Annihilation | Paramount | Feb 23 2018 | Alex Garland | Natalie Portman | Reviews Embargoed till day of release

[somebody85]

7 hours ago, Barnack said:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/annihilation-netflix-uk-release-date-a8221716.html

 

The streaming service has now confirmed when UK subscribers can expect the Alex Garland’s second movie: 12 March. 

 

They always talked about at least 16/17 days after US release I think.

Okay this was the question I had. If it was this week, it would most likely impact box office because it would be online that night.

[somebody85]

8 hours ago, tribefan695 said:

Happy this is good. I also clearly need to keep trying to step away from pre release gossip in general.

 

I suspect the fears about how it will play with audiences are overblown. They're much more open to "thinking" sci fis than critics and film snobs give them credit for.

 

 

Yeah but I'm happy that test audiences don't seem to have changed the film. Via Scotts comments, seems like the 3rd act was left alone so we'll all get to experience it as it originally was.

[somebody85]

@Telehilation or anyone else whose seen this, is the third act Interstellar crazy? By asking that, I mean does the film veer into really weird territory compared to the rest? I don't mean like spoilers.

If it works for me, I should be all about it but I was not a fan of that area in Interstellar.

 

[Jake Gittes]

If you call Interstellar crazy I don't think you've seen crazy. 

[somebody85]

4 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

If you call Interstellar crazy I don't think you've seen crazy. 

Compared to the rest of the film, it was (when he dives into the black hole and ends up in the fifth dimension and communicates to Murph through the bookshelf). I don't mean it's the craziest science fiction or horror film out there or anything. 

I've seen crazy but just for fun, name some.

[somebody85]

Like Jacobs Ladder is a surreal head trip. None of the horror in that film comes from jump scares. It's done so well.

[somebody85]

But fun fact, I did not like The Matrix at the time of release but grew to love it so much through rewatches that it's one of my favorite films of all time. And man has that film sparked a lot of theories about reality itself. The 13th Floor touched on them but that really dove in.

[Dementeleus]

INTERSTELLAR's third act has nothing on this. I don't wanna oversell it, but yeah.

[somebody85]

2 minutes ago, Telehilation said:

INTERSTELLAR's third act has nothing on this. I don't wanna oversell it, but yeah.

Alright! Yeah I don't want spoilers...I was just curious. Only a day to find out.

[That One Girl]

 

If this is true then I might as well preemptively crown this my favorite film of the year

 

(not really, might be hard to beat Paddington 2 but we'll see)

Edited February 22, 2018 by That One Guy

[MrGlass2]

BR2049 sweeps the Oscars this year, Annihilation next year.

[Dementeleus]

25 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

 

If this is true then I might as well preemptively crown this my favorite film of the year

 

(not really, might be hard to beat Paddington 2 but we'll see)

 

That's a weird comparison. 

[tonytr87]

That Jeff guy has a bit of a Boston hooligan/simpleton in him. Makes sense that he doesn't really dig brainy scifi. 

Edited February 22, 2018 by tonytr87

[4815162342]

9 minutes ago, Telehilation said:

 

That's a weird comparison. 

 

So you're telling me there's no scene of gorgeous Deakins cinematography of landscapes from the interior of a cockpit while Ryan Gosling has a simmering brood on his face as he looks out pensively into the beyond?

[ThePhasmid]

As previously stated, embargoes are mostly insignificant when there is a master at the helm.

[Dementeleus]

@That One Guy

 

 

 

 

 

[Dementeleus]

 

 

[Taylor]

I just saw it – really dug it. Visually awesome and I enjoyed the craziness of it all – but I'm a sucker for a mindfuck movie. The last act definitely does veer into the bizarre but I was into it.

It's completely different from the book, though. Like... beyond the setting of the shimmer, there's zero similarities. 

[tonytr87]

Weird and bizarre are good things you donks. 

[Dementeleus]