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ANNIHILATION
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Member Movie Reviews

Craig S. (InnerMacro) from WAUSAU, WI
Reviewed on 11/1/2023...
What starts as a potentially great concept rapidly deteriorates into a run of the mill sci fi monster/alien attack film. The ending is not particularly inventive nor profound. I gave this movie a second chance, making the assumption that perhaps it was an attempt to compress the three Southern Reach novels into one film, so I read the trilogy. This film has almost no correlation to the books once the biologist and team enter Area X. From online info, I can see that the director wrote and began the film when only the first book of the trilogy had been released . . . nothing says “cashing in” like jumping on the author’s work and writing your own ending before the author gets the chance to do so! This explains why the film becomes typical grind about 2/3 the way through and has an inconsistent ending.
I think the writer/director had a blown opportunity here, namely because the trilogy of books is particularly long-winded with relatively little payout for the effort of reading books 2 and 3. Had Garland (the director) waited for the remaining books to be released, then cut the dead weight from them for his film, he would have had a better ending to show for his efforts. It might have even been the film that people online seem to claim that it is. Surprisingly, some online reviewers consider this film to be ‘too intellectual’ for mainstream audiences and contribute this to the lack of box office success. I would chalk it to just not being very good by sci fi standards once it loses connection with the premise of the first book. The ending is beneath the standard of the moviegoers that make intelligent sci fi succeed, plus I’m sure it managed to tick off anyone who had read the series (which had been fully released by the time the movie opened) and found themselves watching a film that had almost nothing to do with the majority of the book content.
I really wanted to like this one, but the fact that it sets the viewer up for something cool, then proceeds to completely blow it, makes for a really bum experience.
0 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.
K. K. (GAMER)
Reviewed on 10/5/2019...
The beginning of the movie plotline was confusing and did not make sense so it had a rough start bringing my rating down. Once the story got going, the CGI was out of this world and the plotline starting making more sense. Parts of movie had the feel of Alien and Transcendence movies. A must for Sci-Fi horror fans!
1 of 1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Samuel K. (Solvanda)
Reviewed on 1/19/2019...
Annihilation was highly rated by critics and yet one of 2018's biggest box office bombs. Audiences rated it much lower. Paramount's execs were worried the film was too intellectual and complicated, and they may have been right. This film was adapted and directed by Alex Garland, on the heels of a long film history with Danny Boyle, also known for off-the-wall approaches to storytelling. Annihilation, although a Scifi vehicle, tackles existential memes like depression, grief, and the human susceptibility for self-destruction. And this midst a diaphanous, distorted dream-like perception filter, stunning visuals, and an experimental electronic sound track. There are similarities here to Tarkovsky's "Stalker", Lovecraft's 1927 short story "The Colour Out of Space", Crichton's "Andromeda Strain", and a smattering of Swamp Thing.

Ground zero appears to have been hit by an encroaching alien cancer, mirroring the unit leader's (played by Jennifer Jason Leigh) terminal struggles. There are also some nightmare scenes here which may slip under your skin and curl your toes. I quite enjoyed this. You'll be noticing more things with repeated viewings. Movies which take risks, challenge the viewer, and leave one pondering have always been my cup of tea.
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