its a buffet!! pick what you like.

Rating: 8/10 (4 December 2016)

Not everyone grabs the same meal at a buffet. Arrival seems to fit this very same mold. Arrival is not just a movie to sit back and enjoy . It was more a movie that will make you explore your mind, Plays on your emotions and plays tricks with your head. Asks the questions yet gives you answers. This movie was not meant to be an "Independence Day" i get that. Arrival offers a style of movie that is gonna tap into your inner thoughts and feelings. If you lost a loved one it tugs at your heart and will make you emotional. Knows how far to go while yet giving the movie the objective it strived for. Shows humanity at its most desperate state and gives a visual of how we could possibly respond. A visual of humanity at its most irrational state of being. Gives ideas that we as humans don't work together and to unite us might just be impossible. not even an Alien invasion might do it. I see this movie as being one that asks you about your own existence and your place in this small world. Asks if we as one dominant species will ever leave our differences behind and trust each other for the sake of this world we live in. Communication is key. On the other hand there were parts that even i don't quite grasp but have to learn to believe that if life apart from our blue planet exists then we must throw out our concepts of rationalism and that anything is possible. Not a blockbuster movie in any way but definitely a movie that will make you think and appreciate. It's thought provoking and tells a story of what might be. There is still hope and if humans wanna survive we better get our acts together