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The 10 final mins - SPOILERS
posted by DehbeeSTAFFMOD on March 4, 2017 at 8:52 PM
It seemed like a normal and average movie about aliens that could be rated as "entertaining" BUT the final 10 minutes where I could finally understand that the flashbacks were actually flashfowards had me loving the movie. Bravo! I was really kinda bored so I loved this plot twist.
Reply by Ariek
on March 5, 2017 at 9:47 PM
Yeah, it's kinda like memory from future (mentioned in Childhood's end) but in this movie, the female character can comprehend the nonlinearity of time as she completely study the alien language (so there's no before or after 'coz time is nonlinear). Sapir–Whorf hypothesis at its extreme stretch.
Reply by incarnate1
on March 9, 2017 at 7:29 PM
But why could she see the future from the beginning of the movie before she even met the aliens or figured their language?
Reply by Ariek
on March 9, 2017 at 11:13 PM
I think because the movie screen time only tell you what happens and it's up to you to interpret those occurrences. The order/sequence that you see is only direction of time that normal for you and others but from view point of someone such as Heptapods or Louise there'd be no before or after... those events are equal in their eyes.
Reply by salicemcd
on March 12, 2017 at 7:27 AM
Pondering this question brought on a migraine, but I was able to grasp the concept (for about a fifth of a second.)