Arrival image from The Playlist
Didn't you just see a blog post from me reviewing this movie a couple of weeks ago? (http://bit.ly/2eQadud) You surely did!
I went to see it again. Today. And teared up in the same place. No, not because it was sad, but because it was so beautiful and hopeful.
I like it even better after having seen it a second time. This time I could watch it analytically. For its structure. The first viewing I got caught up in the story.
Arrival is complex. It questions our understanding of time. Must time be linear? Must it always flow forward? Is there another way to perceive time?
I took my daughter and her fiancé with me then out to lunch. Grace saw the movie with me the first time I saw it. Bob did not. So during the 'post-movie quiz' I could question him as a newby. When did he realize what was happening? Were the interspersed scenes with her daughter flashbacks or foresight? Did her understanding of the aliens' language change the way she could perceive time?
What new discoveries had Grace and I made during our second journey through the movie?
I don't buy many movies. Heck, I don't even go to the movies very often. But I'm gonna buy this one as soon as it becomes available.
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