PoorAndDangerous
Superstar
I think arrivals story is objectively better (one of the most well written scifi ever) but visually I enjoyed interstellar more.
Arrival (Amy Adams) or Interstellar?
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I really feel like the people who rep Arrival just haven't been exposed to movies/books that ever approached the concept of time as circle before
because otherwise that movie is trash top to bottom. amy can't act for shyt. renner randomly there collecting checks. colonel who the fukk. suddenly traitors. flashbacks
and uhh.... okay? there's zero tension to the movie and you can't name a single standout well-acted scene. there's nothing to it and its bland from the editing to the sound and music
so again, i go back to the baseline of the presentation of time being new to some. that's most of what it is - especially when one of the biggest arguments in arrival's favor is "you simply don't get it" which is the problem. most people that dd get it just rolled their eyes and waited til the credits. interstellar might be flawed but arrival is just flat throughout
because otherwise that movie is trash top to bottom. amy can't act for shyt. renner randomly there collecting checks. colonel who the fukk. suddenly traitors. flashbacks
and uhh.... okay? there's zero tension to the movie and you can't name a single standout well-acted scene. there's nothing to it and its bland from the editing to the sound and music
so again, i go back to the baseline of the presentation of time being new to some. that's most of what it is - especially when one of the biggest arguments in arrival's favor is "you simply don't get it" which is the problem. most people that dd get it just rolled their eyes and waited til the credits. interstellar might be flawed but arrival is just flat throughout
Hopeofmypeople
Veteran
It was a bit to convenient but it didn’t bring the movie down for me because it felt the earlier acts were amazing.
be amazed at non-linear time brehsits been done in everything from star trek to animorphs. without the 'twist' its just a usa movie.
If the only concept (or the focus of) you got out of it was time, then you most probably did not get what the film was about.
its been done in everything from star trek to animorphs. without the 'twist' its just a usa movie.
So what did it for you? The weak ass emotional attachment to a girl that acts more as a symbol of loss than an actual character?
Was it the shocking betrayal of no name soldiers that disrupted a peace based on essentially nothing at the time?
Was it Amy Adams ability to get yet another leading role that she didn't deserve because she can't act her way out of a parking ticket?
Maybe the pictograms with halfassed aliens that left enough to the imagination that many could fill in the blanks with their own ideas of what details lie beneath since that clearly would've taken too much effort from the bad CG and design everywhere else
Some people actually like the fact there isn't a single developed character interaction within the entire movie. Good for them.
Oh yes, language as a key - definitely not as cliche as some arbitrary thing like emotion. But the best part about a limited scope is that you can't let down people's expectations with the highs from previous acts (which is basically interstellar's biggest problem by far)
Remember how sad they told you the alien was? Amazing. You really felt the exposition telling you that tension was happening.
I love how easily people come with the same old "You just didn't get it"
Even if *it* was something to be immersed in or resonated with, that simply can't be all that a movie is - whether that *it* is truly amazing to you as an individual or not. One idea cannot prop up an entire storytelling experience on its own.
Arrival is soulless and dry as fukk. Its poorly edited, acted, paced, the sound and score is trash, and its readily regarded Denis' worst film (which is saying a lot). It was always better suited to be a short film.
You can absolutely tell a story revolving around one key twist or event that everyone in the building can feel coming - but you can't just dismiss everything else being shyt outside of that. Unless the concept blows your mind or something in that case have fun and check out more science fiction.
edit: ffs there's more juice in the short scenes where people write and read old emails in Interstellar than in Arrival as a whole
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MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
She time travels in her mind.I literally watched it again today. Amy Adams' character does not travel through time. I could give you the cliff notes or extended full explanation if you'd like, breh
NahShe time travels in her mind.
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
Time travel isn’t defined by leaving the physical presence.Nah
You're rightTime travel isn’t defined by leaving the physical presence.
PoorAndDangerous
Superstar
You are bugging out so hard right now. Enemy is considered his worst film, how is arrival soulless when the entire film is about the mom dealing with the loss of her daughter & making the choice to still have her even with the advanced knowledge she would die young? Movie is just as emotional as interstellar. Arrival was the first in a three peat of scifi classics for Denis, Arrival, BR 2049, and eventually Dune.
So what did it for you? The weak ass emotional attachment to a girl that acts more as a symbol of loss than an actual character?
Was it the shocking betrayal of no name soldiers that disrupted a peace based on essentially nothing at the time?
Was it Amy Adams ability to get yet another leading role that she didn't deserve because she can't act her way out of a parking ticket?
Maybe the pictograms with halfassed aliens that left enough to the imagination that many could fill in the blanks with their own ideas of what details lie beneath since that clearly would've taken too much effort from the bad CG and design everywhere else
Some people actually like the fact there isn't a single developed character interaction within the entire movie. Good for them.
Oh yes, language as a key - definitely not as cliche as some arbitrary thing like emotion. But the best part about a limited scope is that you can't let down people's expectations with the highs from previous acts (which is basically interstellar's biggest problem by far)
Remember how sad they told you the alien was? Amazing. You really felt the exposition telling you that tension was happening.
I love how easily people come with the same old "You just didn't get it"
Even if *it* was something to be immersed in or resonated with, that simply can't be all that a movie is - whether that *it* is truly amazing to you as an individual or not. One idea cannot prop up an entire storytelling experience on its own.
Arrival is soulless and dry as fukk. Its poorly edited, acted, paced, the sound and score is trash, and its readily regarded Denis' worst film (which is saying a lot). It was always better suited to be a short film.
You can absolutely tell a story revolving around one key twist or event that everyone in the building can feel coming - but you can't just dismiss everything else being shyt outside of that. Unless the concept blows your mind or something in that case have fun and check out more science fiction.
edit: ffs there's more juice in the short scenes where people write and read old emails in Interstellar than in Arrival as a whole
I like Arrival better but if I had to rewatch either of these movies it'd probably be Interstellar.
emotional how
because you felt some attachment to characters about as deep as a nametag?
