I was expecting a generic alien invasion movie, and I was pleasantly surprised
Don't remember much of this movie , but what I did see wasz very beautiful
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The aliens reminded me of the Tralfamadorians from Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five.
That was a mouthful. Is it worth a watch?
It's a book. Then again I don't watch much tv, so who knows, it may have been adapted by now. The book is worth reading though, it's very good.
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Sapir-Whorf always fascinated me when I first read about it in philosophy class
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Watched it last week for the first time. Really enjoyed it
I watched it for the first time last year without knowing anything about it and, as someone who loves to nerd out about anything linguistics related (am translator, for context), I cannot describe how gleeful I was that such subjects had center focus in a big blockbuster like that. Obviously the other aspects of the movie were amazing as well and the story got me very emotional by the end, but I will never shut up about how interesting and important that translation/communication aspect of the movie was.
Genuinely one of the best movies of all time IMO
Amy Adams wrecked me with two movies back-to-back. Nocturnal Animals and Arrivals really did a number on me.
The world is shocked to discover that Terryβs Chocolate Oranges are actually seed pods for intelligent extra terrestrial life.
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Now you need to watch the 1996 classic "The Arrival"!
Reading this made my knees hurt.
So good. I think I listed it as my favorite movie for a while.
Still one of my favourite movies ever
This movie absolutely destroyed me emotionally for like a week. I was wholly unprepared for what this movie was really about. I was expecting an alien invasion movie and got a brickload of emotions dumped on my heart.
Same. Saw it a few months before my first child was born and it opened up something in me that I didnβt know was there. Iβve never watched a movie that made me weep until this one. Full on sobbing. Watched it again a week later, wasnβt a fluke - sobbed again.
I'd like to watch this and Annihilation again. I've only seen each of them once, both around the same time, and my memories of them are pretty fuzzy at this stage.
Two of my absolute favorite movies. They are both amazing examinations of contact with life that functions completely differently than us, albeit in very different ways
that fucking bear π
Was fuzzy, indeed.
I'm pretty sure I saw it in a Dolby theater and it kept me up that night.
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I don't remember much about the movie, but isn't it one of the movies where time gets wacky?
Almost
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Memories are what get wacky. The main character (as well as the aliens who "arrive") can remember the future as well as the past due to learning the alien language. It's based on the possibly-not-linguistically-sound Sapir-Wharf hypothesis that says the language you speak influences the way you think. The aliens use a circular rather than linear writing system so they think of time in a non-linear way