Lawlight said:
I thought it was very boring, moving along at a very pedestrian pace and ultimately non-sensical. And the acting - I can only watch Amy Adams having trouble breathing for so long. It seems that the way to get critical praise now is to have long shots of nothing happening, as long as the cinematography is good. A shame because Prisoners and Sicario were great. |
I'm watching the Oscars aso I'm not gonna get into details now but I really disagree, Arrival has a very solid screenplay which makes a majestic use of the flashbacks, the whole theme about comunication and the way languages affects our whole way or perceive things is fascinating, the story can derivate in a lot of reflexions, still the best part is how everything is directed, is visually very powerful, it constantly reminds me to kubrick but with its own personality, it creates an amazing atmosphere, sense of mistery and tension, it sucks you in completely and is fascinating, smart and even poetic all the time, is a really unique movie with a shocking and beautiful ending and Amy Adams is just brilliant. I can't praise it more, I watched it totally thinking it would be as overrated as Interestellar but instead I found a masterpiece, the only movie form Villeneuve at simiar heights is Incendies, Sicario was pretty good but far from Arrival.
