Arrival (2016)

I was just going to post this in the watched recently thread but fuck that shit. I saw this earlier and it deserves a thread of its own. What struck me most about it is how sometimes something like a movie or a record will come along and really cheer you up.

Given what happened this week, the general negativity and divisions, hate etc - this film is the perfect antidote for our troubled times. I urge everyone to see it. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Great soundtrack too.

I've heard it's really good, might go see it Sunday!

The story it's adapted from has been on my reading list for a while (may have picked up from the reading thread here). I typically like to read stories before I see the adaptations. But hell, the reviews have been golden, so I'll try to see it this weekend. The theme reminds me (and many others apartently) of Stanislaw Lem's Solaris, another story about first contact and the futility of communication. Beautiful story of science, but Arrival seems to be less of a downer which would be nice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Story_of_Your_Life

Thanks for putting the year it was made in brackets. Definitely going to watch this now.

The story was great. I really liked it and am hyped for this movie. From the trailers tho, it looks like the written alien language is way different from what was explained in the story - along with the ships. but ! i understand they had to flesh stuff out. im seeign it on sunday. really wonder if they do the sort of "looped" weird narrative like with the short. 

Is this the one?

^ Got a new thread for us?

  On 11/11/2016 at 8:36 PM, Schlitze said:

Thanks for putting the year it was made in brackets. Definitely going to watch this now.

lol

First movie that's caught my eye in a while, definitely checking this one out in the cinemas. Be nice to have more sf that isn't completely apocalyptic.

The Arrival had some of the sweatiest scenes in Charlie Sheen's prostitute laden career and that is pretty good going. The new one will not be as sweaty apart from the lead actress' groin in that biohazard suit.

  On 11/12/2016 at 4:51 AM, ambermonk said:

^ Got a new thread for us?

no, me was just admiring yr avpic. it is vry satisfying. woo did tht? 

  On 11/12/2016 at 4:52 PM, Redruth said:

 

  On 11/12/2016 at 4:51 AM, ambermonk said:

^ Got a new thread for us?

 

 

no, me was just admiring yr avpic. it is vry satisfying. woo did tht? 

 

Just saw this. Thought it was fantastic.

so this is good then because the advertising/poster seemed like a knockoff of  Contact (1997 lol)

  On 11/12/2016 at 5:07 PM, sweepstakes said:

 

  On 11/12/2016 at 4:52 PM, Redruth said:

 

  On 11/12/2016 at 4:51 AM, ambermonk said:

^ Got a new thread for us?

 

 

no, me was just admiring yr avpic. it is vry satisfying. woo did tht? 

 

 

frm th oizo vid? i am ashamed. i'm so far behind wth nw music these days..

dennis villeneuve, one before br uh? i am vry curious fr ths..

  On 11/12/2016 at 9:19 PM, Ragnar said:

so this is good then because the advertising/poster seemed like a knockoff of  Contact (1997 lol)

fu mrx, contact was good,

still 11 days before this will come to theaters around here.

wanna watch, enjoyed all the Villeneuve things.

but yeah slightly worried this might be cheesecake AF?

  On 11/13/2016 at 8:09 AM, eugene said:

 

  On 11/12/2016 at 9:19 PM, Ragnar said:

so this is good then because the advertising/poster seemed like a knockoff of  Contact (1997 lol)

 

fu mrx, contact was good,

 

sorry I meant trying to subconsciously cash in on good movie by imitating it

The Ted Chiang story is available as a pdf for free on the interwebs. Read it because it had some ideas which fascinate me (Sapir-Whorf hypothesis) and sci-fi in general. Glad to see the movie is good. Perhaps I'll see it in the cinema.

saw last nite. definitely a slow burn but the payoff is legit

I liked it a lot.

I really enjoyed it. I hope more people go and see it, seems like it is kind of lacking enthusiasm from potential audiences. I thought the soundtrack and the sound was great too. Lots of Biosphere vibes on the sounds imo

the linguistics shit was actually really frustrating... why not just draw them a fucking picture?? especially when she is lecturing the army n00bs to keep it "simple" doesn't get more simple than a fucking pictogram / visual representation of the noun. stick figure with alien touching. we are friends! easy fuckin picture to draw and it conveys much more information that "louise." the idea that the simplest communication would be her name which is a completely meaningless assortment of stylized lines that we have been told are "letters" that run in a certain direction that individually contain their own meaning and yet together have a different meaning!!!!!!!! that is a lot to explain!!!!!!!