[stlrman]

I really enjoyed this movie as did my wife. This may take a second viewing to really understand the meanings.
Natalie Portman is amazing again, and the other female leads are well done.
This is written and directed by Alex Garland ( Ex Machina, 28 days later)
Amazing cinematography of a very trippy world inside the shimmer. It’s Sci-Fi,  a touch of horror, and much more. I read a very interesting review in Vulture magazine ( NY magazine) how the movie is really about depression, self destruction, and suicide.
It has a critics rating of 86% and a much lower fan rating of  65%.
I give it an 8.5 out of 10 stars.

[WGH]

Looking forward to seeing it even though the movie differs from the Southern Reach Trilogy novels, of which Annihilation is the first book. Did you get a chance to read the trilogy yet? They are really trippy too, the story's arc explains what's really happening in Area X and comes to a satisfying conclusion.

A linked story in Vulture describes the differences better than I can:

"Finish Alex Garland’s Annihilation and you’ll find yourself sitting in a dark theater quietly murmuring, “What the…?” Finish Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation, meanwhile — the science-fiction novel that serves as the source material for Garland’s film — and … well, you’ll also find yourself sitting someplace quietly murmuring, “What the…?”

Wayne

[Tyson]

Watched Annihilation on my 4k HT projector and 100 inch screen.  For something that is visually so beautiful and colorful, that film is freaking dark.