Annihilation (2018)
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It's an overall subpar-average movie, but Jesus Christ the human screeching bear will be something I remember forever.
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Definitely agree this was a missed opportunity. Learning that it was about cancer made the movie make more sense, but it was still just average and forgettable.
The Arrival, for example, was a similar type of movie but really stuck with me and found myself thinking about it a lot
The Arrival, for example, was a similar type of movie but really stuck with me and found myself thinking about it a lot
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I'm digging the direction Science fiction movies are going though, with an emphasis on the "science" part, or at least a worthy attempt at it. The Martian, Interstellar, Arrival, Ex Machina, Annihalation, are all pushing the genre in a good direction IMO
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I recommend reading the books, especially if you *enjoyed* the weird kind of sci-fi that was in the last half hour of Interstellar or so. I enjoyed them a lot.
There is a lot of the focus on the alien landscape (Area X) as a sort of character. Was cancer really a main plot point in the movie?
Spoilers for the book series:
There is a lot of the focus on the alien landscape (Area X) as a sort of character. Was cancer really a main plot point in the movie?
Spoilers for the book series:
If I remember correctly, the folks who got cancer were really just clones that "Area X" sent back outside of the shimmer, with the real people either dying in Area X and/or mutating to become part of into the Area X flora/fauna in insane ways.
My understanding at the end of the series (read it several months ago) is that Area X was the site of incursion from a shard of.. something from an alien civilization. Regardless of what it is, it's unable to communicate with humanity and begins to change the fundamental laws of our own universe (invasively-so), starting with ground zero where there is very significant time dilation and, especially for those who came in direct contact with it, extreme unnatural biological change.
I don't believe there was a specific answer as far as what the "shard of something" is. I'm split between it being a literal incursion of another Universe into our own, part of a Lovecraftian "god", or something like a nanomachine-cloud AI which invades worlds, clones the people to infiltrate the societies, and terraforms the word & it's physics to be good for our new alien overlords.
I'm still enjoying thinking about it, it's interesting to me in a lot of the same ways as the Zohar from Xenogears/blade is.
My understanding at the end of the series (read it several months ago) is that Area X was the site of incursion from a shard of.. something from an alien civilization. Regardless of what it is, it's unable to communicate with humanity and begins to change the fundamental laws of our own universe (invasively-so), starting with ground zero where there is very significant time dilation and, especially for those who came in direct contact with it, extreme unnatural biological change.
I don't believe there was a specific answer as far as what the "shard of something" is. I'm split between it being a literal incursion of another Universe into our own, part of a Lovecraftian "god", or something like a nanomachine-cloud AI which invades worlds, clones the people to infiltrate the societies, and terraforms the word & it's physics to be good for our new alien overlords.
I'm still enjoying thinking about it, it's interesting to me in a lot of the same ways as the Zohar from Xenogears/blade is.
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It has a very lovecraftian vibe something from BEYOND TM that is so alien just its presence is corrosive to reality.
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Yeah um . . . okay.
I liked it through most of it, good and creepy vibe etc. The monster encounters were good and scary.
But then everything from entering the lighthouse to the end . . . no.
I liked it through most of it, good and creepy vibe etc. The monster encounters were good and scary.
But then everything from entering the lighthouse to the end . . . no.
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The lighthouse on was terrible. Everything up until that point was pretty good. Pretending tiny Natalie Portman was ever in the military or trained to fight was lulz but didn’t really care. That ending though... what the fuck did I just watch?
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Can't they just do a good Ol' Sci-Fi creature flick.
Here's a tip, watch the film, get to the part where she walks towards the lighthouse door. Then stop it, put in the Blu-ray for Aliens and watch the powerlifter vs Alien Queen fight.
Perfect night's viewing.
Here's a tip, watch the film, get to the part where she walks towards the lighthouse door. Then stop it, put in the Blu-ray for Aliens and watch the powerlifter vs Alien Queen fight.
Perfect night's viewing.
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That mutated skull faced bear with the woman's screaming voice was wicked and scary.
They could have had the last 15 minutes of the film being the team in a drawn out conflict against that or a 'family' of them.
/Roll credits, applause.
They could have had the last 15 minutes of the film being the team in a drawn out conflict against that or a 'family' of them.
/Roll credits, applause.
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got around to this finally.
I think we are past spoilers, so won't bother.
honestly, humanity was fucked in this one from the moment the aliens invaded.
The cancer allusions. The shimmer/invasion was cancer, and slowing spreading. the clones were cancer cells mimicing native cells to avoid anti-bodies and spreading. honestly if anything there needed to be a scene with new shimmer locations appearing worldwide.
While movie is def just depressing. As noted, the whole theme is suicidal self destruction, and the hopelessness of world ending(literal, and personal) cancer. the message is, there is no hope with cancer. It will destroy you and everything you love. There isn't even a message of coping with it, inevitable death or loss. nope. just "best just kill yourself."
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Any word if they're going to make more movies based on this series? I have the books sitting in my to-read queue, and have heard they're not bad.
Also, the fucking bear creature thing is one of the most disturbing things I've seen in a movie.
Also, the fucking bear creature thing is one of the most disturbing things I've seen in a movie.
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tldr the entity assimilated self destructive behavior and is annihilated but the shimmer effect is possibly worldwide
tldr the entity assimilated self destructive behavior and is annihilated but the shimmer effect is possibly worldwide
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Caliane
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I feel like all the cancer talk, and allegories kindof gets in the way of Assimilation... But, I do suppose, the refraction/duplication, and redundancies is very clearly spelled out as well. Cancer does that. But, if we forget that for a moment, and take the give/take aspect as suggested yet. Yes, the alien cloned Lena... but Lena then ALSO took on elements of the Alien does make sense. When passing the grenade, they clench hands making the Ouroboros. theres no difference between them at that point.
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