A flat out China propaganda masterpiece.

Rating: 1/10 (2 February 2017)

It's been a progression of the issue. In the movie Gravity (2013) she saves her life because she got into a Chinese spaceship. The Martian (2015) wouldn't have made it hasn't it been by the Chinese (divine) intervention. Now Arrival (2016) at the end they just get rid of the aliens and start praising China. China was the main issue all along the movie. How China was moving it's forces to stop the aliens. How China was reacting. And at the end, it was a call to China what stopped the war. Maybe the fact that China is buying half of Hollywood is just a coincidence. If the Sci-Fi movies are going to drift toward China propaganda I do not see a very bright future for the genre. Unless they rely on Chinese people to watch them. But with China restrictions on what can you watch and what can you not, I sincerely wouldn't go down that road. The music gets annoying at the end. Too many violins. And too many flashbacks to actually nothing. Probably the book the movie is based upon, "Story of Your Life" would make it more understandable. The movie is full of clues. But they point to nothing. It is just an exercise on flashback technique. Watching your lawn grow it is quite more exciting. And less expensive.