The Ending Annoyed Me
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Arrival
smartayu26 — 9 years ago(January 09, 2017 10:45 AM)
I like the whole movie lot, especially the exploration on how understanding language works.
The ending is a little anticlimactic and what annoyed me the most is the future-prediction plot twist. It raises questions that I doubt will be solved.- How the future-prediction works?
- How it deals with paradox? (this is annoying) the scene where she called the general really pulled me out of the movie
- Can she change the future that she saw? Or is the future fixed? if she could not save her daughter, she should have been able to keep her husband
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maxLevelkook — 9 years ago(January 09, 2017 08:32 PM)
They intentionally avoid all of those questions because they don't know the answers, or want the audience to come up with their own theory. I respect that they went that way because you can't actually answer those questions, and it makes people feel smart to not feel confused about it, and to think about it, and to feel confused by it.
The movie doesn't spoon feed you the answers, It makes you come up with them yourself. -
smartayu26 — 9 years ago(January 10, 2017 01:45 AM)
I think it's the right way to make it open to the audience, because it will definitely take a whole lot time to explain everything. I'm not confused at all, only the many possibilities that could come up as the explanations annoy me.
Also, only my opinion, though, not feel confused might make people feel smart, but I think smarter people can see through that this kind of route leaves a lot of holesthat is better not to think about and accept the twist as it is, if we want to fully enjoy it.
Thank you for replying, I appreciate it