After watching the movie version, I felt astonished, so I read the novel. It must be said that the atmosphere created by the novel fascinated me and I read it in just five days. But the novel is not about specific content. I think it is an experience. The author uses words to bring you into that poetic environment, your fear of the unknown. In the end, I don't know what's in the lighthouse.
The movie can't be said to be better, the movie's understanding has risen to a figurative place, self-destruction, and the story of aliens looking for objects. A different viewing experience. But there is no such thing in the novel. If the director does not have a deep understanding of the novel, he cannot do it.
"Arrival" and "annihilation" can be said to satisfy all my fantasies about alien civilizations. The original book of Arrival is only 71 pages long. Lamenting the brain holes of Hollywood directors, giving or even beyond the understanding of the original, the science fiction theme discussed from the perspective of linguistics and aliens may not have entities. great!
It's a pity that films of this type seem to be more difficult to exist in this era. "Annihilation" is only shown in China and the United States because there are too few theaters, and other regions can only watch it on the platform.
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