substance here. This isn't a "thinking man's" sci fi movie as it has been described. It is another example of Hollywood stressing the importance of emotion/art over science, logic and reason.