Brilliant

Rating: 10/10 (4 November 2018)

I can't think of any film with aliens which is non-fear based, which eant to help us as well. "Close Encounters", etc. is non threatening, but has no true meaning. Also, in order to fully understand this film, I had to watch it a second time. If you don't, you will miss at least some of the multi-layered stories being told. The part about her daughter, her precognition, etc. are pretty obvious. What took me in the second viewing was this: I came to the conclusion that when Louise is "remembering the future", for lack of a better term, time stops in everyone else's space-time continuum. In other words, several minutes may pass while she is thinking/remembering about her daughter, but time does not for the others. There are a couple of exceptions, but this is a primary part of the film that I missed the first viewing. Also, it grew on me the next time as well. It is truly brilliant, and without Amy Adams, I dont think it would have been as good; I don't care who else you can think of. The director said the same thing: he had to have her, or he wouldn't make the film. BTW, Stanley Kubrick said the same exact thing about Malcolm McDowell in 1970 before he began filming "A Clockwork Orange". Keanu Reeves absolutely flipped he liked this film so much. I agree. It is hard to top. I liked it more than "Blade Runner 2049"; absolutely. I think Villeneuve is at the pinnacle right now. Even Ridley Scott has competition in this regard, and he produced BR 2049.