@arkandel
You can give a producer (and writers. and directors.) $50 mil and expect them to do talking scenes and do them well because that is their job. You can also expect the writers to find analogous ways to tell the story that are visually interesting IN ADDITION to embracing episodes or moments that are smaller; that is their job.
Arrival was one of the weirdest scripts I've ever read. "How are they going to make this" was lobbed around a LOT. And the answer is: find a director who gets it. That's always the answer. I don't think anything is inherently unfilmable or unwatchable, you just have to find a key that fits that lock.