Movie: Arrival (Amy Adams)

[Kaius]

He's just overreacting to the overly positive reactions. It's fine.

[Norah]

dude at work won't shut up about how awful this was

Fuck that guy

You play fantasy baseball with him.

[dimejinky99]

It's a wonderful movie Pete. Ignore that guy and watch.

[Strat]

I should watch this tonight?

[E.H. Ruddock]

I should watch this tonight?

Yes

[Simple Torture]

I watched this today! As I mentioned in the movies thread, I was looking forward to it for a long time, but since I never go to the movies, I avoided reading about it for months. It looked wonderful and I enjoyed the feel of the world and all of that stuff, but I was kind of "meh" on the big plot devices. I don't think it was that clever or original at all, which I would've forgiven if there was something fresh about the characters, but "dead kid with cancer drives main character" just didn't do it for me.

I wish the aliens were just humans all along.

[epilogue]

I watched this today! As I mentioned in the movies thread, I was looking forward to it for a long time, but since I never go to the movies, I avoided reading about it for months. It looked wonderful and I enjoyed the feel of the world and all of that stuff, but I was kind of "meh" on the big plot devices. I don't think it was that clever or original at all, which I would've forgiven if there was something fresh about the characters, but "dead kid with cancer drives main character" just didn't do it for me.

I wish the aliens were just humans all along.

Spoiler: show

Are you SURE you watched the right movie?

[Simple Torture]

I watched this today! As I mentioned in the movies thread, I was looking forward to it for a long time, but since I never go to the movies, I avoided reading about it for months. It looked wonderful and I enjoyed the feel of the world and all of that stuff, but I was kind of "meh" on the big plot devices. I don't think it was that clever or original at all, which I would've forgiven if there was something fresh about the characters, but "dead kid with cancer drives main character" just didn't do it for me.

I wish the aliens were just humans all along.

Spoiler: show

Are you SURE you watched the right movie?

lol

Spoiler: show

I should've been clearer! Because, yeah, of course it wasn't what drove her, since it technically happens at the end of the narrative. But it was framed that way for 90 minutes, which helped me lose interest, I think.

[epilogue]

I watched this today! As I mentioned in the movies thread, I was looking forward to it for a long time, but since I never go to the movies, I avoided reading about it for months. It looked wonderful and I enjoyed the feel of the world and all of that stuff, but I was kind of "meh" on the big plot devices. I don't think it was that clever or original at all, which I would've forgiven if there was something fresh about the characters, but "dead kid with cancer drives main character" just didn't do it for me.

I wish the aliens were just humans all along.

Spoiler: show

Are you SURE you watched the right movie?

lol

Spoiler: show

I should've been clearer! Because, yeah, of course it wasn't what drove her, since it technically happens at the end of the narrative. But it was framed that way for 90 minutes, which helped me lose interest, I think.

That actually makes sense to me. I disagree, in that it worked on me, but I totally understand what you mean and why it affected you that way.

[E.H. Ruddock]

God I love this movie

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[LoathedVermin72]

At the end, my wife and I embraced each other and cried. A+.

what the fuck man

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[Simple Torture]

The only minor quibble I had was the C4 explosion scene. Totally unnecessary, felt like a studio note.

Although I think it'd be a lazy critique to say "The entire movie was too much like Contact," I think it's fair to say that that plot point was too much like Contact.

[Kaius]

The more I think about it, the less I like this movie.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

trag's wife and myself embraced after watching freddy got fingered

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

trag's wife and myself embraced after watching freddy got fingered

Is that why she smelled like Five Guys that one time?

yes...did that turn you on?

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.