Arrival Timeline Explained: Making Sense Of The Movie's Twist
Denis Villeneuve's Arrival has a huge twist that reframes the entire timeline of the story from a completely different perspective that changes all.
Based on Ted Chiang's short story "Story of Your Life", Denis Villeneuve's Arrival follows Louise Banks (Amy Adams), a linguist brought in to establish a line of communication with an alien species that have recently landed on Earth. With the help of physicist Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner), Banks begins to understand more of the aliens' communications, and it alters her perception of life forevermore.
Denis Villeneuve's Arrival has a huge twist that reframes the entire timeline of the story from a completely different perspective that changes all.
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