Overrated, Boring, Awful

Rating: 1/10 (25 January 2017)

The hype with "Arrival" creates a great expectation in many viewers that are waiting for its release day. The cast with the Hollywood darling Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker seems to be promising. The sci- fi theme first encounter with aliens is highly attractive. Unfortunately the (short) story is awful; maybe adequate for a short but never for a feature. The unknown Eric Heisserer wrote the screenplay of "Arrival" with 1h 56 min running time based on the awarded short "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang. The result is one of the most boring and pretentious movies ever made. It is funny to see Amy Adams' character pointing herself out and telling "Human" to the visitors in her first contact. On the next one, she does exactly the same gesture and tells "Louise" to the same visitors. They might have understood very well what she is trying to say. It is also hilarious her behavior toward the army, as if she were a general. My vote is one (awful).
Title (Brazil): "A Chegada" ("The Arrival")