Arrival Film Review

Finished watching Arrival, directed by Denis Villeneuve and staring Amy Adams, Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Renner, Jadyn Malone, Abigail Pniowsky and Julia Scarlett Dan. The film opens up with linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) entering work and as she prepares for a lecture the students in the room say to turn the television on where the news of strange alien ships named shell have appeared in several different locations on Earth. After failing to make any headway in communicating with the aliens army colonel Weber (Forest Whitaker) meets with Louise in hope that she can find a way to communicate with the aliens. Later that night when the American army picks Louise up from outside of her home see meets with her new coworker Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) who helps Louise to communicate with the Aliens. Overall this was a great film as it shows how the world would deal with the appearance of aliens in an intriguing way with how everyone having a different view on the experience, with the way language plays a part is also very interesting. The flashes with Louise and her daughter Hannah (Jadyn Malone, Abigail Pniowsky and Julia Scarlett Dan) is emotionally driven and the reveal of their placement in the context of the film timeline makes the scenes even more emotional. The aliens designs and the rest rest of the CGI is rendered on to the film extremely well as nothing feels out of place, while the full reveal of aliens towards the end of the film is simply astonishing. 8/10.