What a bunch of Hollywood bulls**t!

Rating: 2/10 (9 January 2019)

This movie is not complicated. To the contrary, it's very simple and stupid. I did not read the novel so let's concentrate on the picture. It is visually interesting but that's about it. For starters, the story (or some substitute for it) is insulting. What kind of idiot sends anybody in any kind of anomaly without a HEV suit and with M16? Here we have some lousy variance of body snatchers but without an apparent purpose. Time inside the anomaly passes slowly than outside of it, which is a nonsense per se - no pace warping or singularity that would cause this. So called scientists do not use any of their specialty for anything useful and their talk is childish. Most of the film actually nothing happens, except for one of the girls (physicist?) becomes a plant and some shots are fired into the CGI monsters. None of the characters react naturally (curious? fearful? angry? whatever?) but like dolls, and cliches are used abundantly. Really, if this movie is an allegory - what does it really show? Acting is far below any acceptable level. Never liked Ms. Portman but this is even below her "standards". If you wanna watch a true SF movie, meaningful and with a clever message, watch "Arrival". This one: skip or forget. It won't be hard in either case.