Therapist Reacts to ARRIVAL

Ian: What does it say?

Louise: Offer weapon.

Jono: One of the great themes of Arrival is about communication,

and just how crucial it is to engage, not just in perspective taking, but in clarification.

Weber: Help me understand.

Jono: Because people make rash decisions out of fear,

potentially doom themselves to the very things they're afraid of.

Ian: You know, I've had my head tilted up to the stars for as long as I can remember.

Jono: The real miracle of this film,

you come away with this overwhelming sense of what a blessing and a miracle it is

to be alive and to experience things.

Ian: You know what surprised me the most?

It wasn't meeting them

Alan: The best science fiction is not about the science. It's about the people.

Ian: It was meeting you.

Jono: Life is hard and life is painful, and life is sorrow and life is also beautiful.

Hannah: I am unstoppable.

Louise: Despite knowing the journey and where it leads.

Jono: And instead of choosing to avoid all of that to spare herself the pain,

she chooses to live in the moment more and really just experience and appreciate it.

Louise: I embrace it.

And I welcome every moment of it.

Alan: Hello and welcome to Cinema Therapy.

I'm Alan Seawright, a professional filmmaker who needs therapy.

Jono is his name. What does he do and what's he... What? Huh?

I don't-- I can't-- What?

Jono: I'm a licensed therapist who loves movies.

We're not stopping!

You want to know why? Because time is irrelevant.

I cringe, Mr. Mayor.

Jono: Speaking of which, what movie have you got me reacting to today?

Alan: The one where they show up in an alien spacecraft

and teach Amy Adams language.

Jono: Arrival. This is a fantastic movie.

Alan: It is brilliant.

This is one of my favorite films of all time. It's probably in my top ten.

Jono: Lots of meat for me to chew on.

Papa's hungry.

Yasss.