I was expecting a generic alien invasion movie, and I was pleasantly surprised

  • Norah (pup/it/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    18 hours ago

    Yeah, genuinely one of my favourite original sci-fi movies I’ve watched in the last decade. I did a linguistics course in high school so just really loved that side of it. It also really felt like they did a great job building the tension and making it feel like there were high stakes to her work.

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      7 hours ago

      It’s not original, though it expands on Ted Chiang’s short story “Story of Your Life”.

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        12 minutes ago

        I suppose you are going to tell everyone that Dune was based on a book the next time someone compliments the pacing and direction of that movie?

        The poster art for Arrival says it’s based on a story by Ted Chiang, it isn’t some secret nobody knows but you.

        What does being original or not have anything to do with what the original commenter wrote? MOST movies are based on previously existing stories. They were focusing on the movie. If you read the book and want to show everyone how much more you know than they do, it would be more impressive if you had said “i read the story the movie was based on, and comparatively, <your opinion here>”. It might have even made for an interesting and productive comment.