Review of Arrival (2016) by Theshrike222 — 20 Feb 2017
This movie is all I yearn for in science fiction and so rarely find. Its not about fabulous technologies, or operatic galaxy wide conflicts of good versus evil. That's just sparkle and glitter. The best science fiction challenges us to ask.
Who are we? How do we see and understand the world around us. How do we balance joy and loss. And this movie does it all without drowning ideas with the usual sci-fi pitfalls. All the creatures, tech babble, stunts, CG work and the rest are firmly tethered to the plot.
No, wow I designed a wicked cool spacecraft, it's got to go in somewhere. Science fiction has so much potential as a genre. It's nice to see a movie that delves into that potential for once.
This review of Arrival (2016) was written by Theshrike222 on 20 Feb 2017.
Arrival has generally received very positive reviews.
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