tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post2443624278390772500..comments2024-03-27T14:57:37.031+05:30Comments on Jabberwock: Anticipating Arrival (and a plug for Ted Chiang's "Story of Your Life")Jabberwockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-70849928590883153302016-11-25T06:07:49.636+05:302016-11-25T06:07:49.636+05:30it is so close to the movie's end that the emo...<i>it is so close to the movie's end that the emotional impact doesn't have time to register as much as it probably would in a book</i><br /><br />I think I agree with this. Even though I was already aware of the "real issues", having read the story and also knowing something about this adaptation process, I felt a bit restless at times about the film's deliberately slow pace and the time it took to get to the meat of the matter. (Plus, of course, once you have the whole spaceships-plus-creepy-looking-aliens motif, you do expect something a little more dramatic to happen.)Jabberwockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10210195396120573794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-56540993288529765932016-11-25T01:37:21.817+05:302016-11-25T01:37:21.817+05:30Saw the movie last week and while it was really go...Saw the movie last week and while it was really good, I think it suffers from being a movie. When things fall together and you realize the real timeline and the real issues that the movie is concerned with (not the arrival of alien beings!), it is so close to the movie's end that the emotional impact doesn't have time to register as much as it probably would in a book. The movie's aftertaste is great though. I'm guessing a second viewing will feel very different, with everything having different impact in this new light. Rahul Tyagihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07164782710858832988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8204542.post-23945423535162426872016-11-24T07:42:39.050+05:302016-11-24T07:42:39.050+05:30Hi Jai
I also learnt recently that the movie Arriv...Hi Jai<br />I also learnt recently that the movie Arrival is based on the story.Having read it in one of my science fiction phases,I was intrigued with the level of depth,intrigue,empathy and grief,all in a short story!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com