- How long did you think you were inside?
Annihilation is a film fueled by mystery. It follows the story of a former soldier
turned cellular biologist and grieving widow, Lena, whose presumed dead husband,
Kane, suddenly returns from a covert military operation with little to no
memory of his experience, only for him and Lena to be taken by the military as
a strange phenomenon known simply as 'The Shimmer' slowly engulfs the southern
coast and morphs everything within its boundary beyond comprehension.
Looking to find a way to help her husband Lena joins the latest expedition
into the Shimmer and witnesses all of its strange oddities firsthand. It's a
plot filled with all sorts of vagaries that, admittedly, had me scratching my
head in confusion, but it hooked me nonetheless. There's just something about
its dreamlike tone, its complex themes, and the way it twists the familiar into the
unknown that stuck with me. And today, I want to talk about why this makes
Annihilation so fun to watch. And yes, potential spoilers ahead, as well as a
content warning for disturbing imagery.
Annihilation's visual and aural design gives its sci-fi approach a tangible sense of unreality.
The Shimmer around which the story is set is littered with a rainbow of hues and tones, from its
hypnotic boundary wall to the multicolored light flares inside. The
landscapes within are similarly refracted, with the dense green forests
and grasslands looking as if they've been broken down into a cacophony of
blues, reds, yellows, pinks, and so on. The wildlife within the Shimmer strikes
an uncanny balance of being recognizably terrestrial, and yet, distinctly alien,
ranging from the oddly beautiful, to the hauntingly ominous,
to the downright terrifying.
This is emphasized by the soundtrack and the cinematography, whose deep synths and
surreal imagery respectively add to the dense atmosphere and help build a
harrowing dread in the audience. The film's visual and aural designs blend
together to give the film an almost dreamlike quality that toes the line
between morbidly fascinating and nightmarish. And it's all in service of
the existential focus of the film. Now, it's hard to talk about Annihilation's
themes, without completely spoiling it, and I do feel that this is one of those
films that is best seen knowing as little as possible, so I'll do my best not to go
into too much detail. Although, if yous want, I could do a thematic analysis of the
film later, but then again I feel like there's probably more than enough people
who've done a better job of that than I could. But, I'm getting off topic here.
Annihilation's core themes can be hard to decipher, and there are many ways in
which to interpret it, such as seeing it as an analogy for cancer, or addiction, or
even infidelity. And I think the clever thing about the movie is that it's built
to accommodate these varying interpretations under its broad yet
specific thematic through line, which is life's inherent tendency toward
self-destruction, or, one might say, self annihilation.
Ha! Get it, it's like the name of the film!
Ha ha, ha . . .
Uh, anyway . . .
Cancer is your body destroying itself, addiction is
impulse destroying your body, and infidelity is impulse destroying your
relationships. The film was keenly interested in exploring every facet of
this idea, even using it to comment on the nature of humanity, our aversion
toward the unknown and change, and even the nature of alien life, whether or not
they would comprehend concepts such as destruction, if they would view it the
same way we do, and so much more. Like I said, it's hard to describe without
explicitly spoiling the film, but to say simply, It manages to touch on a wide
variety of subjects whilst exploring existential ideas in such a way that
keeps you on the edge of your seat, and leaves you to wonder about, well, life.
That being said, it does have its problems. The pacing often feels off,
bouncing from scenes that pass in the blink of an eye to ones that drag on
forever, especially in the first act. Many of the characters are just, there, with
only two of them ever really feeling like they have any kind of character.
Even Lena, though having a few scenes that show off a genuine personality, just
feels blank most of the time. The dialogue can be clunky, throwing out
random tidbits of actually unnecessary exposition, and lines that drag on for
a sentence or two too long. And, strangely enough for a sci-fi film, the
explanations for the Shimmer's phenomenons, at times, just seem
convoluted for the sake of being convoluted. But, while I can understand
how these problems may ruin some people's experience, for me these
weaknesses are vastly outweighed by the film's strengths. Despite its flaws, I
found Annihilation to be a captivating movie. It's one whose uncanny setting,
nightmarishly fantastical creatures, and haunting soundtrack and imagery build a
dense atmosphere of intrigue and mystery I couldn't pull away from, and whose
musings on the very nature of life itself lingered in my mind long after
the credits rolled. At the end of the day, Annihilation is a movie that, ironically,
gets more and more beautiful, the more you break it down. And for me, that's what
makes it, so fun to watch.
And yeah, those are my thoughts. Let me know what yous
think, if yous agree, disagree, what your favorite sci-fi movie is, if that bear
was the scariest fucking thing you've seen all year (it certainly was for me),
etc, and thanks for watching! If yous enjoyed this, and wanna see more,
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and what makes him such a great villain. Or check out my video on Violet Evergarden,
and why its slow pacing and emotional storytelling make it so fun to watch.
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