Don't know if you have but may I recommend reading the original novel from Ted Chiang named "Story of your life"? It's a bit different from the movie but still incredibly mind bending.

Also, any novel from the collection "Story of your life and others"[1] is worth reading and thinking about. Ted Chiang is an exceptional writer.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stories_of_Your_Life_and_Other...

Thanks for the recommendation. I bought this book in December, will get to it soon.

Too late to edit now unfortunately. I had tried to word it so it wasn't spoilery, I guess I failed on that.