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The Arrival
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The Arrival
September 7, 2016 at 10:57 pm
I'm a sucker for intelligent hard Sci Fi, and this looks like it could be good.  It's based on a short story by Ted Chiang titled,  "Story of your life".

I just hope it's better than the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still.








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RE: The Arrival
September 7, 2016 at 11:45 pm
I hope it's better than Interstellar.

That movie blew.

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RE: The Arrival
September 7, 2016 at 11:49 pm
(September 7, 2016 at 11:45 pm)The Valkyrie Wrote: I hope it's better than Interstellar.

That movie blew.

Interstellar was pretty sick bro.
It had potential tho.
Now I feel really low.
I should just go.
Even tho...

It was "SickAf!"

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RE: The Arrival
September 8, 2016 at 2:11 am
I loved Interstellar.
I think I'll like this one too.
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RE: The Arrival
September 8, 2016 at 2:35 am
If you want to like a movie, then don't read the story beforehand. I made that mistake several times already...
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RE: The Arrival
September 13, 2016 at 3:57 am
I feel like this is going to be the smartest SF movie I'll watch this year:


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RE: The Arrival
September 13, 2016 at 4:09 am
The Arrival looks like it's my cup of tea, great!
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RE: The Arrival
September 13, 2016 at 5:53 am
Beautiful cinematography but the story seems bad and I don't like the performances.

I'll have more to say after I watch it.
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RE: The Arrival
September 13, 2016 at 6:45 am
I'm definitely eager to see this on cable.
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RE: The Arrival
September 13, 2016 at 7:10 am
Did someone say "Arrival"

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