Review of Arrival (2016) by Axet — 26 Nov 2016
On the one hand, yet another damn flick about aliens coming down! On the other, one that is fairly restrained, intelligent and serious with an original thought provoking premise. The slow unraveling mystery is good. The conventions of the sub-genre that still aren't transcended here are not, nor is some of the sentimentality. Alas it is not that bold after all.
Would a real scientist constantly dealing in mathematics and numbers upon reading .083 say, "point oh eight three" and not "point zero eight three"? If he is played by a sloppy actor taking sloppy direction perhaps. Or such a real scientist saying oh instead of zero might just need to be fired and lose grants.
This review of Arrival (2016) was written by Axet on 26 Nov 2016.
Arrival has generally received very positive reviews.
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