Due to circumstances, I managed to catch Arrival twice and I'm glad I did. Watching it the second time has cleared up some of the questions I had and made the movie that much better.
If everything else fails onscreen, we would still have had the talents of cinematographer Bradford Young and musical score from Johann Johannsson to keep us mesmerized. Especially Young's wide aerial shots which was also seen briefly in trailers of the alien ship standing upright, the scenes he created fit the mood of director Dennis Villeneuve perfectly.
Fortunately Villeneuve delivered his storytelling with the help of his three leads, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker. Michael Stuhlbarg also delivered a juicy and hate-able role that was the logic in all the extraordinary.
Arrival could definitely be considered a slow-burn, but the payoff in the end was worth the revelation; skillfully crafted by Villeneuve and his editing team. And there could be an argument put forward for Adams to receive a nomination for her role here, but I have not seen the other nominated actresses so I won't argue for her.
But with most movies that deal with the time-travelling factor, there could be a lot of loopholes. So in Arrival, there are still unanswered questions in my mind but not too distracting for me not to award the movie a high score.
In the end, the movie left us a lot of room for interpretation and opened up points for conversations. And that is the kind of movie I really enjoy.
This movie certainly deserves a watch on the silver screen, because I am very surprised it didn't perform well at the local cinemas.
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