Arrival is last year's alien movie staring Amy Adams among others.
Arrival is also what we call the beginning of the alien invasion in To Defend the Earth.
Needless to say my crack legal team is preparing a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the studio. Robert Shapiro is lead council.
Anyway, I watched Arrival yesterday and I have to say I'm impressed. This is a smart, well done movie with its own aesthetic.
Basically aliens show up, but they think and communicate in a completely different way than us. In comes Amy Adams, linguistics expert. She not only cracks the alien's language but teaches them to understand our own language and way of thinking. Her work with the aliens is life changing, life altering, really.
Now one of the things I like about this flick is that in the background we see humanity freaking out. We got riots, we have paranoid countries acting paranoid. Just like To Survive the Earth also known as exhibit B in the upcoming legal epic. Amy Adams' linguistics team is under intense pressure to figure out why the aliens are here and where they come from.
This movie also deals with 'big picture' sci-fi issues and has some great twists. Really the whole point of the movie is those 'big picture' issues. In the end Arrival is about life and choices. I really can't say much more without spoilers.
I hope the people responsible for the chick Ghostbusters disaster watched. Rather than proclaim 'Look female scientist!' Arrival is a movie about a strong, in charge female linguistics expert. The character stands on her own. They might learn something.
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