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Originally Posted by nico-t
it was one of the most pretentious pieces of shit i have seen.
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How on earth can you describe the movie (or any movie) as pretentious? It's a story about a woman and how she deals with something fantastic, and it's told to the viewer in a way that is different, surprising, and satisfying, at least to sci-fi fans. There's nothing pretentious about this movie.
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Originally Posted by nico-t
lets watch a translator doing her job for 2 hours. Holy fuck that was boring.
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I don't think you watched the movie.
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Originally Posted by nico-t
And then lets put this psychological time travel / future vision personal love story in it, where it's all about her kid and that overrated annoying actor. O and she time travels to convince the chinese guy not to attack the aliens.
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I get that you didn't like the movie but why did you have to go spoil it for others? Not cool
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Originally Posted by nico-t
The end.
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No! Not the end. I don't think you watched the movie, or, maybe you were bored and didn't pay attention.
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Btw I wonder how many people were stupid / slow enough to be 'surprised' when in the last future scenes untalented hacks Jeremy Renners face was revealed. Ooooh we didn't see that one coming
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Dude you should warn people before you post a spoiler. Like this:
SPOILER ALERT- DON'T READ THIS PARAGRAPH IF YOU DIDN'T SEE THE MOVIE: You know that there were hints all along about Rener's character, right? There is also lots of other foreshadowing. Look at Banks house compared to her class, compared to the alien room. Look at the lamp in her house (the camera sits on it several times). Look at her daughters name (Adams' character even explains it). The symbol for Entropy is highlighted on a whiteboard in another scene. Louise's daughters name is Hannah, which is a palindrome, and she explains it in one scene. Even the hospital's hallways offer a clue. There are so many clues but they are all subtle and only begin to make sense towards the end of the movie. My point is a "surprise" in a movie can be a cheat, if the audience doesn't "feel" it coming. Some movie makers pack their movies with insane detail, or visual tricks, to tell you what's going on (or whats really going on).
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Originally Posted by nico-t
 it was clear it was that guy from the get go and it's being depicted as if the crowd would be too stupid to have figured that out. |
No, I think you're getting this wrong. Try not to watch a movie this way. Instead, let the story unfold in the way that the artists want it to unfold. Try not to jump ahead or guess the ending. Let any story flow naturally to you and you will enjoy it much more, I promise.
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Verdict:
Stupid people who like to think they are smart will say this movie is great.
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No dude, wow. It's just a good movie that some people liked. Just because someone liked it doesn't make them smart. Just because someone didn't like it doesn't make them stupid. In an age of Michael Bay-powered 'Splosion movies (which I like too btw), Arrival is a nice, calm, quiet science fiction movie. That's all.
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In other words: Pretentious as fuck.
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No. Just a good movie. As fuck.
Peace.