Arrival - English Movie

Arrival is not an action movie. It is a eulogy for the future. It is a love letter to the present. It will make you cry. It will make you want to call your parents. And it will leave you staring at the wall for twenty minutes after the credits roll.

If you watch it the first time, you are Ian. You are trying to solve the puzzle, looking for the "weapon." If you watch it the second time, you are Louise. Knowing the ending, you see every happy moment as deeply tragic, and every tragic moment as strangely beautiful. arrival english movie

As Louise learns Heptapod B, she begins to remember (or rather, experience ) events that haven't happened yet. Spoiler Warning: If you haven’t seen the movie, stop reading. Seriously. Go watch it. Arrival is not an action movie

Louise looks at Ian (who does not yet know their future) and makes a conscious decision. She chooses to love him. She chooses to have Hannah. She chooses to hold her daughter, read her stories, and watch her laugh, knowing with absolute certainty that she will have to watch her die. It will make you cry

Louise discovers that the heptapods' written language is non-linear. They write a sentence all at once—the beginning, middle, and end are a single circle. There is no "before" or "after" in their text.