A great interesting sci fi

Rating: 8/10 (11 November 2016)

This film has been getting rave reviews everywhere I have seen and i have now seen arrival and I really enjoyed this film. The premise of the film sees an expert on languages recruited by the us army to possibly communicate with an alien threat. Amy Adams plays Louise the expert on languages in this film and she is fantastic in this film. She is easily the most interesting character in this film and the character that you care about the most. She is a pretty tragic character and you really feel sympathy for her as the film progresses but she is a strong character as well. Jeremy renner is really good in this film and adds allot to his character that just makes him a likable guy that works very well with adams in this film. Forest whitaker is good in this film as the army colonel, he is a fair character that adds a sense of realism to the film. This Is also the same for all the characters in the bunker and from the other nations that add to this film. The story has a really interesting take on the typical alien invasion that ha me surprised and really interested. There's a twist towards the end that gave This film a real uniqueness to it that I really liked. However, the film ha very little resolution involving the aliens and I found myself with more questions then answers at the end of the film. The script was great it has some great dramatic moments and dialogue in it that makes you care about the characters. Also the film has a dry sense of humour that does work especially for renners character. The style of the film is absolutely gorgeous, this film has the best cinematography of any film This year. But this film has incredibly slow pacing. At times it does work because it gives it's characters more time to develop but it does make this film seem longer then it actually is and drags. Overall this is a really good film that is definitely worth seeing.