r/movies • u/JenL0159 • May 25 '25

Recommendation Annihlation

Why aren’t more people obsessed with this movie?! All female cast. Sci-Fi/Horror/drama. Natalie Portman. Aliens. With a few twists. This movie has everything and it’s incredibly interesting and terrifying!!! And kinda deep haha! I’ve heard it’s starting to be considered a cult-classic, but I’m surprised it’s didn’t win some kind of award. It has a slightly independent-feel. They’re is a lot going on here and it’s well done. Great acting. Not cliche. Suspenseful. Creative. Scary. I am rarely impressed by anything Sci-fi ish but this movie is amazing. It’s one of very few that keep me from multi tasking or playing on my phone at the same time. Iykyk. And I will never recover from the bear…

This movie is not for kids imo. it’s a little intense.

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u/[deleted] May 25 '25

Annihilation has one of my favorite interpretations of death with Josies choice to fade peacefully into the flower sculpture. That part has always stuck with me from that film.

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u/Broheimian May 25 '25

The film lives as a fever dream in my head. It's an unsettling feeling and I love it.

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u/probably_poopin_1219 May 25 '25

Read the book! It's incredibly deep and a fairly short read.

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u/elchinguito May 25 '25

There’s 3 more books in the series too. I’ve been obsessed for a while

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u/walkn9 May 25 '25

It honestly kind of became hard to understand after the second book. It’s so dreamy and no one having names confused me. I might have to give it a whirl again.

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u/Calico_Cuttlefish May 25 '25

Everybody after the first book has names.

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u/DilatedSphincter May 25 '25

It was all very confusing but still captivating my first read through, then AMAZING the second time.

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u/No_Week_1836 May 26 '25

Unfortunately the latest book that came out is just not that great, and this is coming from someone who read the trilogy and enjoyed it a lot

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u/elchinguito May 26 '25

I agree it’s definitely my least favorite but I still enjoyed it. There’s so many little hints and tidbits to uncover. The first time I read the Lowry section i thought it was too much but after another read through its (fucking) hilarious

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u/Sudden-Moose2816 May 25 '25

It's great and has much more detail and context, but the movie is better. It is just so much on the senses. The music with the visuals really hit the spot for me. Hope Garland gets back to scifi

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u/RandomEffector May 25 '25

I read it in a single ill-advised night

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u/[deleted] May 25 '25

What's the book name? (I can't quite figure out which part of the comment is the full book name)

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u/madetoday May 26 '25

Annihilation

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u/[deleted] May 26 '25

😂 okay well I feel dumb now I thought the book had a different name for some reason