The Terrence Malick film that isn't directed by Terrence Malick...

Rating: 6/10 (25 January 2017)

A few takeaway questions after watching ARRIVAL,,,

If one of the 12 UFO's was found hovering above Washington D.C., who would the US Gov't ask to help communicate with the visitors? Would they enlist an entourage comprised of a Linguistcs expert & a physicist, or would they push Trump into the vessel as a peace offering?

Only the United States can save the world. *note no question mark at end of sentence*

Forrest Whitaker is taking jobs away from Laurence Fishburne?

Could a moment of world peace and unity sustain for 3,000 years?

If languages can give us the ability to see through time, but you cannot alter or avoid an event on your time-line... wait, doesn't the ability to foresee the future already affect your decisions in the past?

What happens to people who learn the language-of-Circles, but they are also clinically absentminded and forgetful to begin with? Will they then never have trouble finding their keys and never lose their wallets? Can the Language-of-Circles help cure Dementia and some of the symptoms to Alzheimers disease?

Wouldn't the ability to look into the future completely destroy the gaming industry and wipe out casinos and lotteries around the world?

Does Linguistics icon Noam Chomsky approve of the movie ARRIVAL?

Would Terrence Malick (director of TREE OF LIFE & THE THIN REDLINE) watch this film and say to himself, "damn, this is like one of my movies!"

If the Extraterrestrials glide into a restaurant on Earth and see a water-ring on a table, would they spend hours trying to figure out what the table is trying to communicate?