Fuck Star Trek. You want some good sci-fi? Go see Arrival.

Sounds like this movie is an IQ test and you failed.

reread my little review, it's the other way around.
The conclusion of the movie is too simple for such a long, boring build up.

Only people who think they are smart will think this movie is clever - in reality this movie is extremely simplistic.

It's sad that i have to explain to you what 'pretentious' means.


Compare it to the people who thought "inception" was complex... Those are people who cannot comprehend the idea of the multi layered dream storylines - they don't get it even though it is being literally explained at the start and throughout the movie. Cannot get more obvious than that, so if you still have trouble you are not very smart.
It's an ok idea, the movie was entertaining, but even though there were multi layered stories - this movie was very linear and simplistic.
Anyone who says it blew their mind isn't smart. It is such a straight forward movie that it can't blow your mind if you watch and understand 'the rules' of the realm in this movie (which they explain every 5 minutes in case you missed it).


Btw i smiled when i saw you of all people mentioning an IQ test. No offense but you are not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed... like i said no offense, it's not like you can do anything about it

I stopped reading at "fuck Star Trek".

Ok.


I don't know, I like her. And don't forget the tragedy that happens to her character in this film. I thought she did a good job, though, I found myself reminded of "Lois Lane" once or twice. Maybe she won't win any awards for a while but I still liked her in it.


Shame!


I never saw the original. I know, bad. I saw the remake with George Clooney. I liked it, but like 2001, it was freaking hard to watch (slow, boring, etc). I saw Solaris twice and still don't understand the ending. Was it all in his head? Did his wife exist? Did Solaris make a copy for him? Ugh..


Meh. I like dumb movies too.

I think you're off here a little. "Complex" can mean hard to understand, or it can mean detailed. Inception was incredibly complex, in that it was highly detailed. Yes they explain what is going on, but only in simple terms. Besides the story, the music offers a cue as to what is going on. Cobb's spinning top may not be his true totem. Time moves at different speeds depending on the dream layer. Complex doesn't begin to describe Inception.


Sorry, my bad. I should have said "Fuck Star Trek Beyond". Iz crap!

movie is deep shit

Look what TV show has every character perfect? For you probably Vikings, but for the rest of us, all shows have one or two cringers. For me it is the lead character's dipshit hairstyle but whatever - it's a show.

I just added Arrival to my to-do list )

Nice, I was thinking about grabbing a matinee. Just hoping it's not too slow like every sci fi movie lately.

i disagree, it wasn't complex.

the deeper the dreamlayer, the slower the time went. Let's take a factor of 60 for example:
Real world sleeping: 1 second
Dreamlayer 1: 1 minute
Dreamlayer 2: 1 hour
Dreamlayer 3: 60 hours
Very linear and not complex.

The spinning thing was a gimmick to leave people in the dark in the end. "will it fall? Or is this a dreamlayer as well? Oh my!" The end.

Now it was pretty entertaining and that's what movies are about. It was just a linear adventure movie, but instead of physically going to locations in James Bond movies, this used the dreamlayers for that.

Prepare to be dissapointed, the whole movie is about the most non-exciting thing ever in case aliens will land on earth, with an annoying and unoriginal (anti) climax.

14th I think

Not sure it's so much SCI-FI but its damn good movie!

It's not an action movie, but I wouldn't call it slow either. I found it compelling and was hooked from the beginning.

agree with OP, good solid hard SF movie, only compareable to Contact.
for me SF movie of last decade was District 9, now Arrival is holding strong for best of this decade.