re: Arrival movie

Arrival was an amazing film, and by far my favorite movie of last year. The way it gets into the messiness of communication and translation was fascinating, and at the movie's core, there is a moral choice for which the movie doesn't really take a side, giving voice to both sides of the argument. I think she's right to have a child knowing what will happen, but wrong to not tell her husband of what was going to happen, robbing him of the choice.

It's also a beautifully shot film, and the scenes on first contact are genuinely terrifying. It does a great job of showing how scary the unknown is.