Well I saw the Arrival with Amy Adams.. It was boring as hell..
Yes, I know people who saw it who said the same thing. Based on that I steered clear of paying to see it. Although I may check it out of the library if I'm bored and watch it for free some day just out of curiosity. This appears to be one of those movies that people either loved or hated, but not much in the middle.
I noted some controversy at one point on Rotten Tomatoes chat rooms. There was some discussion that the high RT "fresh" rating it received (94%) might have been paid for by corrupt studio agents, not rendered from actual reviews from objective opinions. On that I have no comment except to say if the studios thought they could get away with something like that, would they do it? Yep. Absolutely no question. We are talking about a lot of cabbage on the line so yeah, the motivation is there for sure.
All major film studio senior executives must have an operation performed to surgically remove their conscience before they are given their jobs. If there was enough money at stake, any one of them would (as the saying goes) gladly cut their mother's throats, whistling.