Can't Believe the High Ratings

Rating: 5/10 (5 February 2017)

First off let me say that I really enjoy sci-fi movies, one of my favorite genres. It was with great anticipation then that I watched Arrival hoping it would live up to its hype. Boy was I disappointed.
My reaction after the movie finished was... wtf was that! What it is, in fact, is a series of translation sessions, twixt alien and human, all drawn out to excruciatingly boring lengths.
There is very little suspense, practically zero action, and even less in the way of an interesting story line. Essentially, the movie consists of a face to face between 2 giant squids (the aliens) and two humans, one a language expert and the other, I don't even remember why he was there... perhaps as the obligatory romantic interest.
In the end, we discover that time is circular, or was it back to front? I'm not really sure, but it was a very long and boring exercise just to reach that rather strange anti-climax.
Everybody sees different things in movies and opinions are always subjective. For me, Arrival was just one huge let down.