Annihilation
POSTED BY: ecgordon
UPDATED: Friday, April 6, 2018 10:55
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Ducking back in here for a brief mention of this movie, which is likely not going to be in theaters very long, considering Black Panther will bury it this week, and probably next weekend too. If you're at all interested, whether or not you've read the book, you should check it out while you can. It's recommended.
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Visually it looks interesting, but if there's no worth while story, then hard pass.
I may be jumping the gun here, but it looks kinda like Natalie Portman tries her hand at ACTING again. That might be worth a look see.
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Quote:Also with Ex Machina Director, and Oscar Isaac, and Sonoya Mizuno. Portland and JJ Leigh were not in Ex Machina.
Originally posted by AURaptor:
Visually it looks interesting, but if there's no worth while story, then hard pass.
I may be jumping the gun here, but it looks kinda like Natalie Portman tries her hand at ACTING again. That might be worth a look see.
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Quick glance at Natalie Portman's IMDB work, seems she's in something called " Pale Blue Dot ", which is the title of a Carl Sagan book.
An astronaut returns home and discovers that her sense of reality has changed in unexpected ways.
Director: Noah Hawley
Writers: Brian C. Brown, John-Henry Butterworth (revisions by) | 2 more credits »
Star: Natalie Portman
Hawley has written some pretty good stuff, so here's hoping it turns out well.
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Ducking back in here for a brief mention of this movie, which is likely not going to be in theaters very long, considering Black Panther will bury it this week, and probably next weekend too. If you're at all interested, whether or not you've read the book, you should check it out while you can. It's recommended.
http://templetongate.net/annihilation.htm
Hello, hope all is going well with you. Nice surprise seeing you here.
T
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This was interesting.
Quote:If you can avoid thinking too much for the first third of the film, Annihilation can be engrossing. I wasn't sure how the title applied to the subject and storyline in the way the ads and clips let on, but it does end up making sense, like Arrival really was an appropriate description.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:Also with Ex Machina Director, and Oscar Isaac, and Sonoya Mizuno. Portland and JJ Leigh were not in Ex Machina.
Originally posted by AURaptor:
Visually it looks interesting, but if there's no worth while story, then hard pass.
I may be jumping the gun here, but it looks kinda like Natalie Portman tries her hand at ACTING again. That might be worth a look see.
With Isaac and Director from Ex Machina, I really felt these two films can appear matching bookends in a certain light. Interesting that Vikander is not in this one, but Portman is - striking to realize they have similar caliber of capability. Although Portman and Isaac are both Star Wars alum, she was about 60 years older than he, but here they are a couple.
Portman, Isaac are dead on, and Leigh, Thompson hold up. I haven't seen Tuva Novotny before, she does quite well here.
I just realized now that I didn't detect any overt political statements other than unbalanced gender leads - all female, without any valid logic (among piles of unviable logic).
That's the good.
Now the less good.
The sound was either grating or obscured at times. The last few years in film this trend of indecipherable dialogue is growing, but I still assume it is error instead of intentional.
IIRC the cinematography in EM was fine, clear. But here the experimentation with dark, shadow, silhouette is just unclear and confusing.
Select to view spoiler:
The logical plot holes and tissue-thin foundation are as bad as Gravity, but if you can remain ignorant enough to gloss over the setup, the guts of the story can distract you enough to remain engrossed.
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Saw it and I really liked it. I'm going to put it in my Top 5 of the year, so far. I got a 2001 Space Odyssey vibe from it, especially the lighthouse scene.
But, I must say, it was certainly something I hadn't experienced before. Really great sci-fi takes you somewhere you haven't visited, and this fit the bill to a T.
SGG
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
Ducking back in here for a brief mention of this movie, which is likely not going to be in theaters very long, considering Black Panther will bury it this week, and probably next weekend too. If you're at all interested, whether or not you've read the book, you should check it out while you can. It's recommended.
http://templetongate.net/annihilation.htm
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This film had elements of 2001 Space Odyssey, Aliens and Predator. That is not to say that it was derivative of those movies; it paid homage to those sci-fi classics. And like JSF said, it had elements of Arrival too.
Portman IS back Rappy. Tessa Thomsom is really good as well. I'm not really sure if there was a message, but I didn't care, I was enjoying the sci-fi creepiness and the adventure "right here in River City."
So go and have fun.
SGG
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Visually it looks interesting, but if there's no worth while story, then hard pass.
I may be jumping the gun here, but it looks kinda like Natalie Portman tries her hand at ACTING again. That might be worth a look see.
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Definitely Top 5 Jewels....so far. Damn good fun.
SGG
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
This was interesting.Quote:If you can avoid thinking too much for the first third of the film, Annihilation can be engrossing. I wasn't sure how the title applied to the subject and storyline in the way the ads and clips let on, but it does end up making sense, like Arrival really was an appropriate description.
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:Also with Ex Machina Director, and Oscar Isaac, and Sonoya Mizuno. Portland and JJ Leigh were not in Ex Machina.
Originally posted by AURaptor:
Visually it looks interesting, but if there's no worth while story, then hard pass.
I may be jumping the gun here, but it looks kinda like Natalie Portman tries her hand at ACTING again. That might be worth a look see.
With Isaac and Director from Ex Machina, I really felt these two films can appear matching bookends in a certain light. Interesting that Vikander is not in this one, but Portman is - striking to realize they have similar caliber of capability. Although Portman and Isaac are both Star Wars alum, she was about 60 years older than he, but here they are a couple.
Portman, Isaac are dead on, and Leigh, Thompson hold up. I haven't seen Tuva Novotny before, she does quite well here.
I just realized now that I didn't detect any overt political statements other than unbalanced gender leads - all female, without any valid logic (among piles of unviable logic).
That's the good.
Now the less good.
The sound was either grating or obscured at times. The last few years in film this trend of indecipherable dialogue is growing, but I still assume it is error instead of intentional.
IIRC the cinematography in EM was fine, clear. But here the experimentation with dark, shadow, silhouette is just unclear and confusing.Select to view spoiler:
The logical plot holes and tissue-thin foundation are as bad as Gravity, but if you can remain ignorant enough to gloss over the setup, the guts of the story can distract you enough to remain engrossed.
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I'm going with Ex Machina as the best comparison.
Like others mostly just superficially.
SGG, did you catch where the location was? It was left coast, right?
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