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Too bad! I stayed for the whole thing and really liked it but.......

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Steve O

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In Reply to: RE: Help! I walked out on Arrival last night. Can someone tell me how it ended? Nt posted by geoffkait on November 11, 2016 at 06:14:12

....it's pretty cerebral with a slow and sure pace. I found it thought provoking at multiple levels in spite of a few serious plot holes. Overall, it's a fairly atypical sci-fi in the context of today's action oriented, explosion laden blockbuster production. Good entertainment and I can understand why critics liked it but I think current events are working against mass appeal.

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A sci-fi film... - mkuller 13:10:19 11/13/16 (0)
...even my wife enjoyed.

I thought it was terrific.
By cerebral I assume you mean like Outer Limits and Star Trek. Nt - geoffkait 11:58:32 11/12/16 (1)
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- More like "Outer Limits", less like "Star Trek 1G"... - Steve O 12:36:26 11/12/16 (0)
  ...Although "Star Trek" was an interesting take on the times, in retrospect most episodes strike me as preachy morality plays. "Outer Limits" (and "Arrival") much less so regarding the preachy part. And by "cerebral" I mean to suggest some real-time thinking is required to best enjoy "Arrival". I wonder if the current zeitgeist properly supports mainstream entertainment requiring thought as opposed to mindless, visceral, gut thumping action and violence.

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