I for one being an ardent believer in existence of aliens and that they are already visiting earth, was the reason I was eagerly waiting for this movie. So I was super excited to watch this movie.
I will start with the flaws of this movie. This movie is very slow in its narrative and all the events have been shown without the over the top drama that is usually associated with an alien contact movie. That is the only and biggest flaw that I could find with the movie and it prevents it from becoming a great movie. Now coming to what went right for the movie. The thing that works for the movie is the fact that it has been adapted from the short story "Story of You Life". The story's concept has been explained and shown well in the movie. The final reveal of the plot leaves an everlasting impact on the audience and raises the bar of the story. How the movie builds towards the final reveal is something to watch. Another high point of the movie are the scenes of human interactions with the aliens, which have been shown very well. Overall the good points of the movie overpower the movie's flaws.
Amy Adams as linguist Louise Banks has acted well and has been able to show all the characters emotions. Jeremy Renner is ok as he does not have much to do even though he is present throughout the movie. Forest Whitaker as the army Colonel is good.
The director, Denis Villenueve has directed the movie extremely well and even though it is slow in pace, the movie keeps the audience hooked. The way he has built up the scenes is very commendable and this makes for a great movie watching experience.
Overall the movie is great and you need to have patience till the end of the movie to be able to enjoy this movie. All Sci-Fi lovers should go and see this movie.
Rating - 3.5 / 5
I will start with the flaws of this movie. This movie is very slow in its narrative and all the events have been shown without the over the top drama that is usually associated with an alien contact movie. That is the only and biggest flaw that I could find with the movie and it prevents it from becoming a great movie. Now coming to what went right for the movie. The thing that works for the movie is the fact that it has been adapted from the short story "Story of You Life". The story's concept has been explained and shown well in the movie. The final reveal of the plot leaves an everlasting impact on the audience and raises the bar of the story. How the movie builds towards the final reveal is something to watch. Another high point of the movie are the scenes of human interactions with the aliens, which have been shown very well. Overall the good points of the movie overpower the movie's flaws.
Amy Adams as linguist Louise Banks has acted well and has been able to show all the characters emotions. Jeremy Renner is ok as he does not have much to do even though he is present throughout the movie. Forest Whitaker as the army Colonel is good.
The director, Denis Villenueve has directed the movie extremely well and even though it is slow in pace, the movie keeps the audience hooked. The way he has built up the scenes is very commendable and this makes for a great movie watching experience.
Overall the movie is great and you need to have patience till the end of the movie to be able to enjoy this movie. All Sci-Fi lovers should go and see this movie.
Rating - 3.5 / 5
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