Annihilation is a movie directed by Alex Garland in 2018 and based on the book of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer, first published in 2014. The movie features Natalie Portman, Benedict Wong, Sonoya Mizuno, David Gyasi, Oscar Isaac, John Schwab, and others.
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Storyline
At a top secret U.S. government facility codenamed Area X, cellular biology professor and Army veteran Lena is questioned after returning as the sole survivor of an expedition to an anomalous zone known as the Shimmer. With Kane in intensive care, a government psychologist, Dr. Ventress, shows Lena the Shimmer and explains that many exploratory teams have entered, but only Kane has ever returned.
Movie vs Book
Year
2018
Minutes
115
Movie Rate
6.80
Source: IMDb
Year
2014
Pages
195
Book Rate
7.42
S: Goodreads
Book
Annihilation
Author: Jeff VanderMeer
Country: USA
First published in: 2014
Length: 195 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Southern Reach
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“It’s such a complicated thing to put a movie together. The book world is so much simpler.”
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One reply on “Annihilation (2018)”
Movie is pure garbage compared to the book. They took the general back description and made up the rest, stripping it of it’s point and intention. Including that ridiculous finale scene.
It’s unfortunate because Natalie was perfect casting for Ghostbird and Garland was a dream director.
I doubt we’ll see the other two books adapted.