A good idea alone is not enough to hold up a two-hour movie

Layla 2022-03-19 09:01:02

It is another science fiction film whose actual level is far below expectations. A good idea alone is not enough to hold up a two-hour movie. In order to make up the time, the screenwriter and the director also worked hard, with close-ups everywhere ➕ the background is blurred, and the viewing effect is very bad. After the camera is turned, the 2D movie will make me feel sick. The structure is too small to form a persuasive point of view, and the handling of other countries and regions is simple and rude, or even purely unilateral. Part of the plot setting, such as the explosion incident, has very weak logic, and there is no reasonable explanation at all. The final reversal is to laugh me to death, using the grandmother's paradox as a gimmick, can I say that this is a fraud? Give me back two hours!

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Extended Reading
  • Oceane 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    Disputes are often caused by misunderstandings, and fear stems from the unknown. Language is a fog, and cause and effect are like palindrome.

  • Maximo 2021-10-20 18:58:35

    Ted Jiang’s novel is not suitable for visualization, but the current processing does capture the artistic conception of the original. The language of aliens is like the idle brush of oriental ink and wash, like fog and smoke, showing all meaning in an instant and then dissipating. It talks about communication and isolation. We are all trapped in a certain kind of self-righteous civilization and prejudice. It calls for communication and exchange. It dismantles time. It is not so much science fiction as it is more like philosophy.

Arrival quotes

  • Ian Donnelly: [narrating] Why did they park where they did? The world's most decorated experts can't crack that one. The most plausible theory is that they chose places on earth with the lowest incidence of lightning strikes. But there are exceptions. The next most plausible theory is that Sheena Easton had a hit song at each of these sites in 1980. So, we just don't know.

  • Ian Donnelly: As I watch you steer us around these communication traps that I didn't even know existed, it's like, "what?" I guess that's why I'm single.

    Louise Banks: Trust me, you can understand communication and still end up single.