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A very interesting premise is proposed by the sci-fi film, where aliens and time true nature is beyond our perception of them.
Plot:
Dr. Louise Banks is a linguistic experts and a university professor who's cunrrently struggling with the loss of her only daughter. Suddenly, various extraterrestrial ships land on different points of the planet. Then, she's hired by USA's army in a mission to try to establish communication with the new visitors.
Overall Opinion:
I'm aware of the fact that many people have mixed feelings regarding this film, mainly because it's not easy to understand. We don't really know what's going on unless we pay attention to some important details and also through some reflection. Having said that, I personally think this is one the best sci-fi films I've ever seen. "Interestellar" (2014) raised quite similar feelings in me, since they both mix very interesting elements. I think this films has three fundamental elements: an emotional factor, a fantastic factor, and a linguistic factor. On the first place, we have the death of Louise's daughter and the pain that comes along with this. Then, we have the aliens, which are represented in an interesting form by the way. And finally and most importantly, we have a linguistic element since language is the key to solve the story's main conflict.
As some who loves the study of language and its impact on the structure of different societies, I think this movie is so damn amazing. In fact, there's a scene where the two main characters discuss what's most important for a society: language or mathematics? Louise certainly stands for language and so do I. If you think about language as a means of any kind of communication, without you can't practically have anything. Humans need language or any system of communication in order to build everything. We need to communicate in order to create a society, and this movie supports such an idea. Apart from this, I really connected with movie due to the important emotional element included in it. Time, death and mourn are present in its premise in a such a beautiful way.
Characters and Performances:
I've said this plenty of times and I'll always say it: get Amy Adams a f***** Oscar! I think she's one the most underrated actresses in the Industry and it upsets me. I think she's very versatile and capable of playing very different roles. In this case, I was amazed by the way in which her character dealed with death. In some way, we all know the future; we all know that the our loved ones one day will die and that we will have to decide if we can continue without them or not. We all know that some loss will destroy us. Then, why do we choose to love? Why do we decide to get so attached to relations that will eventually end and make us suffer? For me the answer is simple: because it's worthy. By the end of the day, the only thing that really makes us feel alive is love, in some way or another. I think the message of this film is encouraging us to embrace decisions and loving people, even though we know the future results. I believe that death is a reminder for us to love the present time; being aware that our loved ones one day will die should encourage us to set aside differences and love as much as we can. Because if you can't love, then what's the point of life?
Year: 2016
Director: Dennis Villeneuve
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Music: Jóhann Jóhannsson
Cast: Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, Tzi Ma, Mark O'Brien, Julia Scarlett
Runtime: 1h 56 min
Qualification: 10/10
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