Are there any shots of actual aliens in this film?
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denisesballs — 9 years ago(December 17, 2016 12:31 PM)
I know very little about this film (purposely). I'd like to go with my wife, but she is deathly afraid of aliens and can't handle seeing the cliche "alien face". Are there any shots of actual aliens in the stereotypical big eyes and funny head in it?
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Spielburger — 9 years ago(December 17, 2016 12:54 PM)
Yes; the aliens are shown, but they are not remotely humanoid. The aliens are known as
"Heptapods", and are akin to huge, seven-legged squids.
Without going too far into spoiler territory, the film's plot revolves around just how "alien" the aliens are;
in terms of how they look, communicate and even think.
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barcham_99 — 9 years ago(January 13, 2017 09:57 AM)
That is a question that I often have about aliens in movies. They often have tentacles or hands with claws or two or three large fingers and are not very dextrous. So how are they able to construct and operate these highly advanced ships and equipment? This takes me right out of my suspension of disbelief bubble and destroys all possibility credibility of the story.
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Innsmouth — 9 years ago(December 18, 2016 08:59 AM)
There is an initial sense of creepiness/unease with what is presented about the aliens, but that kind of goes a way, and the purpose of the movie really isn't to scare you with the aliens.
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chet19 — 9 years ago(December 19, 2016 10:05 AM)
They are really really silly octopus things but with a leg missing, so they are heptapods. And they kinda float around in their chamber and never interact with the humans, so it literally seems like they are octopi hovering around in the water. Ridiculous looking.
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Three Gun Fish — 9 years ago(December 19, 2016 02:11 PM)
Are there any shots of actual aliens in the stereotypical big eyes and funny head in it?
No.
The aliens here look like hands, if hands had five fingers and two thumbs.
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grantss — 9 years ago(December 19, 2016 02:23 PM)
No. The producers wanted to use actual aliens but they couldn't guarantee that no aliens would be harmed during the making of the movie. As a result the Humane Society wouldn't greenlight the movie and they had to use CGI instead.
A pity, as there are so many good alien actors out there.
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foxgable — 9 years ago(December 19, 2016 08:32 PM)
They look like
squid that "swim"
around in an
empty, smoky space
. It's not scary but pretty disappointing. They are
not humanoid at all
but not scary at all.
There were elements of the
alien spacecraft
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bonjovi9999 — 9 years ago(January 13, 2017 01:42 PM)
Man, you will be bored, this is not movie about aliens, aliens are just framework for the story about woman and her sick future kid, this is is drama about life, problems in life,and the end is rushed and it doesn't make sense, aliens are just extras in this movie.There is no suspense in movie and movie is boring as hell, this is the most boring movie i have ever seen in my life.