Oh the stupidity, so many things wrong with this film.

Rating: 2/10 (17 February 2017)

I'm a fan of SciFi, I'm a fan of time travel movies, I'm a fan of Amy Adams, I thought Sicario was a really good film. Arrival is one of the worst, poorly thought out, stupid alien films I've ever seen. I was appalled at the horrible CGI of the fake helicopters. My intelligence was insulted by the superior yet inept communications of the aliens. Why did no one think to show these guys a video? Really? a dry erase board? That's the best communication idea we have to share with an advanced alien race? This film doesn't have any deep meaning behind it, there's no 'leave it up to the viewer' interpretation. There's nothing that isn't completely pedantic, spelled out and spoon fed to the masses and nothing that brilliant or that isn't predictable either. I don't know why this film is so popular. There's nothing enlightening about language in this film. Inglorious Basterds had more incite to language and communication that this film. I honestly don't see any draw here. Is this for people that don't normally like SciFi? That have no concept of what a believable alien contact film might be like? Close Encounters is more plausible than this horrible representation. I can't imagine anyone would actually want to sit through this film more than once. It could have easily been edited down by 30 minutes and still conveyed its (weak) message. I find it difficult to believe that this is the same director of Sicario. Boo for the public having such low standards in movies.