Garland, despite being an excellent screenwriter, needs a film director to collaborate—and I don't think it should be himself. His previous screenplays with Danny Boyle were probably his best work, aside from Ex Machina, but after that I'm just not a fan of Annihilation and especially this film. Speaking as a woman, there is something off and sexist how he generalizes all men, like they were caricatures. We don't see it being done with women because it's not going to be ok with the feminazis. Men and women are both flawed and can be toxic at the same time, depends on how they were raised or how they decided to live their lives. That birthing scene is so effing gross, I cannot unsee it. I understand what it all means but I just don't like it, period— and nothing to do with any of my persuasions. I'm still generous with my ranking (because in my world 2.50 means that it's not for everyone, but it doesn't mean that it's a disaster) and the cinematography was gorgeous imo.

white women be trippin

Alex Garland must have seen Titane last year and saw the birthing scene there and thought to himself, “I see your weird car birth and I’ll raise you 5 weird men births.”

No matter what everyone says about this, to hell with it. They just couldn’t digest this it seems. This is #MyShit supremely certified 😂 no words. Alex Garland never stops surprising. This is almost like a one single crazy stage theatre play start to finish and absolutely delicious ambiguities thrown around every minute and that climax is perfect. Oh it’s absolutely perfect climax that justifies the larger theme that Alex is trying to point towards us throughout the film. What a ride.