Arrival (9.2) (92%) - So GOOD!!!

Rating: 9/10 (4 October 2019)

This movie is so good, it's hard to even summarize this review. Unlike other alien movies, this one takes a unique approach in which the life forms that have entered the universe are not here to take over or destroy, but to inform the main characters of there future, piecing together clues that we as viewers saw as just screen time. One thing I always harp on is how much I love movies that have some sort of twist or skewed perspective on the plot, much like shutter island (my favorite movie of all time). This is definitely the case here with Arrival.

Seeing the characters interact with the octopus like creatures is very, well unsettling at first, as we don't get to really see them for a good portion of the movie. This movie focuses way more on the interaction and adaptation of both the aliens as well as the main characters, and how they develop a

way to understand the creatures way of communicating. The overall approach to the story we are given makes this movie worth it, but add in the amazing acting and character development, and you get yourself one of the best alien focused movies, in my opinion of course :)