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Watch: Full 'Arrival' Trailer Promises a Nerdy Alien Invasion Movie

With so many recent alien invasion movies relying more on spectacle and explosions, we’ve become sort of numb when it comes to watching outer-space villains destroy iconic cities and landmarks. That doesn’t mean we’re not interested in alien invasion movies, and this November’s Arrival looks to bring us a much-welcomed twist on the genre, revealing itself to be a nerdier movie that’s more about communication than it is violence.

It almost looks like the alien invasion version of that age-old advice your parents gave about talking out your problems instead of using your fists.

Check it out.

Arrival stars Amy Adams as a linguist who’s brought in by the government in what appears to be a last ditch effort to communicate with an alien race who’ve arrived with 12 ships, scattered in different locations throughout the globe.

But whereas a movie like Independence Day would include one or two scenes of someone trying to communicate with the aliens before all hell breaks loose, this appears to be an entire film about communication, which plays out more like a psychological thriller than a summer blockbuster — and we dig that about it.

In addition to the trailer are 12 posters for the film, each representing a different ship’s location somewhere in the world. Can Amy Adams save humanity before it’s too late?

Arrival hits theaters on November 11. Check out the posters below along with their locations.

Montana (USA)