Great Concepts behind a Flawed Film

Rating: 4/10 (17 April 2019)

Trust me, I wanted to love this film. I had heard all about it when it had first released on Netflix but never got around watching it until now (As of April 14 2019) and to be completely honest, I expected more than what people were telling what it was.
I tried to like Annihilation but just found the film to be extremely slow, just barely keeping myself interested by the ideas and themes the film presented. That is all I can give Annihilation credit for, it's themes of cosmicism and Lovecraftian-esque storytelling. The Shimmer is also a terrifying yet beautiful location with a cool concept behind it, as well as the final scene which is very unique in this day and age with how it portrays an alien and how it deals with such a concept. Other than that, it was uninteresting and suffers from poor pacing, as well as undeveloped and uninteresting characters.
4/10