![]() ![]() In basic terms, 12 black, oval alien pods appear one day in 12 distinctly different parts of Earth. And perhaps keeps us from being capable (right now) of engaging with another civilization. But the visual poetry will pull you through into an exciting, brave new world of ideas about global construction, and the Tower of Babel that has kept us from perfecting a worldwide construction. And despite how intricate the story feels during its runtime, its ultimately a film that will require multiple viewings. And it's a monolithic achievement.Īrrival is a spiral helix of information, but to keep that looping staircase a surprise this write-up will barely engage with plot. He obviously had all the tools, but his visual construction was beyond the texts he was working with. Fittingly, with Arrival, a film all about language between alien species and worldwide miscommunication, Villeneuve has free reign to decode an entire universe of language with visuals. In these films (and in his Canadian productions), Villeneuve was a director that I knew would eventually make a film that would floor me. Sicariocouldn't commit to its vantage point of a bewildered DEA agent and instead switched to the hitman at the climactic point for tidy answers. Prisoners' eloquent visuals colored suspicion in every corner of a suburban street but was undid by a script that over-relied on red herrings. Frustrating because his films have always shown a delicate craftsmanship, but the final product never coalesced into a film that was equal to the visuals, score and pacing that Villeneuve had shown complete mastery of. ĭenis Villeneuve ( Sicario, Prisoners), to this point, has been a frustrating director for me.
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