This is what it feels like to chew 5 gum but in hell

I really like this film. It's bold and beautiful. Color scheme and production design are top notch. Doesn't feel the need to answer every question.
I hope this does well at the box office because Garland is trying something different here.

Saw it on the big screen at the DGA in LA.

the last 15 minutes of this movie are scarier than anything I’ve ever seen in my entire life

ANNIHILATION is like if Björk directed a remake of THE ABYSS.

...that’s obviously an endorsement. how *much* of an endorsement I don’t really know right now.

but yeah

"the silence around it is louder than usual."

very close to, if not pitch perfect cinema;
the best film to be released in seven years.

entirely encapsulates Our grief, Our dejection,
Our self-loathing, Our distrust, Our vulnerability
to the Natural, the Artificial; Our fears, Our desires.

both Our everyday interactions, the importance of
the Terrestrial, as well as Our curiosities, Our need
to know exactly what is lurking behind the curtain,
the dark hiding in secrecy, away from public view;

or if that curtain is simply the curtain of Our psyche,
Our identity, mutated, melted and metamorphosed.

"it's a trick of the light."

the cardboard cutout of oscar isaac i have in the corner of my room is very unsettling to me right about now

what episode of star wars is this...

Better than the book mainly because one spends less time dying of boredom.

Wanted to love it but didn't feel quite right/feel like I didn't quite connect with the story or characters - maybe this is the point?

A whiff. It's almost unrespectful to bring up their names. But only a whiff of Tarkovsky and Zulawski. But, of course the greatest USA-based common denominator demands guns and exposition.

Let’s all take a moment to consider how science and technology have advanced to the point where we are able to create breathtakingly beautiful and innovative movies that reflect our growing hysteria that our fascination with science and technology is bound to destroy us.

the last movie that fucked me up THIS much was donnie darko (2001)

Need to Process...

great follow up to Ex Machina.

Beautifully scored and visually stunning. Will leave you trying to dissect the myriad themes hours, and I can expect days, after viewing.

I don’t know if I liked that very much : (