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I expected aliens in Arrival not anexistential crisis

As a kid I thought he was just the “villain critic”

But later, he comes across as someone who has simply long since forgotten what it means to truly love something

When I was younger, I mostly remembered the visuals

Watching it now feels completely different

The whole movie has this weird uncomfortable feeling that hits way harder as an adult

Every time I see people talk about this movie, it feels like half the audience got a completely different message from the other half.

Some people idolize Tyler Durden.

And I’m pretty sure the movie is warning you not to.

At first, the film feels like a typical crime thriller but at some point, you realize there’s no “plot armor” here at all, and after that, the tension shifts dramatically

I avoided this movie for years because people hyped it up so much

I thought there was no way it could live up to that reputation

Turns out it somehow did

Not even because it’s shocking

Just because the ending leaves you with this heavy feeling that doesn’t go away immediately

Se7en was probably the first movie that did that to me

I love endings that don’t explain everything directly

The older I get, the less I see this movie the same way.

When I first watched it, I thought Summer was the problem.

Now it feels more like Tom created an idealized version of her in his head.

This scene was originally supposed to have Plutarch in it.

After Philip Seymour Hoffman died during production, the filmmakers decided not to recreate him with CGI.

So instead of Plutarch saying these words in person, the scene was rewritten as a letter read by Haymitch.

That’s the part of the movie that always stuck with me.

He already feels “off” almost immediately.

But at the same time, every step deeper into that world makes him even worse.

A lot of movies would’ve done this entirely with CGI.

But most of those insane vehicles were actually real and functional.

Every time I see people talk about this movie, the comments are completely split.

Some think he pushed Andrew to greatness.

Others think he completely destroyed him as a person.

I thought it was just a running joke at first.

But the longer the movie goes on, the weirder it gets.