Perhaps Biology explains the psychology better!

Rating: 8/10 (16 March 2018)

Annihilation is a movie that needs a little more attention if you want to enjoy it completely. I found it very symbolic which includes some inner (maybe hidden to first look) layers of psychology behind its sci-fi outer shell.
Unlike many other metaphoric movies, I think using metaphors was an excellent idea to explain a complex phenomenon like psychological changes of human mind while it faces serious challenges and the overall path of humanity that is heading to final extermination. Using Biology as a tool to explain it is also a very brilliant idea. You can simply pick that up when the psychologist which is also the expedition team's leader clearly gives the hint while she is explaining the difference between suicide and self destruction and then she says perhaps you(the biologist) can explain it better.
This Movie is about people's reaction to challenges, the way they look at themselves and when they face their true nature, the way they try to pull themselves out of the big universal failures of the humanity and the effects that remains even if the power of the will is strong enough to pull them out. I will not go further through details in order to avoid spoiling the story. Go watch it for yourself and enjoy it.

The cinematography is very good, green views and beautiful imaginative pictures of alien form plants and environment are interesting especially considering the budget of the movie. In the matter of acting, it is simple because the characters has been written that way so maybe you won't be able to say if a person's performance is good or not. Especially for Natalie Portman, I think her talent is way beyond her character so obviously she plays it the best way and obviously it is meaningless to judge her performance based on it.
Finally I can say if you are a person who is interested in complex ideas especially in subjects like psychology, I definitely recommend this movie. If you are only interested in sci-fi aspects and mysterious ideas you will also enjoy it but not as much as movies with big budgets and huge computer works.