2016 Arrival Movie Explained

Arrival Explained () Barry's Time Travel Review Score Mechanics Repercussion Coherence Rewatchability 2.7 BaTTR Score What’s BaTTR Score? Arrival (film) is brought to us by director Denis Villeneuve, who made movies like Enemy, Prisoners and SIcario. So you can tell that there is going to be a lot of non-linear storytelling. The movie stars Amy Adams in the lead role. Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker are seen in supporting roles. The story is about the arrival of aliens. While the trailer gives the impression of a movie similar to The Day the Earth Stood Still, it is nothing like that. The Arrival movie is based on a book, a short story, called Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang. The story deals primarily with why the alien crafts have arrived and what they want. If you go in expecting an action film, you will be disappointed. True to Villeneuve’s style, the movie Arrival is great and makes your mind work a little to get it. Do watch it. Here’s the plot and ending of the film Arrival explained. This is not an Arrival movie review, so plenty of spoilers ahead. buy me a coffee button This Is Barry Hollywordle – Check out my new Hollywood Wordle game! Where To Watch? To find where to stream any movie or series based on your country, use This Is Barry’s Where To Watch. Oh, and if this article doesn’t answer all of your questions, drop me a comment or an FB chat message, and I’ll get you the answer. You can find other film explanations using the search option on top of the site. Contents Here are links to the key aspects of the movie: – Plot Explained – Movie Meaning – The Beginning – Communication – Abbott and Costello – Use Weapon – Death of a Heptapod – See the future – Use Gift, not Use Weapon – Alien Language – Vision From The Future – Predestination and Bootstrap Paradox – General Shang Calls It Off – Ending Explained: Hannah’s Future Arrival: Explained As always, I’m going to lay down the story linearly. While the non-linear storytelling is fantastic, the Arrival movie explanation is easier done linearly. The Revelation in Arrival (Movie Meaning) The punchline in the movie Arrival or the revelation in the climax is that the scenes where Louise Banks (Amy) is shown with her daughter, is not the past. Those are her visions of her own future. Yes, they are. You can hear Louise narrating this as a recollection. She is recollecting the events of the “arrival”. I’ll get to how she has these visions later on. Let’s cut to where she’s a teacher in the university. The Beginning – The Arrival Dr. Louise is a single teacher who is a linguistic expert. At this point, she is neither married nor has a daughter. She is known to have helped the US Army once before in deciphering a Farsi text. One day when Louise is teaching, 12 alien ships arrive and position themselves around the world. She goes back home, where she stays by herself, and dozes off following the news channel. At this point the director wants us to think that Louise has lost a daughter to cancer and currently lives alone. But that isn’t the case. She’s just single. Weber Government orders a nationwide shutdown and as a result the university is closed. Louise goes to an empty college and follows the news there. US Army Colonel – Weber (Forest) appears there seeking help from Louise. They have a recording of the sounds of the alien. He needs her to help understand what they are trying to say. She tells him that she needs to be at the site to help understand the conversation. Weber gets permissions and comes over to her place in a chopper to pick her up. In the chopper, she meets Ian Donnelly (Jeremy), who is a physicist. He has been picked to understand other aspects of the “arrival”. Entering The Spaceship They reach the alien craft and enter it from an opening below. The gravity in the craft is altered and is perpendicular to that of the Earth. This has no significance except to let us know that the aliens are quite clearly an advanced civilization. The team goes wearing radiation suits. On Louise’s first trip onboard, she’s unable to say anything as she’s dumbstruck by the sight of the 7-legged aliens. They later begin to call the aliens heptapods. arrival movie human arrival movie alien Communication – Abbott and Costello On her second trip into the craft, Louise takes with her a small white board to help write what she is trying to say to the aliens. She first writes the word “Human” on the board to tell them what they are. The pods perceive the written English to be a form of communication and respond with a circular symbol. This shows that they have written text. Of course, they use some ubercool space ink to write stuff. On their next trip, Louise decides to take off her radiation suit so that the aliens can see her face. She now writes “Louise” on the board and points to herself. Ian takes off his suit too. She writes “Ian” on another board and he points to himself. The two aliens respond with two different symbols. They have names too. For the sake of convenience, they name the heptapods Abbott and Costello. Arrival: Use Weapon They go through a series of back and forth communication with the aliens over a period of time that appears to be about a month. The objective is to ask them – “What is the purpose of your visit to Earth?”. Language and communication is complex, especially with some advanced alien species, hence the process is long. Humans are obviously paranoid and destructive by nature. China decides to go offensive on the aliens and stop all their communications with other countries of the world. Other nations follow suit. Eventually, every country stops communicating with one another and start working on their own strategy. The last communication they get from the heptapods is translated into the phrase “use weapon”. Death of a Heptapod Hearing this information about “use weapon”, few of the army guys decide (on their own) that they are going to bomb the craft. This group of four army guys jumps to a conclusion that the aliens intend to attack. They secretly place a bomb inside the craft. Louise and Ian are persistent and enter the craft because they feel their interpretation of the alien language is wrong. That they don’t intend to attack. When they meet the heptapaods, the aliens throw out a whole list of symbols. Before they can communicate more, the bomb goes off. The aliens throw Ian and Louise out, protecting them from the explosion. One of the heptapods dies. Rewire the brain. See the future We need to take a moment to understand what Louise is going through during her interaction with the aliens. Ian mentions a theory about how immersing oneself in a language can rewire the brain. We can see that Louise has been really connecting with the alien language by trying to interpret the nuances of each of the symbols. She’s immersing herself into the alien language and as a result, her brain is getting rewired to perceive reality like the aliens. Here’s the catch about the aliens and their language. They don’t see time as linear. Their script is also in congruence with this, unlike ours. All human scripts start on one side of a page and end on the other. Either side-to-side or top-to-bottom. The alien script always expresses what they want to say within that circular symbol. It’s all in one shot, not one after the other. Immersing oneself in the alien language will rewire the brain to perceive time in a non-linear form. In short, Louise slowly develops the ability to experience her past, present, and future all at once. Through her learning process of the alien language, she begins to see visions of her future life. She sees visions of her yet-to-be-born daughter. Visions of how she will call her Hannah. Visions of Hannah falling sick with cancer and dying. The director at this point makes us think that Louise is remembering her past. But she’s actually seeing glimpses of her future. arrival movie alien language12 symbols Use Gift, not Use Weapon The alien vessel, after the human attack, goes up higher. They lose the ability to enter the craft now. Ian has a breakthrough. He isolates 12 repeating symbols that match with the number of alien crafts. They feel that the aliens are trying to tell them that all 12 countries have to unite their knowledge to understand the reason for their visit. While trying to decipher the last complex message, Louise sees a glimpse of a small transportation module coming out of the main craft. She also sees a vision of her inside the craft. She doesn’t understand the visions but she goes outside. As seen, the transportation module comes down, Louise steps in and is taken to the craft. Inside the craft, she meets the heptapod. It explains that she has the ability to see the future. It is confirmed that “use weapon” was actually “use gift”. The Gift: Arrival Movie Alien Language The aliens have come to gift their language to the humans. They say that 3000 years later, they will need the human’s help. There is no clarity on the nature of that help that they will need from the humans. But they have identified that gifting the humans with non-linear time vision is important and this will somehow enable the humans to help 3000 years later. To a lot of people, this was annoying because the reason for their “arrival” was not stressed upon in detail. I suppose that is not the focus of the movie Arrival. The focus lies more upon this moment being a crux in the lives of the human race. This event will lead to the unification of the world to make us a species that will live long and prosper and to help other intergalactic beings. Arrival: War! – One Sided Because of the preemptive bombing of the craft, the humans are having to brace for a response attack and the base is being evacuated. Louise exits the craft, she’s being escorted out. The rest of the humans are preparing to go to war with the aliens. All the crafts assume a horizontal position. Not sure what the relevance of that is. Perhaps just bracing for impact. They don’t intend to attack the humans, they need the humans to survive. shang Vision From The Future Louise then sees a vision from 18 months into the future. In this vision, all the leaders of the world have gathered together to celebrate peace and their survival over the aliens. The Chinese leader, General Shang, approaches Louise. He tells her that he came to the party only to meet her. That he wants to thank her for the phone call she had made to his private number 18 months ago. Obviously, Louise has no clue what he’s talking about. But remember, Louise is now capable of seeing time non-linearly. She is simultaneously seeing her present and her future (at the party). General Shang, at the party 18 months in the future, gives his private number to Louise. He also tells her a line in Mandarin. Shang tells her that these were the words told to him by his dying wife. The Mandarin lines translate to the extent of “there are no winners in a war, only widows”. Shang tells Louise that hearing these lines 18 months ago made him change his mind. Made him decide against his attack on the aliens. In the present, Louise now has access to this information. She steals a satellite phone, dials General Stang on this private number and tells him the Mandarin statement. Arrival Movie: Predestination Paradox and Bootstrap Paradox To understand what happened here between Shang and Louise, you will need to understand the Predestination paradox and the Bootstrap paradox. A predestination paradox occurs when a time traveler is caught in a loop of events that “predestines” or “predates” him or her to travel back in time. Anything that is created within this causal loop is a result of the Bootstrap paradox. To simplify this, think of it this way – since time is non-linear for Louise, she gets information from her future and uses it in her present. On the other side, Shang is probably also learnt the alien language (over 18 months) and is able to see time non-linearly. 18 months later, he understands the importance of giving his private number and the Mandarin message to Louise so that she can use it in the past to change Shang’s mind. General Shang Calls It Off For General Shang, in the present, it is a moment of divine intervention. He’s not yet seeing time non-linearly. He’s just shocked that Louise has reached him on his private number to state what his dying wife told him. He calls off the attack on the aliens and announces that he is willing to share all of China’s data on the aliens with the USA. Following this, all the countries fall in line and become allies again. The purpose of the aliens is now complete. They were able to impart the knowledge of their language to the humans. They all leave. Ending of Arrival Movie Explained: The Future With Hannah It is finally revealed to the audience that the scenes with Hannah and Louise is a moment from the future and not the past. Through the Arrival ending monologue, they also disclose that Ian is Hannah’s father in the future. This simply means that Louise has seen a future where Ian and her fall in love and have a baby. She also knows that her daughter will develop an incurable cancer. She understands the pain of all of this. But she still chooses to have Hannah. But what Louise perhaps does is that she keeps that a secret from Ian. By the time Louise tells Ian about the cancer, it is too late. Hannah is destined to die. When Ian finds out, he’s unable to forgive Louise for having a baby knowing well that she is going to die of cancer at a young age. In one of the visions into the future, you hear Louise saying that it was her fault Hannah’s daddy left. Clearly, Ian gets to find out about the impending cancer that is going to plague the girl and he is unable to handle it and separates from Louise. The last scenes of the Arrival movie show how Louise accepts the future that lies ahead of her and embraces it. And that’s the Arrival movie ending explained. Some find it to be a bad ending, others find it to be a confusing ending. Some even find Arrival to have a sad ending. What is your take? What is your Arrival ending interpretation? 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If you’re looking to ensure that you’ve watched all of the greatest time travel movies ever made, you’re in the right place. Contrary to the usual “best time travel lists” all over the internet, this one is a continually evolving one, and films keep getting added. So do drop a comment with your favourite flick if you don’t see it here. So for time travel films, this is your one-stop-shop. I know some of the classics may not be in the list yet, but it’s just a matter of time. All the titles are ranked based on the BaTTR Score (Barry’s Time Travel Review Score), a rating mechanism created to particularly rate movies based on time travel. Let’s go through the best time travel movies ranked in reverse order by the BaTTR Score. If you’re looking specifically for time-loop films where a character lives the same day over and over again, check this – Every Time Loop Movie. Shortcuts – Movies Ranked 83 to 81 – Movies Ranked 80 to 71 – Movies Ranked 70 to 61 – Movies Ranked 60 to 51 – Movies Ranked 50 to 41 – Movies Ranked 40 to 31 – Top 30 Movies – Top 20 Movies – Top 10 Movies Best Time Travel Movies: 83 to 81 83. Terminator 5: Genisys (2015) BaTTR Score: 1.20 terminator genisys ⏱ Show T5 Details 82. Before I Fall (2017) BaTTR Score: 1.30 before i fall ⏱ Show Before I Fall Details 81. Terminator 6: Dark Fate (2019) BaTTR Score: 1.30 terminator dark fate ⏱ Show T6 Details Best Time Travel Movies: 80 to 71 80. Ritânâ / Returner (2002) BaTTR Score: 1.35 returner ⏱ Show Returner Details 79. See You Yesterday (2019) BaTTR Score: 1.35 see you yesterday ⏱ Show See You Yesterday Details 78. Synchronic (2019) BaTTR Score: 1.40 synchronic ending explained ⏱ Show Synchronic Details 77. Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) BaTTR Score: 1.40 terminator rise of the machines ⏱ Show T3 Details 76. The Final Countdown (1980) BaTTR Score: 1.50 the final countdown ⏱ Show Final Countdown Details 75. Time Bandits (1981) BaTTR Score: 1.50 time bandits best time travel movies ⏱ Show Time Bandits Details 74. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2010: Live Action) BaTTR Score: 1.50 Time Traveller The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Live Action ⏱ Show Movie Details For TGWLTT 73. The Lift / El Ascensor (2021) BaTTR Score: 1.55 The Lift El Ascensor ⏱ Show The Lift Details 72. Repeaters (2010) BaTTR Score: 1.55 repeaters ⏱ Show Repeaters Details 71. Happy Death Day 2U (2019) BaTTR Score: 1.55 Happy Death Day 2U ⏱ Show Happy Death Day 2 Details Best Time Travel Movies: 70 to 61 70. Naked (2017) / Naken (2000) BaTTR Score: 1.55 naken naked ⏱ Show Naked Details 69. Project Almanac (2015) BaTTR Score: 1.65 Project Almanac ⏱ Show Project Almanac Details 68. Men In Black 3 (2012) BaTTR Score: 1.65 men in black part 3 ⏱ Show MIB3 Details 67. Midnight In Paris (2011) BaTTR Score: 1.75 midnight in Paris ⏱ Show Midnight In Paris Details 66. Time Trap (2017) BaTTR Score: 1.75 time trap ⏱ Show Time Trap Details 65. The Time Machine (2002) BaTTR Score: 1.80 The Time Machine 2002 ⏱ Show Time Machine 2002 Details 64. Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) BaTTR Score: 1.80 safety not guaranteed best time travel movies ⏱ Show Safety Not Gauranteed Details 63. Mine Games (2012) BaTTR Score: 1.80 mine games entering the mine ⏱ Show Mine Games Details 62. The Map Of Tiny Perfect Things (2021) BaTTR Score: 1.80 map of tiny perfect things ⏱ Show TMOTPT Details 61. The Tomorrow War (2021) BaTTR Score: 1.90 The Tomorrow War ending ⏱ Show Tomorrow War Details Best Time Travel Movies: 60 to 51 60. Il Mare (2000) / Lake House (2006) BaTTR Score: 1.95 Lake House Movie ⏱ Show Lake House Details 59. Time After Time (1979) BaTTR Score: 2.00 Time After Time ⏱ Show Time After Time Details 58. The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009) BaTTR Score: 2.00 time travelers wife ⏱ Show Time Traveler's Wife Details 57. The Adam Project (2022) BaTTR Score: 2.05 Adams And Dad ⏱ Show The Adam Project Details 56. Haunter (2013) BaTTR Score: 2.05 Lanky man haunter ⏱ Show Haunter Details 55. Mega Time Squad (2018) BaTTR Score: 2.15 Mega Time Squad ⏱ Show Mega Time Squad Details 54. In The Shadow Of The Moon (2019) BaTTR Score: 2.20 in the shadow of the moon ⏱ Show ITSOTM Details 53. About Time (2013) BaTTR Score: 2.20 about time ⏱ Show About Time Details 52. Boss Level (2021) BaTTR Score: 2.25 boss level ⏱ Show Boss Level Details 51. The Door Into Summer (2021) BaTTR Score: 2.25 Door into summer 2025 - Second Time ⏱ Show Door Into Summer Details Best Time Travel Movies: 50 to 41 50. Somewhere In Time (1980) BaTTR Score: 2.25 somewhere in time ⏱ Show Somewhere In Time Details 49. 12:01 (1993) BaTTR Score: 2.25 12:01 movie ⏱ Show 12:01 Details 48. Happy Death Day (2017) BaTTR Score: 2.25 happy death day ⏱ Show Happy Death Day Details 47. Groundhog Day (1993) BaTTR Score: 2.25 groundhog day ⏱ Show Groundhog Day Details 46. My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday / Boku Wa Asu, Kinō No Kimi To Dēto Suru (2016) BaTTR Score: 2.25 my tomorrow your yesterday ⏱ Show MT,YY Details 45. Time Lapse (2014) BaTTR Score: 2.25 Time Lapse ⏱ Show Time Lapse Details 44. Meet The Robinsons (2007) BaTTR Score: 2.30 meet the Robinsons ⏱ Show Meet The Robinsons Details 43. X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014) BaTTR Score: 2.35 x men days of future past ⏱ Show X-Men DOFP Details 42. Palm Springs (2020) BaTTR Score: 2.40 palm springs ⏱ Show Palm Springs Details 41. Synchronicity (2015) BaTTR Score: 2.40 Synchronicity time machine explained ⏱ Show Synchronicity Details Best Time Travel Movies: 40 to 31 40. The Jacket (2005) BaTTR Score: 2.45 the jacket time jump 2 ⏱ Show The Jacket Details 39. Retroactive (1997) BaTTR Score: 2.45 Retroactive ⏱ Show Retroactive Details 38. The Call (2020) BaTTR Score: 2.45 young sook Korean call ⏱ Show The Call Details 37. Looper (2012) BaTTR Score: 2.45 looper movie ⏱ Show Looper Details 36. Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989) BaTTR Score: 2.50 bill and ted's excellent adventure ⏱ Show Bill And Ted Details 35. The Terminator (1984) & 34. Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) BaTTR Score: 2.50 Terminator 1 Terminator 2 Best Time Travel Movies ⏱ Show T1 & T2 Details 33. ARQ (2016) BaTTR Score: 2.60 ARQ Netflix ⏱ Show ARQ Details 32. Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009) BaTTR Score: 2.60 frequently asked questions about time travel ⏱ Show FAQATT Details 31. 41 (2012) BaTTR Score: 2.60 Timeline 2 Explained ⏱ Show 41 Details Best Time Travel Movies: 30 to 21 30. Arrival (2016) BaTTR Score: 2.65 arrival movie ⏱ Show Arrival Details 29. The House At The End Of Time (2013) / House Of The Disappeared (2017) BaTTR Score: 2.70 The House at the End of Time House Of The Disappeared ⏱ Show The House Details 28. La Jetée (1962) BaTTR Score: 2.75 la jetee ⏱ Show La Jetée Details 27. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004) BaTTR Score: 2.75 Harry potter prisoner of azkaban ⏱ Show Harry Potter Details 26. Maanaadu (2021) BaTTR Score: 2.75 Maanaadu Time Loop ⏱ Show Maanaadu Details 25. A Day / Ha-roo (2017) BaTTR Score: 2.75 a day ha roo korean movie ⏱ Show A Day Details 24. The Time Machine (1960) BaTTR Score: 2.75 The Time Machine 1960 ⏱ Show Time Machine 1960 Details 23. Edge Of Tomorrow (2014) BaTTR Score: 2.85 edge of tomorrow ⏱ Show Edge Of Tomorrow Details 22. Frequency (2000) BaTTR Score: 2.90 frequency ⏱ Show Frequency Details 21. Back To The Future: Part 3 (1990) BaTTR Score: 2.90 back to the future part 3 ⏱ Show BTTF3 Details Best Time Travel Movies: 20 to 11 20. Blink (Doctor Who 2007 Episode) BaTTR Score: 3.00 dr who blink episode ⏱ Show Blink Details 19. Blood Punch (2015) BaTTR Score: 3.00 blood punch ⏱ Show Blood Punch Details 18. Donnie Darko (2001) BaTTR Score: 3.00 donnie darko ⏱ Show Donnie Darko Details 17. Source Code (2011) BaTTR Score: 3.00 source code movie ⏱ Show Source Code Details 16. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (2006 Anime) BaTTR Score: 3.10 the girl who leapt through time 2006 anime ⏱ Show TGWLTT Anime Details 15. Déjà Vu (2006) BaTTR Score: 3.20 deja vu movie ⏱ Show Déjà Vu Details 14. Avengers: Endgame (2019) BaTTR Score: 3.25 avengers endgame ⏱ Show Avengers: Endgame Details 13. Interstellar (2014) BaTTR Score: 3.25 interstellar movie ⏱ Show Interstellar Details 12. Butterfly Effect (2004) BaTTR Score: 3.30 butterfly effect ⏱ Show Butterfly Effect Details 11. Mirage / Durante la tormenta (2018) BaTTR Score: 3.35 Durante la tormenta mirage ⏱ Show Mirage Details Best Time Travel Movies: Top 10 10. Twelve Monkeys (1995) BaTTR Score: 3.50 12 monkeys movie ⏱ Show 12 Monkeys Details 9. The Infinite Man (2014) BaTTR Score: 3.50 the infinite man movie ⏱ Show Infinite Man Details 8. Triangle (2008) BaTTR Score: 3.50 triangle movie ⏱ Show Triangle Details 7. Tenet (2020) BaTTR Score: 3.75 inverted fight protagonist ⏱ Show Tenet Details 6. Timecrimes / Los Cronocrímenes (2007) BaTTR Score: 3.75 timecrimes los Cronocrimenes ⏱ Show Timecrimes Details 5. Primer (2004) BaTTR Score: 3.80 primer movie best time travel movies ⏱ Show Primer Details 4. Predestination (2014) BaTTR Score: 4.00 predestination movie best time travel movies ⏱ Show Predestination Details 3. Back To The Future – Part 1 (1985) BaTTR Score: 4.30 back to the future - best time travel movies ⏱ Show BTTF1 Details 2. Back To The Future – Part 2 (1989) BaTTR Score: 4.50 back to the future 2 - best time travel movies ⏱ Show BTTF2 Details 1. Kimi No Na Wa / Your Name (2016) BaTTR Score: 4.75 kimi no na wa your name Okay, if you haven’t already watched this film, stop reading now. Knowing even the slightest details about this film can potentially spoil it for you. Please return once you’ve watched this phenomenal film. ⏱ Show Your Name D