Annihilation without Ripley

Rating: 7/10 (29 March 2018)

This director left us with a wonderful feeling after watching his previous masterpiece "Ex-Machina". This is his next work and although it stays short regarding its predecessor, it doesn't leave you indifferent, but it leaves you pondering after you finish watching it.
The story takes you to a biologist whose husband went into a mission and after one year missing he returns to her but he doesn't look quite the same. He left on a mission inside an area surrounded by a mysterious light and from where no one except him has ever returned. Therefore, she among other scientists embark on a journey to discover what the mystery is inside the area. This sound like the typical science fiction meets horror movie, and I couldn't help myself but be reminded of Alien. I know, it's not the same, but the concept about horror in space but more like the Prometheus movie is present thru the whole movie.
The movie is based on a book and one gets the feeling of it, but also one gets the feeling that there are some changes, although you haven't read said novel. The movie goes slow, and at some points you start wondering what is about, but the more you keep watching, the pieces start to fall into place. The mystery starts to unfold and although at some point the surprise factor is given away beforehand, you still want to keep watching it.
In this movie what gets our eyes are definitely the visual effects. They are simply beautiful and the music helps enjoy them more making you feel a peace with yourself but still feeling on edge of what may happen. It's true that there are some aspects of the movie that make you think: why are they doing this? This is not how this should be made? WTF? But above all these tine mistakes, as to give them a name, don't make the movie less enjoyable.