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Bud Brewster · Posted: Sat May 12, 2018 12:44 pm Post subject: Annihilation (2018)

This movie comes highly recommended, despite the unfortunate fact the public didn't appreciate it. With a budget between $40–55 million, it only pulled in $43 million.

Here's what Wikipedia has to say about it.
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Annihilation is a 2018 science fiction psychological horror film written and directed by Alex Garland, based on the novel of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer. It stars Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, and Oscar Isaac. The story follows a group of military scientists who enter "The Shimmer", a mysterious quarantined zone of mutating landscapes and transmogrifying creatures

The film received praise for its visuals, performances, direction, and thought-provoking story.
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Based on that remarkable poster above and the comment about the praise it received, I suspect this is one eye-popping film.

__________ Annihilation (2018) - Official Trailer

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

Bud Brewster · Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2018 7:17 pm Post subject:

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I just finished watching the DVD of this movie from Netflix, and I definitely do NOT recommended it. It's a murky load of hogwash with a boatload of visual FX and thimble-full of actually solid concepts.

In short, it talks a lot without saying much, cinematically speaking. If you bother to watch it, don't expect to know what's going on, even if you read online synopses and articles with names like Annihilation Ending Explained | Den of Geek.

You've been warned . . . Rolling Eyes

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
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orzel-w · Galactic Ambassador Joined: 19 Sep 2014 Posts: 1865

I didn't think much of it either. It struck me as something slapped together by somebody who wanted to try out his new CGI software.
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Bud Brewster · Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2022 11:34 am Post subject:

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Right. And even the CGI wasn't overly impressive.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)