Annihilation

2018
16
1h 55min

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6,8/10

372 k

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Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tuva Novotny, Gina Rodriguez, and Tessa Thompson in Annihilation (2018)

Lena, a biologist and former soldier, joins a mission to uncover what happened to her husband inside Area X - a sinister and mysterious phenomenon that is expanding across the American coastline. Once inside, the expedition discovers a world of mutated landscape and creatures, as dangerous as it is beautiful, that threatens both their lives and their sanity.

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Un biologiste s'inscrit pour une expédition secrète et dangereuse dans une zone mystérieuse où les lois naturelles ne s'appliquent pas.Un biologiste s'inscrit pour une expédition secrète et dangereuse dans une zone mystérieuse où les lois naturelles ne s'appliquent pas.Un biologiste s'inscrit pour une expédition secrète et dangereuse dans une zone mystérieuse où les lois naturelles ne s'appliquent pas.

Réalisation
- Alex Garland
Scénario
- Alex Garland
- Jeff VanderMeer
Casting principal

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NOTE IMDb

6,8/10

372 k

MA NOTE

POPULARITÉ

1 123

Réalisation
- Alex Garland
Scénario
- Alex Garland
- Jeff VanderMeer
Casting principal

Voir les informations de production sur IMDbPro

Récompenses
- 16 victoires et 63 nominations au total

Anecdotes
Due to a poorly received test screening, David Ellison, a financier at Paramount, became concerned that the film was "too intellectual" and "too complicated," and demanded changes to make it appeal to a wider audience, including making Natalie Portman's character more sympathetic and changing the ending. Producer Scott Rudin sided with Garland in his desire to not alter the film, defending the film and refusing to take notes. Rudin had final cut.

Gaffes
Sentries would never light the inside of a watchtower, which would illuminate themselves and make it impossible for them to see anything outside.

Citations
Lena: Why did my husband volunteer for a suicide mission?
Dr Ventress: Is that what you think we're doing? Committing suicide?
Lena: You must have profiled him. You must have assessed him. He must have said something.
Dr Ventress: So you're asking me as a psychologist?
Lena: Yeah.
Dr Ventress: Then, as a psychologist, I think you're confusing suicide with self-destruction. Almost none of us commit suicide, and almost all of us self-destruct. In some way, in some part of our lives. We drink, or we smoke, we destabilize the good job... and a happy marriage. But these aren't decisions, they're... they're impulses. In fact, you're probably better equipped to explain this than I am.
Lena: What does that mean?
Dr Ventress: You're a biologist. Isn't the self-destruction coded into us? Programmed into each cell?

Connexions
Featured in Chris Stuckmann Movie Reviews: Annihilation (2018)

Bandes originales
Helplessly Hoping
Performed by Crosby Stills & Nash (as Crosby Stills and Nash)
Written by Stephen Stills
Licensed courtesy of Warner Music UK
Published by Gold Hill Music Inc (BMI)

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8/10

Atmospheric

After watching this film I read the reviews voted "most helpful," which all were long lists of plot holes and logical inconsistencies. They are absolutely right. I didn't think about it while watching the film, but when it's pointed out, yeah, nothing in this movie makes much sense.

But I still really liked it. It's creepy and atmospheric and more concerned with the psychology of people on a suicide mission than on the nuts and bolts of scientific investigation. It's often intense , usually beautiful, well acted, and had some really weird and mesmerizing moments.

I won't argue that you should forgive it for its plot holes, or that it has any deep meaning, or anything like that. In fact, it's probably easier to make a convincing argument against the movie than for it. I'm just saying, I really liked it.

ADDENDUM: I looked at the user reviews recently (2024) and the top reviews are no longer lists of plot holes. The people who enjoyed the movie, like me, have since my review pushed the naysayers down. Which I fully support.