Arrival

[Sal1950]

Went to see Arrival tonight and just came home from the cinema.
Well I don't get it cause the movie got good reviews but I don't think I've
ever been more bored at the movies in my life. It dragged on so slowly I almost
walked out a number of times but stuck it out thinking sooner or later some
thing would happen to make it worth my time. NOT.
At the end I still had no real idea what it was trying to say or what happened really.
Plot is vaguer than a $6k's power cords value. LOL
Maybe it's a steath undercover Chic Flix and the girls will get it?
A total POS IMHO and I wish I could sue to get back the $10 and two hours of
my life that was stolen tonight.
Make up your own mind but whatever you do don't pay any $ to see this crap.
I'm sure hope upcoming Rogue One and Passengers will satisfy later this month.
The next year looks to bring some good SciFi to the silver screen.

 

[RayDunzl]

The last time I was in a real movie theater was to see the Batman vs the Penguin or Tom Hanks and Private Ryan at the dollar theater near my apartment in Irving Tx in 1999 or so.

 

[amirm]

Oh, it did get really good reviews. So much so that I was considering going to the movie theater to see it -- something I try not to do more than once a year!

Thanks for the heads up. I will wait for the disc at this rate.

 

[fas42]

Looked it up ... it's an ideas movie, like all the sci fi books I used to read a lot way back when - not a space cowboys junket.

 

[Thomas savage]

Looked it up ... it's an ideas movie, like all the sci fi books I used to read a lot way back when - not a space cowboys junket.

Ooooo.. Too high brow for you sal

 

[Sal1950]

The last time I was in a real movie theater was to see the Batman vs the Penguin or Tom Hanks and Private Ryan at the dollar theater near my apartment in Irving Tx in 1999 or so.

Ray, you really do have to start getting out before your ass turns to dust.

 

[Sal1950]

Ooooo.. Too high brow for you sal

A bit like watching paint dry or vinyl records spin. Just gave me a pain in the neck. LOL

 

[iridium]

I saw the whole movie a few weeks back on YouTube [3 minutes] & read spoiler alerts [3minutes].
That was even a waste of time.

iridium.

Went to see Arrival tonight and just came home from the cinema.
Well I don't get it cause the movie got good reviews but I don't think I've
ever been more bored at the movies in my life. It dragged on so slowly I almost
walked out a number of times but stuck it out thinking sooner or later some
thing would happen to make it worth my time. NOT.
At the end I still had no real idea what it was trying to say or what happened really.
Plot is vaguer than a $6k's power cords value. LOL
Maybe it's a steath undercover Chic Flix and the girls will get it?
A total POS IMHO and I wish I could sue to get back the $10 and two hours of
my life that was stolen tonight.
Make up your own mind but whatever you do don't pay any $ to see this crap.
I'm sure hope upcoming Rogue One and Passengers will satisfy later this month.
The next year looks to bring some good SciFi to the silver screen.
http://www.nerdmuch.com/movies/3578/upcoming-new-sci-fi-movies-2016-2017-to-watch-release-calendar/

 

[Thomas savage]

The only thing to 'arrive' is boredom..

 

[Sal1950]

I remembered earlier, the last time I got suckered into a garbage SciFi movie almost this bad was LUCY.
Not quite as boring as Arrival but the storyline and tag was so stupid as to be beyond belief.
What happens to a woman who gets infected with a drug that makes her smarter and smarter?
She turns into a (drum roll please) A COMPUTER

 

[amirm]

I remembered earlier, the last time I got suckered into a garbage SciFi movie almost this bad was LUCY.

Me too. What horrible movie that turned out. The ending was the worst part. They seriously need better writers.

 

[RayDunzl]

Ray, you really do have to start getting out before your ass turns to dust.

"There's no place like home." - Dorothy Gale

Note: ranked #23 in the American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations in American cinema.

 

[tomelex]

Yep. When I was in England, and we would be starting out on another trip into continental Europe, Diana was always excited and saying as we were departing how much fun the trip was going to be and all, and I always said yes it was going to be great, but the best part of the trip would be coming back home....she got used to that by the last time we went abroad, I think she finally got it on our very last trip, no "there you go with your crazy ideas" look as I said it.

 

[FrantzM]

"Arrival" is IMHO a Masterpiece. Slow, well-paced,well-acted, well told story.The ending leaves you thinking and if you do take the time you would find many answers none all too clear, wich in my opinion makes the movie even more beautiful. Please watch it again very calmly and realize the message:" Talking to each other is not understanding" it requires more thought to communicate. It requires a willingness to accept the different. And the message goes further. it is hubris to think that our current mental picture of the World is universal. There is a lot more in this movie than the usual Hollywood fare...IMHO.
I would suggest to watch it again and think a lot about the vast differences between those concepts.

P.S. saw the "Rogue" and this one is a bad movie with a robot actually steering a spacecraft ... Turning the wheel, people, steering a spacecraft, when not even top of the line cars TODAY routinely steer themselves to park, to drive and break themselves to avoid a pedestrian ... a robot would mechanically put its hands on a steering wheel in a spacecraft???!!!??? WTF! And the Imperial walkers that can so easily be toppled and .... guns and .... fistfights... and the stormtroopers wearing an armor for absolutely no reason since they fall at the first laser shot... Really ????? WTF!!??

 

[Sal1950]

I would suggest to watch it again and think a lot about the vast differences between those concepts.

I'd rather drink a cup of bleach.

 

[Thomas savage]

I'd rather drink a cup of bleach.

Try drinking the bleach then rewatching the movie!

Anyone else watch 'rogue one' yet

 

[Sal1950]

Try drinking the bleach then rewatching the movie!
Anyone else watch 'rogue one' yet

I'll see it at the IMAX 3D mid week, waiting for the crowds to thin a bit.
Let you know then.

 

[Sal1950]

Try drinking the bleach then rewatching the movie!

Sure to be more enjoyable that way. LOL

 

[iridium]

"Arrival" is IMHO a Masterpiece. Slow, well-paced,well-acted, well told story.The ending leaves you thinking and if you do take the time you would find many answers none all too clear, wich in my opinion makes the movie even more beautiful. Please watch it again very calmly and realize the message:" Talking to each other is not understanding" it requires more thought to communicate. It requires a willingness to accept the different. And the message goes further. it is hubris to think that our current mental picture of the World is universal. There is a lot more in this movie than the usual Hollywood fare...IMHO.
I would suggest to watch it again and think a lot about the vast differences between those concepts.

P.S. saw the "Rogue" and this one is a bad movie with a robot actually steering a spacecraft ... Turning the wheel, people, steering a spacecraft, when not even top of the line cars TODAY routinely steer themselves to park, to drive and break themselves to avoid a pedestrian ... a robot would mechanically put its hands on a steering wheel in a spacecraft???!!!??? WTF! And the Imperial walkers that can so easily be toppled and .... guns and .... fistfights... and the stormtroopers wearing an armor for absolutely no reason since they fall at the first laser shot... Really ????? WTF!!??

Curious - did the spacecraft have a "four on the floor" or was it a newfangled paddle shifter on the wheel?

iridium.

 

[Blumlein 88]

Curious - did the spacecraft have a "four on the floor" or was it a newfangled paddle shifter on the wheel?

iridium.

You mean like the space ship from the Life of Brian. Four in the floor sounds though not sure how it was shifted as the pilots needed a hand to hold their eye.