I've watched “Arrival", and just finished reading the screenplay. Yes, it's not new, but I
can't miss it having some relation to the world of translators and
being a fan of good sci-fi. What I like most about this film is its
wonderful integrity – here are so many scenes, details, ideas
whirling around one clear concept – time is just one of many
dimensions. I have never sensed it like this in other sci-fi movies.
But this idea is not just clearly-conveyed – it's served
beautifully as a consolation for those whom we have lost once. The
film creators seem to pull time out of the cloth of this world giving
us a remarkable chance to feel how it may look... All other things,
including language-related ones, work on this main idea, for example,
that's why the alien's language represented in this movie doesn't
have that cause-effect base as English does.
