[Annihilation/spoilers] So I went and saw the movie last night and A) it wasn't what I expected it managed to get down two things that scared the bejeezus out of me
Like to the point where I spent the rest of the evening discussing and joking about it hoping to diffuse the issue only to wake up from an apparent panic nightmare two hours after I went to bed
Apparently the director....didn't...read the book at all 'why would you make a movie based on a book and refuse to read the book' I sure don't know but that answered some questions for Meeeeeee... :/
I don't mind that kinda stuff, but it's not what I really hoped for from this movie and while it explains what happened, it goes utterly off the rails and gets way too fuckin loud
And if they were more interesting, it would have made the deaths better and the contrast between the beginning, the end, and them slowly going mad much better
I think Ventress and Anya probably got to be the most interesting because the former was meant to be a little off compared to everyone else and the latter at least got to show some god damn emotion and had some character
I see what they tried to do with her as an "arc" but the way everyone talks kept it from happening. I had no feelings for her. I couldn't sympathize, couldn't relate to, I couldn't even hate her. She was an uninteresting mystery at best and an annoyance at worst
'why would you make a movie based on a book and refuse to read the book' I sure don't know but that answered some questions for Meeeeeee... :/
so movie was still rad and cool for plenty but I'm betting arm and leg that anyone comparing it to the book is in for a time ffff