Hollywood and the military just nuke everything obsession.

The military has only nuked something once in history (in two doses), but a lot of thought went into the decision, and it was done because they actually did understand it very well and knew that nuking was the only way to stop it. The result was many killed in the short term, but many more saved in the long term.

You just compared two different personalities, the artsy academia who think things out before acting, often times to a disadvantage, and the brash military aggressive minded outspoken jocks who act on emotion that attracts females who are also emotional and respond better to men who act on their emotions as opposed to using logic and reason to solve problems.

Thank you!

I was really getting into this movie and then, about 1/3rd of the way in, you have the soldier talking to his scared wife who exemplifies the "typical" American, blue-collar reactionary (as Hollywood believes us to be) and portrays the university intellectuals and scientists as the only really smart people who can deal with the situation.

Hollywood can go F itself!

I also take deep offense to the targeting of "Pentecostals" who kill themselves. I know some Pentecostals and though I don't subscribe to their interpretation of Christianity, I do know that they wouldn't set their church on fire and commit mass suicide in anticipation of the second coming of Christ. Anyone who has a modicum of knowledge about who Pentecostals are, would know how they view suicide and that they wouldn't do such a thing. It's complete bullshit!

And just WHY are all other people on Earth always shown as rioting and freaking out over contact with alien civilizations? That's simply absurd in 2017 when nearly EVERY country on the planet in plugged into the WWW. We have knowledge everywhere and nearly everyone that possesses a PC, mobile phone, television, I-Pad or Blue Tooth device can tap into said knowledge at anytime and nearly anywhere. So I call BS on that portrayal of humanity's reaction and response. It's just another way to make mankind out to be mindless sheep and I'm sick of it.

Oh and one last thing, INTERSTELLAR was far and away SUPERIOR to this movie.

Is ARRIVAL a bad movie? No. It's just a good movie, albeit a flawed one.
Could the story of ARRIVAL have been told better? Of course. It should have been.
Did they stereotyping of the average American seem insulting? A resounding YES!

In the end, ARRIVAL was an opportunity for an incredible Sci-Fi classic, that was turned into an average, "watch it once" type of movie.

Watching this now, and thought the exact same thing.

When all you've got is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail...