Why did the aliens leave as soon as the strike was called back in Arrival (2016) [closed]

SPOILER ALERT: This was probably discussed before but if the Aliens did indeed come to pass on the 'gift' to humans, why did they leave as soon as the worldwide strike on their ships was called off? Did they just assume that the entire humankind will cooperate and pick up on what (they probably on were able to infer) Louise had learned?

What were they really hoping to achieve by passing on their gift to humans? Surely by the time they left only Louise seems to have actually learned to navigate time the way they do.

Aliens' premise seems really far fetched to me. Consider the two options

a.) Only Louise learned to use their weapon (language)- how are they sure humans 3000 years will return favor? Based on the future flashes towards the end, it still seems like Louise is still teaching all of this in her classes, meaning it's still at the very best an exotic skill, so aliens left sooner than they should've? Why did they leave if they're able to infer that humans won't learn the skill on a wide scale right away.

b.) Entire humankind will be able to navigate time- peaking into future and looking back into past the way Louise does. Did they really assess the implications of human race on this?

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Best Answer

We don't know that Louise is the only one who learned the language to the point of her timeline being non-linear. The movie doesn't tell us anything about the other landing sites. It could be that other scientists learned the language also and therefore the aliens gave the gift and then left.
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Even if not, it seems to be that China and America are the 2 superpowers involved in the movie and everyone seems to be revolving around their decisions regarding the aliens. Once the aliens saw that they were able to work together, they had no reason to continue their visit and left.

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What happened to the aliens at the end of Arrival?

In the ending of Denis Villeneuve's Arrival, Louise Banks (Amy Adams) and Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner) stand in awe as they watch the alien creatures vanish into space, leaving behind their \u201cweapon\u201d for Earth to use to save the aliens when they need help in 3,000 years.

What did the aliens say in Arrival?

When Banks is able to establish sufficient shared vocabulary to ask why the aliens have come, they answer with a statement which could be translated as "offer weapon".

Will there be a Arrival 2 movie?

The film is a sequel to the 1996 film The Arrival. It was written by Mark David Perry and based on characters created by David Twohy. Arrival II stars Patrick Muldoon, Michael Sarrazin, Jane Sibbett, Catherine Blythe, Michael Scherer, and Larry Day.

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