We are but ants on an anthill

Rating: 10/10 (3 December 2016)

Arrival shows that SF has arrived and can be incredibly deep, beyond cliché phasers and photonic torpedoes. It shows us humans as merely not much more advanced than ants when our "anthill" is disturbed. We boil out and threaten annihilation to whatever our pathetic small brains can't understand or comprehend.
I fear if an "Arrival" situation ever happens we will be the ants in our reaction.
As for those who cannot understand the depth and complexities of this movie, return to your ant hole and avoid rearing up to what you can't understand. Or watch it again to observe the nuances of relationships and meanings therein. Interspersing this with language and imagery, past and present with time being non linear...yes, it is more than "the force". This is real humanity and SF, good, bad and ugly.
Expecting it to be all laid out in front of you is why some rate it poorly, you have to think this one out and make connections and reach further than any SF movie has gone before. Any plot holes are misunderstanding of the non linear time model, so in the future, Amy Adams' character can and does speak to the Chinese general.
May your travels be wonderful.