Film: Arrival - A Short Review.

One looks at science fiction films in a certain way. Those unrelenting Marvel superhero movies are all the same. A marketable formula: man is down and out; discovers a new and extraordinary aspect of his person; enter the antagonist, a real and usually evil character; a subplot of a girl or woman the protagonist always has loved; once reaching his peak of power, the protagonist fights to the end, almost losing himself and his true love; ending, the antagonist is defeated, and by a pure miracle, his true love remains, with a passionate kiss. This works. Arrival is a different approach to Science fiction, dealing in love, language and time...

Rather than bore the reader with specifics of the actors and director, the story has remained with me for days.

This story examines time. Time not in a linear construct, but an existence of fluid time, where there is no beginning nor end, existence is, just is, and moves.

Based on an incredible short story by Ted Chang, "Story of my Life", examines what if, in time, knowing in the future you would experience a terrible tragedy, yet knowing this, carry on with life, acceptance and love of One..

To attempt a short narrative of the film  would be a disservice to the reader.

A wonderful story and film.