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Arrival is a great movie that I didn't enjoy. I think it's because it's a drama with a bit of sci-fi. And the movie explains "the thing" way too much. I felt it

• Udik 9y ago
  > I felt it thought I was stupid. It probably did. I suspect contemporary blockbusters are intentionally dumbed down to make them meet the bulk of the bell curve. And think of all those emerging markets with their hundreds of million of poorly educated youth, those can pay their tickets too. You might say that it's always been like that. Well, it might just be that I'm getting older but I think it's become worse. Either the world is more global today and therefore the expectations about the viewers are more generic, or the equation "more people = more money" has become more compelling, or the producers have found more convincing and subtle ways to get from directors what they want. Villeneuve is a great director, yet Arrival felt shallow and formulaic.