It's relatively easy for us to answer the question: "would you bring a child to life knowing that you'd have few years together?" because we're talking about a hypothetical kid. We don't know this kid, she or he doesn't have a face except the one we imagine. In her case, it's not a hypothetical child. It's HER child. She knows the face, the personality, the smell. The right question is: would you kind of live again the greatest love you've ever experienced? Love this movie.
This was actually a bit predictable but I 2nd and 3rd guess myself. At the beginning she talked about time and how it can be perceived differenty. So my brain goes to time manipulation... that brings in future/past etc.
RIGHT? I use to watch reactions to help me go through the repetitive part of my work, so I was just pasting info into a table when I heard he saying this. And then I was like "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" 🤣 I was soooooo expecting the plot!!! . Love his reactions!
Amy Adams is also in a fantastic film called “Julie&Julia” which is about Julia Child. It also had Meryl Streep. That said, I’m so glad you watched this one. The last words, which she said in Mandarin were "In war there are no winners, only widows."
Time stamp 4:20 where he guesses correctly the end of the film and whole reason for all the plot that took the other 99% of us the whole movie to figure out. Genius and good movie taste.
The most incredible depiction of learning a language and rewiring your brain in the process. The way this movie visually explains to a general audience that learning their language IS changing your perception of time is amazing. You now live all moments at once. You feel all moments at once. Concepts that we can't really grasp even when we think we can, this movie does the best job possible of TRYING to make human minds comprehend it.
14:06 - "Other than, like, . . . math . . ." You should watch *Contact,* based on the book by world renowned astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and professor Carl Sagan.
Your question at the end reminded me of my dad. We've had cats all my life. In 2020 we had 3 and they all passed away throughout that year. Now every time the topic of getting another one comes up he says "I just couldn't take the pain of losing another one". The sad truth is, he's 74. If we got a young cat it might well outlive him.
One of my absolute all-time favorite movies. It somehow gets better every time I watch it. When it comes to directors of sci-fi, Denis Villeneuve is a man among children. He is a Jedi master.
Nominated for 8 Oscars in 2016: Best Picture; Best Director - Denis Villeneuve; Best Adapted Screenplay; Best Sound Mixing; Best Sound Editing (WON); Best Production Design (which is for best sets, for those who don't know); Best Cinematography; Best Film Editing. Amy Adams was seen as a huge snub for Best Actress, as she had gotten a nomination at most of the other major awards shows, but not this time. I don't know if she could have won, but it might have been a close race between her and the winner, Emma Stone in "La La Land" (the daughter from Crazy Stupid Love and the older sister from Zombieland). Amy Adams was previously seen as Leonardo DiCaprio's fiancee, Brenda, in "Catch Me If You Can." Jeremy Renner (Ian) is a newcomer to this channel, I believe. He's a two-time Oscar nominee himself. Earlier this year, sadly, he was seriously injured in a snowplow accident on New Year's Day at his home in Reno. He was plowing his driveway when something went wrong and it rolled over him, breaking 30 bones in his body and had blunt chest trauma. Amazingly, he survived, and he was able to walk with a cane after ten weeks, but some aren't sure if his career will recover from it. Forest Whitaker (Col. Weber) was in "Good Morning Vietnam" with Robin Williams.
I rented this movie and loved it so much that I watched it again immediately. Then I purchased it. I wouldn't change anything about my life even if I knew the future. Yes, the pain would be incalculable, but so would the joy. I'm so glad you watched this and I was absolutely shocked when you figured it out like 5 minutes in! Amazing!
I don't believe it CAN be changed. If she is experiencing time nonlinearly, she is experiencing what ultimately happens. She doesn't have a choice. She can only decide to embrace it, because it has already happened. Sad to think that Ian wouldn't understand that when she told him about Hannah's disease. I guess his emotions interfered with his ability to reason.
By the way, this movie was based on a short story. It's in a collection of them that are really good - "Stories of Your Life and Others" by Ted Chiang.
Related to your question at the end of the video, remember that Amy Adam’s character had all of her memories of her child and already loved her. Choosing to not give birth to Hannah would not have saved her any heartbreak.
Truly one of the most brilliant films of recent cinema history…. Moves me every time I see it. Other films worthy of your attention: “PLEASANTVILLE,” “STRANGER THAN FICTION,” “CHILDREN OF MEN,” and “AMELIE”
Thanks for your reaction to this film. I’m super glad you enjoyed it. But knew you would. This for me might be my top favourite sci-fi movie of all time. It’s done just beautifully. And this scenario is of course the more ideal interaction we could hope for in real life. And not the like the other movies. This one makes one reflect on more then just our selves and yet inside our selves aswell. The importance of clear communication and patience to learn new things.
I love that we got two good movies in such a short time, this and interstellar, hell the martian if you count it, all three that deal with actual science and reality rather then sup natural or over the top stufff.
This is a completely trippy exploration of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and Linguistic Relativity. I have my quibbles with this and that, but it is pretty incredible overall.
The actress is Amy Adams, and believe me, a lot of films that she has been in have not done her justice, outside of films, or at least when she is doing interviews, she is real hot hot! yes saying it twice is what I think lol
I had to look high and low to find "Arrival" (2016), at first. As the movie played, I got "Quantum Leap" (1989-1993) and "Slaughter-house Five" (1972) vibes. "Time is a Circle" is such an interesting concept to come from our first contact with Aliens.
I hated this film at first. But just because i couldn't come to terms with it's brutal emotional reality. Now, every time I watch it, i love it more. I always enjoyed the visuals. Denis Villeneuve knows how to tell a story.
@@AwesomeUSMovies you’re too clever, we (the audience) weren’t supposed to figure out Louise is seeing the future until Costello tells her that’s what she is seeing)
Here's a funny story about when this movie played at my theater. Over the trash can there is a light to illuminate the can. One of our customers complained about the light so our manager decided to put a piece of tape over the light. The heat from the light melted the tape and ignited a popcorn bag in the trash.
You figured out that her daughter flashbacks were in fact visions of the future very early in the movie, good job! I live in Montreal, the house where they filmed is just outside of the city on a small quiet road. And the Montana location for the shell is a small village in Quebec called Saint-Fabien. And even without the shell, the landscape is beautiful there.
For the man who likes a conundrum, Stranger Than Fiction is a film about a book and I’ll say no more. Ask your family to check this one out as there is only 1 reaction out there from a very good source, so its your turn to shine.
16:05 That kangaroo "origin" has been around for atleast 135 years as a way tobmake colonizers look dumb. In an 1888 book, Australian journalist Donald Macdonald noted that “according to the traditions of the bush,” the kangaroo was named in English in 1770 when Captain James Cook’s ship ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef. Cook’s party came ashore in what is today the far north of Queensland. Seeing an unfamiliar animal hopping by, Cook asked a nearby aborigine what it was. “Kangaroo,” replied the native--meaning in his language something like “I don’t know” or “I don’t understand English, you dingus.” “Aha, the kangaroo!” nodded the clueless commander. And history was made.
I am of the opinion that the title of the film does not pertain to the aliens showing up, but the arrival of the Heptapod Language in Louise's mind. Let me explain... They mention how language creates physical and functional changes in the brain, affecting perception. What is unsaid is that 'Time' is a perceptual thing, somewhat the way color and sound is perceptual. One can actually learn to expand one's perception of color or of tonal qualities, and so doing actually DOES affect the mind. The Heptapods are quoted as saying "There's no time", which nervous humans interpreted as 'running out of time' or 'There's no time LEFT', but what the Heptapods really meant is that 'Time' doesn't exist. There is no 'present', no 'past', no 'future' as a distinct thing, just a subjective convenience. Words in the Heptapod Language are the same forward and backwards; they exist as palindromes. This is a model in physics as well. What it suggests is that nothing dies. Everything is eternal. We view our lives in linear terms, with a beginning, middle, and end. What the Language implies is each life is a constant, and that our consciousness is contained in that constant. Your consciousness can take you anywhere on that eternal circle (or sphere), and you can choose where to go whether it's forward or backward relative to where you are at any moment. Hannah lives, as all things do. Her limit is not the before-her-life or its end, but the containment within the life she's known. If lives are a constant, if Time is not linear but instead a constant 'Now', then it means there is no changing events. Even if you can see forward or backwards, Hannah was always born, the aliens always came, the bomb always went off. Hannah's appearance was brief only relative to the lives of the people she met. There is no changing the constant of actual Time. Which is why Louise said Hannah was unstoppable; because there was never a chance Hannah would not have been conceived. When events are fixed, there is no choice. There are no 'alternate timelines'. For Abbott, he would always come to Montana and he would complete his cycle there (except he just went back to another part of the fixed cycle of his life, maybe on his home planet). Earth will always be contacted, Louise will be the one to whom the Language arrives in, Abbott will recycle, and in 3,000 years Earth will help the Heptapods. This isn't 'Future' like we usual mean it. It's already baked in; it has/is/will happen in the fixed constant of actual 'Time'. So, Louise when she went into that reverie and picked up the book she will/has/had written, when she will/is/has lectured and taught others about the Language, she immediately was totally fluent in it. That's when she says "I can read it", because her consciousness had slipped over to the point she had mastered the Language. The Language had ARRIVED. This is the moment the our world changes. With fixed Time, there are no do-overs; it is what it is. Ian never learned the Language, so he couldn't handle Hannah dying. Ian got mad at Louise for 'making the wrong choice', but in fixed time, there is no 'choice'. It's like getting angry that your house burned down; that's madness, but in fixed time the house always burns down, already burned down. It's an unstoppable event. For Louise, she can be with Hannah whenever she wants, in an instant, just by 'going there', by consciousness shift. There's a reason the aliens showed up with no pollution, no engine noise. Their appearance was a fixed event, as was their exit. They travel fixed events by moving consciousness to that part of the history. Their appearance and disappearance, as all their travel, is cleanly done by just 'remembering' the event. There's no 'space travel'. One last thought: I suspect the Heptapod Language did not originate with them. I think the Language was learned from another species, the way Louise learns it and the way other humans learn it. The Heptapod Language does not align with spoken language or sound, so it did not develop from a known language and could not have aligned with the language Abbott and Costello spoke to each other. I think they learned it elsewhere and embraced it as a mixture of physics and philosophy.
I am a father of 2 and it's a hard question to answer. Would I still have my kids knowing of their future loss so early in life? My instinctual answer is yes but my emotional attachment to them immediately makes me withdraw from that answer unsure how to move forward. I guess all I can say is that Louise is a strong woman to be so sure of her decision. It makes me thankful that I don't have the ability to know the future and makes me want to live every day as if it really were our last.
The Max Richter piece “On the Nature of Daylight” sets an excellent emotional tone for this movie, just like in “Shutter Island.” A fairly simple piece, as classical music goes, but so much emotional content. Love it.
Glad you loved this movie! I absolutely love this movie as well. It's so smart, so interesting, heartbreaking, beautiful and sooo creative. Amy Adams has done a lot of great work. She was in a TV mini series a few years back called "Sharp Objects" (adapted from a book) that was excellent, IMO. She was excellent, the story was excellent, the other actors, production values, everything was very, very good. It's heavy.
I haven't watched your reaction yet, I am sitting down to do that now, but . . . this is one of the most beautiful, heartbreaking and hopeful movies I have ever seen ♥
This is one if my favorite sci-fi films. I couldn’t have said it better myself about the sound design. It’s definitely its own character. Idk if I could do what Louise did. Make the decision to have a child knowing how much pain and heartache that would bring. This one is so thought-provoking. It’s excellent all the way around. When this first premiered I remember hearing a lot of complaints that it’s too slow. But imo to get the full effect of the aliens’ presence and the journey Louise and Ian are going through the film is paced perfectly.
Yes, we can be & do terrible things but don't forget that we can & do amazing & wondrous ones as well. We are beautiful, messy creatures that have this duality of being able to function & reason outside of a group but when we're inside it, we can be overcome by the herd mentality. It takes a person with a strong will to push past those instincts & step outside of the group especially when fear takes over.
I only JUST realized the other one flew off to avoid the bomb, they knew one would die, so one stayed long enough to leave the message while the other got to saftey. I had noticed him flying off but didn't catch WHY.
Do not apologize, nothing is perfect, you said it yourself. Glad you took the time to watch this one, it is right up there with Interstellar in my book.
FANTASTIC reaction! Thank you Danielle. ❤ I've watched almost every reaction on YT, and you're up at the top. I'm with you on tweaking my argumentative tendencies. We're all a "work in progress" till our last breath! 🥰
Oh and it's not quite the same with Louise as with, say, a pregnant woman whose unborn child tests as likely to develop a terminal disease. She remembered her time with Hannah so she already knew her and loved her. I don't see how she could have made any other decision.
BTW, I love the geese squawk for the swear words, but may I suggest a few other options for the sake of variety? I could suggest some, but your knowledge of farm animals should serve you well in this regard.
Your comments remind me of something I saw Neil Degrasse Tyson say in an interview once. He said that it's entirely possible that aliens HAVE come to earth, BUT the technology required for interstellar travel is so far beyond us, that they'd look at us like we look at worms on the ground. He says they would probably have come to earth, taken a look around and said, "Nothing to see here." and went on their way 😂 Great reaction! Thanks for sharing with us.
For a moment I thought this was going to be The Arrival (1996) with Charlie Sheen and was so hyped-- I love that movie and no one I know seems to have watched it. I hope it lands on your list at some point.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees the similarities between the two films. Both have a (mostly) quiet, matter-of-fact science vibe with an amazing score.
Definitely put Amy Adams movies on your list. I love her work: American Hustle, The Fighter, Julie & Julia, Man of Steel, Trouble with the Curve, Night at the Museum 1 & 2, Leap Year, Hillbilly Elegy
One thing I think is a given is if extraterrestrials have visited earth, they are, by default, more intelligent than we because they reached our planet before we were able to send humans to another planet. I love these types of movies because this shows us that we still have a lot to learn. Humans may be intelligent, however, what do we have to compare ourselves to (besides the chimpanzee)? I really enjoy watching and listening to your reactions. Thank you, sir!
Love your reactions, your personality, your channel. Only one question: why just U.S. movies? There's an entire world of great films out there. Especially our cousins across the pond in the UK.
Hello from Greece. A baby in Greek is called "moro" it "doesn't understand" you borrowed that word. It's the word "moron", we call our babies morons.. ;)
I adore this film. so glad you got to see it. It blew my mind first time I saw it. I also think you would love another different sci-fi. Annihilation (2018) Beautiful visuals and story.
@@AwesomeUSMovies And if you're feeling super ambitious, Melancholia from 2011 has, for me, the most awe-inspiring photography of any sci-fi. It's not an easy watch but the realistic drama around the apocalypse is deeply moving. Definitely a movie that divides people! Your reactions are enchanting, am loving your cinematic journey 🥰
Since you enjoy reading and liked this movie, you should read Trust by David Moody. It's similar to this in that it shows how people would believably react to aliens coming to Earth and how we would only know so much at a time. In fact, when this came out I thought it might be based on that book until the story became way different.
Well, you didn’t tell me you were imperfect before you asked me to subscribe. I may not have subscribed to the channel if an imperfect human. 🙄. Hahaha. I enjoyed the movie time with you. Thanks for your decency.
I'd love to see you do reactions to the classic "2001: A Space Odyssey" (shot in the late 60s) followed by its sequel, "2010: The Year We Make Contact" (shot in the early 80s)
We're mortal. Our time here, our time together, is finite. If you have a kid, they will die. If you have a kid, your time together will be finite. We get the journey. We do not get forever.
Some think the disease her daughter got might have been caused by the gas she breathed in when going into the shell. But it had to be done for events to play out.
This was actually a bit predictable but I 2nd and 3rd guess myself. At the beginning she talked about time and how it can be perceived differenty. So my brain goes to time manipulation... that brings in future/past etc.
Would like to see scotland be wiped out in a dissaster movie,we've only been wiped out really in The Day After Tomorrow 😂,usually it's england on the map that get's taken out and we are always standing
Other major titles for big names. Denis Villeneuve (director) - Prisoners (2013); Enemy (2013); Sicario (2015); Blade Runner 2049 (2017, the sequel to the 1982 film Blade Runner); Dune (2021 remake, not the 1980 original) Amy Adams (Louise Banks) - Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006); Enchanted (2007); Julie and Julia (2009); The Fighter (2010, Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress); American Hustle (2013, Oscar nomination for Best Actress); Big Eyes (2014); Nocturnal Animals (2016); Vice (2018, Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress). Not all of her six Oscar nominations are listed here, because the edits might not work on TH-cam or the film is too obscure to find. Jeremy Renner (Ian Donnelly) - The Hurt Locker (2009, Oscar nomination for Best Actor); The Town (2010, Oscar nomination for Supporting Actor); American Hustle (2013, with Amy Adams above); Tag (2018). He's also appeared as "Hawkeye" in many MCU movies. Forest Whitaker (Col. G.T. Weber) - Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982); Platoon (1986); Bird (1988); Phone Booth (2003); The Last King of Scotland (2006, Oscar win for Best Actor); The Butler (2013) Michael Stuhlbarg (Agent Halpern) - A Serious Man (2009); Men in Black 3 (2012); Hitchcock (2012); Lincoln (2012); Trumbo (2015, with Bryan Cranston from Breaking Bad); The Shape of Water (2017) Tzi Ma (General Shang) - The Money Pit (1986); Dante's Peak (1997); The Ladykillers (2004); The Campaign (2012) Mark O'Brien (General Marks) - The Front Runner (2018); Bad Times at the El Royale (2018); Marriage Story (2019). "Arrival" is his breakout role, so not much of his work is known before this, and he's done most of his work in his native Canada.
Am I the only one who didn't like Arrival? I played this video on mute, gave James a thumbs up, and made this comment just for support. You go get 'em, James!!
Oh, i thought it was amazing. Just the sound design alone is worth listening to. Also, just think about the work involved in creating that language... someone had to actually do that.. It's insane.
You know, you don't have to talk constantly, laugh, snort, joke & say every thought that runs through your head every second. Don't try so hard to be entertaining & try to let some movies start to establish themselves with a little respect before you prattle over it.
I think the portrayal of how the world would react to something like this is very understated. Like crazy understated. They world would tear itself apart.
Sorry about the audio on this one... something with my setting cut my words off a little bit.
I'll forgive you.... this one time.
@@cowsmooloud 😂
noise gate is way off probably. With certain voices it thinks it's background and cuts it.
In the one movie you praised the sound design so much..
You made the opposite for you video.
Nice reaction, man.
All good, still loved the reaction!
The final words of the General's dying wife were "In war, there are no winners, only widows."
Wow, love that thanks
It's relatively easy for us to answer the question: "would you bring a child to life knowing that you'd have few years together?" because we're talking about a hypothetical kid. We don't know this kid, she or he doesn't have a face except the one we imagine.
In her case, it's not a hypothetical child. It's HER child. She knows the face, the personality, the smell. The right question is: would you kind of live again the greatest love you've ever experienced?
Love this movie.
Everyone else assumes it’s her past. The fact you figured out it was her future, amazing.
James is one of a kind. Always love his reactions!
This was actually a bit predictable but I 2nd and 3rd guess myself. At the beginning she talked about time and how it can be perceived differenty. So my brain goes to time manipulation... that brings in future/past etc.
Just for the record, she's not seeing the future but rather experiencing what is called Eternalism where all of time is happening all at once.
RIGHT? I use to watch reactions to help me go through the repetitive part of my work, so I was just pasting info into a table when I heard he saying this. And then I was like "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" 🤣
I was soooooo expecting the plot!!!
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Love his reactions!
I didn't guess it but I picked it up, but didn't put 2 and 2 together, I kept asking, "Look you just lost your daughter tell them you need time."
Amy Adams is also in a fantastic film called “Julie&Julia” which is about Julia Child. It also had Meryl Streep.
That said, I’m so glad you watched this one. The last words, which she said in Mandarin were "In war there are no winners, only widows."
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
Time stamp 4:20 where he guesses correctly the end of the film and whole reason for all the plot that took the other 99% of us the whole movie to figure out. Genius and good movie taste.
The most incredible depiction of learning a language and rewiring your brain in the process. The way this movie visually explains to a general audience that learning their language IS changing your perception of time is amazing. You now live all moments at once. You feel all moments at once. Concepts that we can't really grasp even when we think we can, this movie does the best job possible of TRYING to make human minds comprehend it.
A cool thing is the reason Abbot was always late, was because he knew he was going to die, and always dreaded going
I always cry at the moment when General Shang believes her. To me, it's the most heartbreaking moment of the film.
My cry moment was, our "blow them up" stupidity-tude, which sent Abbott into the "Death Process"
Yes! Cannot wait to watch this ! One of the greater sci fi movies of our generation !
It was an amazing film
14:06 - "Other than, like, . . . math . . ."
You should watch *Contact,* based on the book by world renowned astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and professor Carl Sagan.
I think it's been requested before. Is it another alien movie? I'll make sure it's on my list thanks.
@@AwesomeUSMovies - I think (know?) I requested it before.
More realistic movie about making contact with aliens than most alien movies.
Your question at the end reminded me of my dad. We've had cats all my life. In 2020 we had 3 and they all passed away throughout that year. Now every time the topic of getting another one comes up he says "I just couldn't take the pain of losing another one". The sad truth is, he's 74. If we got a young cat it might well outlive him.
Very true
One of my absolute all-time favorite movies. It somehow gets better every time I watch it. When it comes to directors of sci-fi, Denis Villeneuve is a man among children. He is a Jedi master.
I agree!he is a Ridley Scott/Steven Spielberg world builder and uses his actors very well!
The sound design was insane
I loved this movie. I watched it 2 times in a row the same day to completely understand it. I also felt that I wanted to know more science and math.
I weep and cheer every time I watch it. A special film and excellent sci-fi!
It's way up there for me
Nominated for 8 Oscars including Best Picture, but won for Best Sound Editing.
The sound design is AMAZING!
Nominated for 8 Oscars in 2016: Best Picture; Best Director - Denis Villeneuve; Best Adapted Screenplay; Best Sound Mixing; Best Sound Editing (WON); Best Production Design (which is for best sets, for those who don't know); Best Cinematography; Best Film Editing.
Amy Adams was seen as a huge snub for Best Actress, as she had gotten a nomination at most of the other major awards shows, but not this time. I don't know if she could have won, but it might have been a close race between her and the winner, Emma Stone in "La La Land" (the daughter from Crazy Stupid Love and the older sister from Zombieland). Amy Adams was previously seen as Leonardo DiCaprio's fiancee, Brenda, in "Catch Me If You Can."
Jeremy Renner (Ian) is a newcomer to this channel, I believe. He's a two-time Oscar nominee himself. Earlier this year, sadly, he was seriously injured in a snowplow accident on New Year's Day at his home in Reno. He was plowing his driveway when something went wrong and it rolled over him, breaking 30 bones in his body and had blunt chest trauma. Amazingly, he survived, and he was able to walk with a cane after ten weeks, but some aren't sure if his career will recover from it.
Forest Whitaker (Col. Weber) was in "Good Morning Vietnam" with Robin Williams.
well deserved
I rented this movie and loved it so much that I watched it again immediately. Then I purchased it.
I wouldn't change anything about my life even if I knew the future. Yes, the pain would be incalculable, but so would the joy.
I'm so glad you watched this and I was absolutely shocked when you figured it out like 5 minutes in! Amazing!
The whole talking about time at the beginning kinda hinted at it.
I don't believe it CAN be changed. If she is experiencing time nonlinearly, she is experiencing what ultimately happens. She doesn't have a choice. She can only decide to embrace it, because it has already happened. Sad to think that Ian wouldn't understand that when she told him about Hannah's disease. I guess his emotions interfered with his ability to reason.
It's great that you read a lot of books and now your watching all these movies...best of both worlds🙂
I think you're right!
By the way, this movie was based on a short story. It's in a collection of them that are really good - "Stories of Your Life and Others" by Ted Chiang.
Related to your question at the end of the video, remember that Amy Adam’s character had all of her memories of her child and already loved her. Choosing to not give birth to Hannah would not have saved her any heartbreak.
Agreed, I didn't consider that
Truly one of the most brilliant films of recent cinema history…. Moves me every time I see it.
Other films worthy of your attention: “PLEASANTVILLE,” “STRANGER THAN FICTION,” “CHILDREN OF MEN,” and “AMELIE”
Just watched Pleasantville actually.
Thanks for your reaction to this film. I’m super glad you enjoyed it. But knew you would. This for me might be my top favourite sci-fi movie of all time. It’s done just beautifully. And this scenario is of course the more ideal interaction we could hope for in real life. And not the like the other movies. This one makes one reflect on more then just our selves and yet inside our selves aswell. The importance of clear communication and patience to learn new things.
It's pretty high on my list at this point. Really enjoyed it
I love that we got two good movies in such a short time, this and interstellar, hell the martian if you count it, all three that deal with actual science and reality rather then sup natural or over the top stufff.
This is a completely trippy exploration of the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis and Linguistic Relativity. I have my quibbles with this and that, but it is pretty incredible overall.
I really really enjoyed it
The actress is Amy Adams, and believe me, a lot of films that she has been in have not done her justice, outside of films, or at least when she is doing interviews, she is real hot hot! yes saying it twice is what I think lol
I had to look high and low to find "Arrival" (2016), at first. As the movie played, I got "Quantum Leap" (1989-1993) and "Slaughter-house Five" (1972) vibes. "Time is a Circle" is such an interesting concept to come from our first contact with Aliens.
I know Slaughter House from the book, didn't know they made a movie out of it.
I hated this film at first. But just because i couldn't come to terms with it's brutal emotional reality.
Now, every time I watch it, i love it more. I always enjoyed the visuals. Denis Villeneuve knows how to tell a story.
I very much enjoyed it
Let’s go!!!!
(Ps ironic that James is wearing a NASA shirt?)
OMG... I just noticed that. That is Ironic
@@AwesomeUSMovies you’re too clever, we (the audience) weren’t supposed to figure out Louise is seeing the future until Costello tells her that’s what she is seeing)
Here's a funny story about when this movie played at my theater. Over the trash can there is a light to illuminate the can. One of our customers complained about the light so our manager decided to put a piece of tape over the light. The heat from the light melted the tape and ignited a popcorn bag in the trash.
Love anything Jeremy Renner!!
Well done recognising Amy Adam's from Catch Me If You Can! I would never have made that connection.
I just watched it last month so still fresh
You figured out that her daughter flashbacks were in fact visions of the future very early in the movie, good job!
I live in Montreal, the house where they filmed is just outside of the city on a small quiet road. And the Montana location for the shell is a small village in Quebec called Saint-Fabien. And even without the shell, the landscape is beautiful there.
For the man who likes a conundrum, Stranger Than Fiction is a film about a book and I’ll say no more. Ask your family to check this one out as there is only 1 reaction out there from a very good source, so its your turn to shine.
16:05 That kangaroo "origin" has been around for atleast 135 years as a way tobmake colonizers look dumb. In an 1888 book, Australian journalist Donald Macdonald noted that “according to the traditions of the bush,” the kangaroo was named in English in 1770 when Captain James Cook’s ship ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef. Cook’s party came ashore in what is today the far north of Queensland. Seeing an unfamiliar animal hopping by, Cook asked a nearby aborigine what it was. “Kangaroo,” replied the native--meaning in his language something like “I don’t know” or “I don’t understand English, you dingus.” “Aha, the kangaroo!” nodded the clueless commander. And history was made.
I am of the opinion that the title of the film does not pertain to the aliens showing up, but the arrival of the Heptapod Language in Louise's mind.
Let me explain...
They mention how language creates physical and functional changes in the brain, affecting perception. What is unsaid is that 'Time' is a perceptual thing, somewhat the way color and sound is perceptual. One can actually learn to expand one's perception of color or of tonal qualities, and so doing actually DOES affect the mind.
The Heptapods are quoted as saying "There's no time", which nervous humans interpreted as 'running out of time' or 'There's no time LEFT', but what the Heptapods really meant is that 'Time' doesn't exist. There is no 'present', no 'past', no 'future' as a distinct thing, just a subjective convenience.
Words in the Heptapod Language are the same forward and backwards; they exist as palindromes. This is a model in physics as well. What it suggests is that nothing dies. Everything is eternal. We view our lives in linear terms, with a beginning, middle, and end. What the Language implies is each life is a constant, and that our consciousness is contained in that constant. Your consciousness can take you anywhere on that eternal circle (or sphere), and you can choose where to go whether it's forward or backward relative to where you are at any moment.
Hannah lives, as all things do. Her limit is not the before-her-life or its end, but the containment within the life she's known. If lives are a constant, if Time is not linear but instead a constant 'Now', then it means there is no changing events. Even if you can see forward or backwards, Hannah was always born, the aliens always came, the bomb always went off. Hannah's appearance was brief only relative to the lives of the people she met.
There is no changing the constant of actual Time. Which is why Louise said Hannah was unstoppable; because there was never a chance Hannah would not have been conceived.
When events are fixed, there is no choice. There are no 'alternate timelines'. For Abbott, he would always come to Montana and he would complete his cycle there (except he just went back to another part of the fixed cycle of his life, maybe on his home planet). Earth will always be contacted, Louise will be the one to whom the Language arrives in, Abbott will recycle, and in 3,000 years Earth will help the Heptapods. This isn't 'Future' like we usual mean it. It's already baked in; it has/is/will happen in the fixed constant of actual 'Time'.
So, Louise when she went into that reverie and picked up the book she will/has/had written, when she will/is/has lectured and taught others about the Language, she immediately was totally fluent in it. That's when she says "I can read it", because her consciousness had slipped over to the point she had mastered the Language. The Language had ARRIVED. This is the moment the our world changes.
With fixed Time, there are no do-overs; it is what it is. Ian never learned the Language, so he couldn't handle Hannah dying. Ian got mad at Louise for 'making the wrong choice', but in fixed time, there is no 'choice'. It's like getting angry that your house burned down; that's madness, but in fixed time the house always burns down, already burned down. It's an unstoppable event. For Louise, she can be with Hannah whenever she wants, in an instant, just by 'going there', by consciousness shift.
There's a reason the aliens showed up with no pollution, no engine noise. Their appearance was a fixed event, as was their exit. They travel fixed events by moving consciousness to that part of the history. Their appearance and disappearance, as all their travel, is cleanly done by just 'remembering' the event. There's no 'space travel'.
One last thought: I suspect the Heptapod Language did not originate with them. I think the Language was learned from another species, the way Louise learns it and the way other humans learn it. The Heptapod Language does not align with spoken language or sound, so it did not develop from a known language and could not have aligned with the language Abbott and Costello spoke to each other. I think they learned it elsewhere and embraced it as a mixture of physics and philosophy.
Beautiful, thank you!
Very well said, thanks
This is a beautiful response. Thank you.
I am a father of 2 and it's a hard question to answer. Would I still have my kids knowing of their future loss so early in life? My instinctual answer is yes but my emotional attachment to them immediately makes me withdraw from that answer unsure how to move forward.
I guess all I can say is that Louise is a strong woman to be so sure of her decision. It makes me thankful that I don't have the ability to know the future and makes me want to live every day as if it really were our last.
The Max Richter piece “On the Nature of Daylight” sets an excellent emotional tone for this movie, just like in “Shutter Island.” A fairly simple piece, as classical music goes, but so much emotional content. Love it.
Glad you loved this movie! I absolutely love this movie as well. It's so smart, so interesting, heartbreaking, beautiful and sooo creative. Amy Adams has done a lot of great work. She was in a TV mini series a few years back called "Sharp Objects" (adapted from a book) that was excellent, IMO. She was excellent, the story was excellent, the other actors, production values, everything was very, very good. It's heavy.
I haven't watched your reaction yet, I am sitting down to do that now, but . . . this is one of the most beautiful, heartbreaking and hopeful movies I have ever seen ♥
OMG.. it's sooo good!
One of fav movies. It's just brilliant.
agreed
This is one if my favorite sci-fi films. I couldn’t have said it better myself about the sound design. It’s definitely its own character. Idk if I could do what Louise did. Make the decision to have a child knowing how much pain and heartache that would bring. This one is so thought-provoking. It’s excellent all the way around. When this first premiered I remember hearing a lot of complaints that it’s too slow. But imo to get the full effect of the aliens’ presence and the journey Louise and Ian are going through the film is paced perfectly.
I didn't think it was slow at all
That house is in an island near Montréal and I really love the architecture. It does have a beautiful view and neighborhood.
It was lovely
Yes, we can be & do terrible things but don't forget that we can & do amazing & wondrous ones as well. We are beautiful, messy creatures that have this duality of being able to function & reason outside of a group but when we're inside it, we can be overcome by the herd mentality. It takes a person with a strong will to push past those instincts & step outside of the group especially when fear takes over.
Absolutely!!
I only JUST realized the other one flew off to avoid the bomb, they knew one would die, so one stayed long enough to leave the message while the other got to saftey. I had noticed him flying off but didn't catch WHY.
This movie is brilliant, as is Denis Villenueve. I love how many movies now are showing the slipperiness and flexibility of time.
Do not apologize, nothing is perfect, you said it yourself. Glad you took the time to watch this one, it is right up there with Interstellar in my book.
I think this one is better
Add these to the list
The Ron Clark Story 2006
The Freedom Writers 2007
Front Of The Class 2008
I've addded all of these to my list thanks
Based on the novella "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang
I'll be reading that thanks
FANTASTIC reaction! Thank you Danielle. ❤ I've watched almost every reaction on YT, and you're up at the top. I'm with you on tweaking my argumentative tendencies. We're all a "work in progress" till our last breath! 🥰
100%, man.. I got lots of work to do.
This movie is a masterpiece. As a divorced father of young kids, it hits me super hard. I wouldn't trade my time with them for anything.
Oh and it's not quite the same with Louise as with, say, a pregnant woman whose unborn child tests as likely to develop a terminal disease. She remembered her time with Hannah so she already knew her and loved her. I don't see how she could have made any other decision.
I'd agree with this. Time with kids is worth everything
BTW, I love the geese squawk for the swear words, but may I suggest a few other options for the sake of variety? I could suggest some, but your knowledge of farm animals should serve you well in this regard.
I like that idea, funny
Such a different feeling watching a smart/bibliophile reactor !
Your comments remind me of something I saw Neil Degrasse Tyson say in an interview once. He said that it's entirely possible that aliens HAVE come to earth, BUT the technology required for interstellar travel is so far beyond us, that they'd look at us like we look at worms on the ground. He says they would probably have come to earth, taken a look around and said, "Nothing to see here." and went on their way 😂 Great reaction! Thanks for sharing with us.
Words of wisdom right there. We are ants in a universe of giants.
For a moment I thought this was going to be The Arrival (1996) with Charlie Sheen and was so hyped-- I love that movie and no one I know seems to have watched it.
I hope it lands on your list at some point.
One of my favorite SciFi movies. Right up there with the orig Day the Earth Stood Still.
Hannah, same forward as backward. Like time.
Of all alien encounter movies, this is my favorite.
I've only seen a couple so this one wins
If you loved this, you should definitely check out Sunshine. It's such a underrated film.
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees the similarities between the two films. Both have a (mostly) quiet, matter-of-fact science vibe with an amazing score.
Definitely put Amy Adams movies on your list. I love her work: American Hustle, The Fighter, Julie & Julia, Man of Steel, Trouble with the Curve, Night at the Museum 1 & 2, Leap Year, Hillbilly Elegy
One thing I think is a given is if extraterrestrials have visited earth, they are, by default, more intelligent than we because they reached our planet before we were able to send humans to another planet. I love these types of movies because this shows us that we still have a lot to learn. Humans may be intelligent, however, what do we have to compare ourselves to (besides the chimpanzee)? I really enjoy watching and listening to your reactions. Thank you, sir!
Love your reactions, your personality, your channel. Only one question: why just U.S. movies? There's an entire world of great films out there. Especially our cousins across the pond in the UK.
The United States has a fair use law that legally allows me to sample movies
@13:00 Humans are bipedal...
Latin/Greek are kinda fun... Gastropods (like slugs) are stomach-foots lol. In Greek, Gastḗr/stomach + poús/foot
In Latin, Bipod = double (bis) + feet (pes)
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Love love love this.
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Thanks 😊
Thanks for that Drew
Hello from Greece.
A baby in Greek is called "moro" it "doesn't understand" you borrowed that word.
It's the word "moron", we call our babies morons.. ;)
I adore this film. so glad you got to see it. It blew my mind first time I saw it. I also think you would love another different sci-fi. Annihilation (2018) Beautiful visuals and story.
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
@@AwesomeUSMovies And if you're feeling super ambitious, Melancholia from 2011 has, for me, the most awe-inspiring photography of any sci-fi. It's not an easy watch but the realistic drama around the apocalypse is deeply moving. Definitely a movie that divides people! Your reactions are enchanting, am loving your cinematic journey 🥰
One of the most fascinating movie
agreed
Since you enjoy reading and liked this movie, you should read Trust by David Moody. It's similar to this in that it shows how people would believably react to aliens coming to Earth and how we would only know so much at a time. In fact, when this came out I thought it might be based on that book until the story became way different.
I will take a look, thank you so much.
Well, you didn’t tell me you were imperfect before you asked me to subscribe. I may not have subscribed to the channel if an imperfect human. 🙄. Hahaha. I enjoyed the movie time with you. Thanks for your decency.
Glad you enjoyed
I think he would also enjoy "Contact" with Jodie Foster. It is a similar movie from the late 90s.
Added thanks
I'd love to see you do reactions to the classic "2001: A Space Odyssey" (shot in the late 60s) followed by its sequel, "2010: The Year We Make Contact" (shot in the early 80s)
I concur...would love to see James react to both.💯
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
Loved your reaction. So glad you enjoyed it. 🙂💛👍
So good
"In war there are no winners, only widows."
Love this
@@AwesomeUSMovies That was the quote that she said in Chinese to the general
Finally an intelligent alien movie. This is what first contact might really look like. Love it!
I'll have to watch that one too
Amy Adams rides in alien pods. In Man of Steel and this.
one of my faves of all time, love your reactions
It's so good
We're mortal. Our time here, our time together, is finite. If you have a kid, they will die. If you have a kid, your time together will be finite.
We get the journey. We do not get forever.
May I suggest Elvira Mistress of The Dark (1988). Have a groovy day
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
i know you’ve probably been asked this before, but what are some of your favorite books?
I actually just did a Q&A session and there is a whole segment where I talk about books. th-cam.com/users/liveYw6siVa_ewo
Funny there is a story that may be true that is similar to kangaroo, wich is Canada may originate from Kanata wich means village.
Some think the disease her daughter got might have been caused by the gas she breathed in when going into the shell. But it had to be done for events to play out.
Martin Luther said that even if he knew with certainty that the world would end tomorrow, he'd still plant his apple tree.
Love this
The arrival of Hannah
My kind of Sci-fi! ✌🏻☀️
👍great movie, great reaction
Thanks
In Louis mind past ,present, and future was happening at the same time nonlinear.
18:40 Whaaaat? Hoooow???
This was actually a bit predictable but I 2nd and 3rd guess myself. At the beginning she talked about time and how it can be perceived differenty. So my brain goes to time manipulation... that brings in future/past etc.
Fantastic review!
Thank you kindly!
Would like to see scotland be wiped out in a dissaster movie,we've only been wiped out really in The Day After Tomorrow 😂,usually it's england on the map that get's taken out and we are always standing
That's a funny thought process. I promise if I have make a movie destroying counties, yours will be included.
25:25 YT auto-subtitles: _"They thought that stupid whatever Obama was gonna injure them."_
OMG... that's funny
Other major titles for big names.
Denis Villeneuve (director) - Prisoners (2013); Enemy (2013); Sicario (2015); Blade Runner 2049 (2017, the sequel to the 1982 film Blade Runner); Dune (2021 remake, not the 1980 original)
Amy Adams (Louise Banks) - Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006); Enchanted (2007); Julie and Julia (2009); The Fighter (2010, Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress); American Hustle (2013, Oscar nomination for Best Actress); Big Eyes (2014); Nocturnal Animals (2016); Vice (2018, Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress). Not all of her six Oscar nominations are listed here, because the edits might not work on TH-cam or the film is too obscure to find.
Jeremy Renner (Ian Donnelly) - The Hurt Locker (2009, Oscar nomination for Best Actor); The Town (2010, Oscar nomination for Supporting Actor); American Hustle (2013, with Amy Adams above); Tag (2018). He's also appeared as "Hawkeye" in many MCU movies.
Forest Whitaker (Col. G.T. Weber) - Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982); Platoon (1986); Bird (1988); Phone Booth (2003); The Last King of Scotland (2006, Oscar win for Best Actor); The Butler (2013)
Michael Stuhlbarg (Agent Halpern) - A Serious Man (2009); Men in Black 3 (2012); Hitchcock (2012); Lincoln (2012); Trumbo (2015, with Bryan Cranston from Breaking Bad); The Shape of Water (2017)
Tzi Ma (General Shang) - The Money Pit (1986); Dante's Peak (1997); The Ladykillers (2004); The Campaign (2012)
Mark O'Brien (General Marks) - The Front Runner (2018); Bad Times at the El Royale (2018); Marriage Story (2019). "Arrival" is his breakout role, so not much of his work is known before this, and he's done most of his work in his native Canada.
If aliens came to the earth I would ask for a ride 😭
OMG>>>> LOL that's funny. IDK... you might what to see what's on the menu first.
septomorph 4 prez
funny
This movie is _so good._ Best pure science fiction cinema I've seen in a long time.
It was very well done
I remember when JFK was assassinated, I was in kindergarten
Yeah, there are moments in all our lives we just remember that moment. Like a still frame in our head.
❤❤❤
Loved this movie
Awesome reaction, can you please watch a movie called THE BIG YEAR.
Added to my list, thanks for the suggestion.
@@AwesomeUSMovies appreciate it so much
Am I the only one who didn't like Arrival? I played this video on mute, gave James a thumbs up, and made this comment just for support. You go get 'em, James!!
First one I’ve heard of.
Has some interesting concepts, like the language and communication, but as a whole, I don't like it too much. But I'm here for James, too.
Arrival hit me very... Neutral...like the color beige.
Oh, i thought it was amazing. Just the sound design alone is worth listening to. Also, just think about the work involved in creating that language... someone had to actually do that.. It's insane.
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Alians... ahahahahha
A masterpiece of a movie and a great reaction.
Thank you
But the music was no good.
You know, you don't have to talk constantly, laugh, snort, joke & say every thought that runs through your head every second. Don't try so hard to be entertaining & try to let some movies start to establish themselves with a little respect before you prattle over it.
at least it caused the US to close the borders
I think the portrayal of how the world would react to something like this is very understated. Like crazy understated. They world would tear itself apart.
This was a relatively good movie until the religiosity bullshit came into it
What religiosity stuff?? There was religion in this movie?
Huh???