An intelligent sci-fi movie.

Rating: 8/10 (28 January 2019)

This movie shows what we can have. Namely an intelligent sci-fi movie where the sci-fi takes a back seat to the human element. I know a lot of people think it's boring but it was far from boring when I saw it. In fact I thought it was mesmerizing.
We're introduced to a race of aliens who's spaceships come down in 12 different parts of the world. And they just stay there, floating above the surface, waiting for us to make the next move.
Amy Adams stars as a brilliant linguistics professor who is brought on to try to communicate with the aliens. The problem is their language is something that is... well... alien in every sense of the word. The movie then deals with the characters as well as their drive to solve this and actually communicate with them.
Joining her is Jeremy Renner who plays a mathematician who believes that math and physics is the way to understand the aliens. And between them they finally manage to crack the alien's language and with it gain a deeper understanding of the world and the nature of time.
There's some great acting, some interesting science and linguistics being done as well as some really good cinematography and a very alien set of aliens.
If you want something smart and enjoy movies that are a little more cerebral than shoot em ups, then this is for you.