Arrival (2016) - Directed by Denis Villeneuve

When mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks (Amy Adams) is tasked with interpreting the language of the alien visitors.
Villeneuve does a really good job of setting up tension in the first act, you learn about her tortured past, when these spacecraft land on earth you see these news reports and there is that sense of panic.
You wonder are they peaceful?

The First act doesnt only sets up a good tension it also sets up a great character in Louise played by Amy Adams, i have always thought she was a good actress but this is propably the best performance i have seen from her.
The entire film rests on her shoulder and her character progression.
It has a very different way of telling a story once you understand certain things going into the background and if you keep your eyes open from scene one things are gonna make sense to you.

Arrival have great visuals, direction, cinematography, intriguing aliens, a third act that have a very cool twist that really made me think differently about the whole film, a great performance by Amy Adams and i loved her interaction with these visitors.
The movie has a very clever way too communating with aliens and using languages to solve problems instead of causing problems.
It is also a story of international corporation and how sometimes everyone has to work at one goal.
But this is not a Independence Day or War of the Worlds it is more of a suspenseful drama than a Sci-fi Action movie.
You will not see Aliens vs Humans with a big fight, it is more centered around characters.
It is slow paced deliberately and to some viewers that can be a problem but i liked the slow paced way.

I found Jeremy Renners character very useless, he even acknowledging it, his performance is okay but it is his character that was very bland.
Some things in the third act feels a little bit rushed and there is some characters that makes a dumb choice after have watch too much tv.
It felt like they wanted to build a little bit more suspense but didnt really build to anything.

Once you learn why they are here it isn´t explored that much and can dissapoint but it is more about Adams character rather than about why they are here.

Rating: 9/10
I was gonna review it on sunday but i felt i had to thinking about it more so i could give a proper review.

It is great too see a hollywood movie with a female lead that is great!