Arrival Essay

The movie Arrival is full of complexities, and different ways to interpret the deeper meaning behind the movie. In analyzing this text, at first it seems to be a slow sci-fi drama, however, there is a lot brewing just below the surface. The main character discovers how to be content, and to live and enjoy each moment. This can be seen and proved through multiple elements. The cinematography, composition, and lighting of the movie Arrival can be combined and analyzed to showcase the belief that all people should enjoy the present, and live in the moment.

My initial reaction to the film was of utter shock at the brutally raw reality of the film. Upon reflection and commentary from other sources, the film’s simple yet vastly effective filmmaking techniques of developing the explicit and implicit meaning of the film. The explicit meaning, as

Overall I found the movie to be quite interesting and exciting at times but a bit slow in others. The story itself was very clear to me and didn’t cause any confusion. It had a good flow also, just as you were on the verge of falling into boredom with a scene they switched it up on you to keep you

The Arrival by Shaun Tan is a graphic novel which follows the story of a man who embarks on the journey of migration. The notions of belonging that are highlighted in the text are belonging to a place and belonging to a family. The composer establishes these through the masterful employment of various visual techniques.

Another thing that makes Arrival a great film is that Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner do an amazing job portraying Ian and Louise in Arrival. “Amy Adams is a miracle worker of an actress – she makes us believe in whoever and whatever she's playing” (Travers). That quote can’t be truer. Amy Adams really makes the viewer believe that she is a linguistics professor who has previously worked for the military and is now acting as a liaison between the aliens and the humans. The first encounter with the aliens when Amy Adams is experiencing all of this for the first time, you can tell it is suspenseful because she is not sure what is going to happen making all these questions arise within the film. During the third encounter with the aliens Adams and Renner take off their hazmat suits. Adams touches the glass to try to almost connect with the

At first glance the movie made me think that I am watching a predictable criminal story. The opening shoot of the close up of that unique instrument was brilliant. Scenes were played in few sets that seemed to repeat every now and then. Music choice was closer to a happy comedy than building a tension. Such as shiny cobblestone street at night, that picture was used quiet few times during the movie. One of the best moments was when we could see the shadow on the wall that was slowly making its way towards the audience. Another moment that made me smile was a shoot of the cat that magically change its whole appearance within seconds transforming itself into a totally new cat. I wondered what happened with can number one? Most likely fury little creature quit his/hers acting career and left into deep Vienna.

As a whole, I think that the creators of the film had a good grasp on what they wanted to portray to the audience since everything was rather simple to follow along and understand where the creator was coming from.

I really enjoyed this film because it all takes place nearly in one location. The set is elaborate, and you can see from the inside of Jeff’s apartment into the windows of his neighbors. It is filmed in such a way that you feel as though you are looking out of a window, and you become a part of the chaos with the actors. The pace of the film also intrigued me. I enjoyed how it was filmed almost in real time and you become drawn in because everything is timed perfectly. It is suspenseful because you are watching everything happen and it is also possible to notice things in the

The ending was a definite surprise for anyone that watched the film for the first time, but after going further and analyzing the film it is obvious that the events that took place were symbolic for what was going to happen. The film, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge did not give nearly the same amount of information as the short story, but both tell the same story and share the same theme. We as an audience got to see the true definition of one’s life flashing before their

In Denis Villeneuve’s science fiction film Arrival, the director explores a very different view of reality, akin the guise of an alien invasion. Arrival is based on the 1998 novella “Story of Your Life,” by Ted Chiang, the story contemplates the difficult task and the consequences of communicating with an alien species during first contact. The film opens up when twelve extraterrestrial spaceships appear at twelve different places around the globe. Colonel Weber, a U.S. Army officer, recruits Louise Banks, a linguist, and Ian Donnelly, a physicist,

Nevertheless, his final product possesses very clear postmodern traits. It intentionally introduces confusion to question the assumed perfection in the Hollywood dream. At the same time, the movie doesn’t attempt to steer the audience in a direction or offer better meanings, it instead opens up and leaves space for the viewers’ own interpretations. The film is purposefully ambiguous so to make meanings assigned to the film inconsistent and equivocal, because it is viewed in different ways. There are many theories out in the world on multiple aspects of the film and what is actually happening.

I like to sit and think on things, I enjoy reflection and always have, so being able to see the movie and think about all these deeper thoughts made it so much better. When watching movies with my family I like to ask questions after that could be based off the outcome of the end or just a thought and sometimes they’ll look at me and be like “Why, why do you think this?” and wonder what brought it to my mind. It could tie into the fact that I don’t like to sit still for too long, so it is actually very hard for me to watch movies sometimes, I get bored in a way or the urge to do something becomes a bit too much so having all these thoughts analyzing the movie as I watched it made it much more interesting. I do think the filmmakers intended some of these themes to be present, sometimes they unintentionally tie into each other, but I do think this was purposeful and I think they did it enough to where it made sense but wasn’t over complicated.

Watching this movie really opened my eyes to say the least. The movie, being in French, made the movie more mysterious and very puzzling. It made me leave with questions,

When one thinks of sci-fi one most often thinks of aliens. Most sci-fi movies were made to entertain, but the movie Arrival changed that notion. Arrival is a thought-provoking sci-fi movie released in 2016 that challenges the conventional way of living life. The director, Mr. Villeneuve impugned the sci-fi movie industry by creating an in-depth perspective of sci-fi.

What would happen if alien life forms landed on earth? How would we communicate and cooperate with them? If there was a conflict, how would we fix it? The movie Arrival, directed by Denis Villeneuve attempts to answer these questions.