Annihalation Movie - My Review. No spoilers

[Godzillaaa]

My wife and I went based on all the positive reviews we have seen. This is easily the worst movie I’ve ever seen in my life. We had to resist the urge to get up and leave halfway through. One couple did get up and leave. They were smarter than us. This is just a big boring artsy piece of crap and we can’t ever get our time or money back.

 

[seminoleed]

So, you liked it that much, huh?

 

[goldmom]

Today's review in the Wall Street Journal was very lukewarm.

 

[KRKNole]

I agree. Saw it at the urging of my wife. Easily the worst movie I have ever seen. Words can't describe how bad this was.

 

[SoddyNole]

Did you like Ex Machina by this same director?

 

[Nole Lou]

It looks absolutely, almost laughably terrible based on the trailers. I was shocked at the RT score...I assumed it would be a massive turkey.

I won't see it in the theaters, but the critical response means I'll check it out eventually. I didn't like Ex Machina nearly as much as others did but it was good enough that I'd be interested in something else from the director.

Unfortunately, you have to filter critical response to movies now through social justice concerns to try to figure out how good something really is. And don't get me wrong, I could not be more in favor of more female-led action movies, minority focused superhero movies, etc...good for cinema, aside from the benefit to society. Movies need new and different stories told considering how often I feel like I'm seeing the same damn story.

But it most definitely seeps into reviews when things get a lukewarm positive because critics want them to succeed, that might have been a mild negative otherwise, particularly the way RT aggregates. I want them to succeed as well, but it does mess with figuring out how good stuff is.

 

[Bartdog]

I don't think it's the worst movie ever, but I didn't like the way it went back and forth in time. However, without adding a spoiler I do see why that might have worked better to tell the story. It does seem to share a "tone" with Ex Machina. Hard to describe from my table at Whataburger with one hand but it seemed to lack an excitement/passion level you would expect.

 

[Nole Lou]

I don't think it's the worst movie ever, but I didn't like the way it went back and forth in time. However, without adding a spoiler I do see why that might have worked better to tell the story. It does seem to share a "tone" with Ex Machina. Hard to describe from my table at Whataburger with one hand but it seemed to lack an excitement/passion level you would expect.

God, you really shouldn't be doing that at a Whataburger. I know Natalie Portman is hot, but wait until you get home.

 

[SoddyNole]

I don't think it's the worst movie ever, but I didn't like the way it went back and forth in time. However, without adding a spoiler I do see why that might have worked better to tell the story. It does seem to share a "tone" with Ex Machina. Hard to describe from my table at Whataburger with one hand but it seemed to lack an excitement/passion level you would expect.

Was it as bad as Primer in the time travel regard? Primer needed a current 3D flow chart to follow and left me completely confused at the end. I love to have something to think about at a movie's end just not to the point where I am brain locked with confusion.

Let me add I have yet to see a trailer on this movie but Lou's trailer critique has peaked my interest. How can one resist to smell something that smells so bad?

 

[Bartdog]

Was it as bad as Primer in the time travel regard? Primer needed a current 3D flow chart to follow and left me completely confused at the end. I love to have something to think about at a movie's end just not to the point where I am brain locked with confusion.

Let me add I have yet to see a trailer on this movie but Lou's trailer critique has peaked my interest. How can one resist to smell something that smells so bad?

I haven't seen Primer, but it can tell you it wasn't too hard to follow the plot, just got a little annoying with the jumping forward and back.

 

[Bartdog]

God, you really shouldn't be doing that at a Whataburger. I know Natalie Portman is hot, but wait until you get home.

 

[SoddyNole]

I haven't seen Primer, but it can tell you it wasn't too hard to follow the plot, just got a little annoying with the jumping forward and back.

This chart represents the 9 timelines of the event shown in movie Primer lol.

 

[Nole Lou]

This chart represents the 9 timelines of the event shown in movie Primer lol.

Primer is absurd. I like it, but it's ridiculous. I just sort of bailed on keeping it straight and tried to enjoy the ride.

I liked Upstream Color a whole lot though.

 

[tarheelinfl]

I saw it this week, I was falling asleep at first, it just moved so slow and I just didn't get into it. Very bad dialouge and the characters were just so bland, I didn't care what happened to them.
Saw Jumanji the day before, liked it much better.

 

[Godzillaaa]

Seeing Jumanji tomorrow. I'm sure it will be a lot better.