Great film on EPIX free weekend!

Rating: 9/10 (12 August 2017)

I don't really plan on any spoilers, but be aware that I might say something about the movie! I gave it a 9 because it deserved it. It was a great film for anyone to watch. It might be long for some people because it was more cerebral than say District 9 which was a Sci-fi action movie.
Amy Adams was great as Louise and was good for the part as a linguist trying to crack the language code and honestly communicate with the aliens. She had special gifts as well as will be seen at the end of the movie which I will not divulge.
Ian was great as a person who grew to love Louise as the movie progressed. I think he not only loved her as a woman, but respected her intellect. He was a physicist (I believe), or a rocket scientist, and he gave her the biggest compliment one could give: he told her she reasoned like a mathematician. He was right if you watch the movie, her reasoning with alien communication was impeccable.
Forrest Whittaker played a Colonel in charge of the operation. He is really a top notch African American actor. I've liked him ever since I saw him in the "Last Kind of Scotland" or something to that effect. He played Idi Amin, the brutal dictator from Uganda...and he was GOOD! He is as good as the black dude who played on The Matrix.
Anyway, the lead characters played their parts very well.
This movie is VERY unique because it took the avenue of trying to communicate with an alien life form versus Independence Day where survival of mankind was at stake. The music was as haunting as in the movie "War of the Worlds" with Tom Cruise, or maybe "The Shining." It gave a creepy feel to the movie! Bottom line for me: see the movie, you won't be disappointed.