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What movies surprised you by how intelligent the writing was? (piefed.social)
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[–] Okokimup@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Arrival. It tells the entire story in the first scene. And then you get to watch it all unfold beautifully to understand the story.

[–] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

One of those movies that I thought was impossible to make after reading the book and was happy to be proven wrong.

[–] psycotica0@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

There's a book!?

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which do you prefer among the two?

[–] darcmage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

90% of the time, I'll take the book over the movie. That's true in this case and even more so with Hail Mary.