Review of Annihilation (2018) by Brendan N — 20 Mar 2018

Garland is one of the most interesting filmmakers in the market at the moment and this film is another successful venture for him, but it is not the book by any means. I loved the book and while this film has the soul of the overall arc, it never hits the same beats which might disappoint hardcode fans of the book.

the film is a cerebral mind bending experience that will leave you scratching your head, much like the book and I think this will alienate the audience. I am calling this as a film that will be on top 10 lists within the next 20 years, this is Kubrick colours and visual art at the tallest order, a modern cult film that will linger with filmgoers.

I mentioned the book earlier and I'm slightly annoyed that this robbed the audience of seeing that book adaption. this changes everything and as a huge fan of the book it annoys me that they only keep the name and distance themselves from the book which begs the question of buying the rights to the book.

this reminds me of Kubrick and king tension after the shining opened, if I was vandermeer I would be slightly annoyed that this film failed to capture the true story of the book, the next books continue the mystery and they will never see the light of day on film due to this film changing so much.

20-03-2018.