yeah those are better executed films. i guess it's just because i am more of a sucker for sci fi movies
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svalinanikola — 9 years ago(November 16, 2016 07:41 AM)
- Why 12? and why the 12 located where they are.
- Why does Louis have the ability to have vision about future?
- Why do the aliens just leave?
All of those questions have been answered in the movie, though.
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svalinanikola — 9 years ago(November 16, 2016 07:52 AM)
When they decode the sentence, they realize it relates to the concept of time and that the one they recieved is only one twelfth of the intended whole.
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Frostbite22 — 9 years ago(November 16, 2016 06:32 PM)
I enjoyed the movie quite a bit, albeit different than I originally thought I would. For example I also went in hoping for more "SCI/FI" and ended up getting too much emotional baggage thrown in there, but it still was a good movie.
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aznxscorpion517 — 9 years ago(November 17, 2016 12:50 PM)
Since the movie is about the human condition and specifically Louise those questions are not important to the story. Maybe they are important to you and you would like answers and that's fine but they didn't need to be answered in terms of the story. Hear me out.
- 12 sites. Could have 13. Could have been 11. Could have been random. If those sites were in any other place how would it change any major plot points? General Shang would have been General Hamilton instead? General Morimoto? General Guerrero?
- Aliens arrive and by the end of the film we know they came to give us the tool of their language. Louise and likely the rest of humanity will eventually gain the ability to perceive time as nonlinear. I don't think they needed to tell us they needed our help 3000 years from now but they did so whatever fine. If they didn't tell us the 3000 years thing how would it change any major plot points? If they did tell us why they need our help in 3000 years (disease, war, traveling to other worlds) how would it change any major events to the movie we actually saw? Louise still learns the language, prevents a potential tragedy. We learn the twist as we were supposed to. Basically same movie.
- Others and I answered this question previously.
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C-Younkin — 9 years ago(November 17, 2016 09:47 PM)
Yeah, I thought so much of this movie just seemed like they were throwing ideas in there but then tries to do some misdirect with that lame directors trick of going backwards and forwards in time and giving us a really contrived and ridiculous ending. This isn't great sci-fi. A movie like Contact for example will inspire debate and questions. This just simplistically tells us stuff (like we need to communicate more) before moving to the next idea.
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james-mac — 9 years ago(November 18, 2016 05:41 PM)
"Science fiction, good science fiction, is a special kind of genre that is about answering questions with our current understanding of Physics, and making predictions about where science is headed."
Who says? Fahrenheit 451 is not about physics but is considered a science fiction classic. Where did you get this idea? -
doorclosed321 — 9 years ago(November 18, 2016 05:58 PM)
In this movie humans perception of time doesn't alter per se, it ceases to exist.
1)obviously this happens becuase they were helped by a unified humanity and them coming to earth was the catalyst for the humanity unification. The movie also explains that language is the barrier that separates us on earth, becuase each language shapes it's speakers view of reality differently so they can never agree. By being here and learning a new language called the universal language, now all humanity can speak one language, breaking down both barriers and their opening their eyes to a more accurate nature of reality.
2)when they say they'll need help in 3000 years time, what they really meant was they'd already had help from humans 3000 years from now, even while they were still on earth preparing earth to to help them. They only said they need help in 3000 years because that's how humans would currently understand it.
3)they didn't plan to bring 12 ships, they didn't plan anything. Even before they'd brought 12 ships they'd already brought 12 ships and that couldn't be changed. Everything that happens in this movie has already happened and nobody had any choice in anything. Everything that does happened was meant ho happen and will happened again infinitely. -
vampypiano — 9 years ago(January 08, 2017 05:56 AM)
You're missing the point of the movie. The aliens are not important, the other characters are not important, Louise is important. At its core, this is a character study that raises one philosophical question. The aliens were never supposed to be the focus, and much less their techinology and how they come to earth. It's not that kind of movie.
