The Oscars

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

Arrival sucked.

Anyone know if there is a succinct but non-spoilery way to explain this apparent divide on Arrival?

Been trying to stay unspoiled until I have a chance to watch it, went along just assuming it was a decent enough flick.

Then in the past couple weeks, the hagiography and the denunciation have both ratcheted up significantly.

Don't give away crucial detail, but is this something beyond the normal hyperbolic praise followed by hyperbolic criticism backlash, or is there something specific about the film, it's execution, it's message, etc. that is spurring this?