#6. Arrival
Yesterday I mentioned Sicario, in that it was written by Taylor Sheridan, but the director of that 2015 film almost immediately followed up with a project containing deeper emotions, a broader scope, and more sensual spectacle. Aliens arrive on Earth, make no action whatsoever, and a linguistic professor is tasked with communicating with them. Already you’re thinking, “Well, I certainly I have never seen anything like this.” And that does not even take into consideration where the film goes from there. Arrival may hold the sixth position on my list, but it contains the single most satisfying conclusion of the year. It has a twist feel to it, but it’s the emotional impact it has not he viewer that is notable. However the ending makes you feel about the films central character, played by a criminally under-appreciated performance by Amy Adams (looking at you Academy), one thing is guaranteed: you will be impacted and you will leave the theater a little different than you entered it.
Yesterday I mentioned Sicario, in that it was written by Taylor Sheridan, but the director of that 2015 film almost immediately followed up with a project containing deeper emotions, a broader scope, and more sensual spectacle. Aliens arrive on Earth, make no action whatsoever, and a linguistic professor is tasked with communicating with them. Already you’re thinking, “Well, I certainly I have never seen anything like this.” And that does not even take into consideration where the film goes from there. Arrival may hold the sixth position on my list, but it contains the single most satisfying conclusion of the year. It has a twist feel to it, but it’s the emotional impact it has not he viewer that is notable. However the ending makes you feel about the films central character, played by a criminally under-appreciated performance by Amy Adams (looking at you Academy), one thing is guaranteed: you will be impacted and you will leave the theater a little different than you entered it.