Great movie with great message

Rating: 9/10 (21 May 2017)

Arrival Scores and Review Script: 9/10 Acting: 8/10 (Adams was amazing but I thought Renner was weird) Visuals + Cinematography: 10/10 Character development and inner thoughts: 9/10 Review: Started 2017 with a great film. First off, let me tell you how much I love the camera work and directions in this movie. The visuals are stunning, and the camera angles add to the emotions of the characters (I love the different angles that used on Amy Adam's face to convey her different feelings). The scene where they introduced us to the UFO in Montana was done beautifully. I WAS SCREAMING because of the aesthetically pleasing nature of the scene. Okay, then the acting was really really freaking good, especially Amy Adam's. Her every movement makes me jump off my seat in excitement or fear or sometimes even joy. Amy's performance is terrific, sending chills down my spine. Notably, in the scene where she talked to Abbott and Costello, her facial expressions were beyond amazing - conveying fascination, fear and pure happiness all in one shot. Stunning performance! The message of the film is poetic and could not be more relevant to today's political situation. The film wants to teach its watchers that they must join forces and work as a united entity to achieve success, which in the movie is the gift, a universal language. The beautiful message is hidden in the dialogues between Ian and Louise. Speaking of the dialogue, there's one conversation in the movie I want to praise particularly. It was delivered towards the end of the movie, where Louis asks Ian "If you could see your life from beginning to end, would you change it?" to which Ian answers "No, I would just find a way to express my love more". The script is brilliant, and those two lines will go into my book of good lines for sure. Overall Arrival is a thought-provoking, beautifully executed and emotionally touching movie that I would have my future kids sit down and watch with me.