UKUQHUBEKA, ngokususelwa kunoveli enegama elifanayo nguJeff VanderMeer, ngumzamo wokuqondisa we-sophomore ka-Alex Garland (umbhali / umqondisi we-2014 sci-fi powerhouse EX UMSHINI). Kule filimu, iqembu lososayensi (elivezwe ngobuhlakani obulinganayo nguNatalie Portman, uJennifer Jason Leigh, uGina Rodriguez, uTessa Thompson, noTuva Novotny), lingena endaweni engaqondakali eyaziwa ngokuthi yi "The Shimmer".

I-Shimmer ibhamuza elibanzi ngamamayela lamandla we-eldritch, ngaphakathi kwawo imvelo ingalandeli imithetho yemvelo ebesingalindela yona. Izinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zezitshalo zikhula emvinini ofanayo, futhi izilwane zidlula ekuguqulweni kwezakhi ezesabekayo. Kuyo yonke imikhankaso yokungena eShimmer, akekho noyedwa ophume esaphila.

Lokho kunjalo, kuze kube manje.

(Ukusuka Kwesobunxele Kuya Kwesokudla: Leigh, Portman, Novotny, Thompson, noRodriguez ku-ANNIHILATION)

U-Lena (Portman) uthukile lapho umyeni wakhe uKane (u-Oscar Issac), obehambe 'esabelweni' isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka, ebuyela ekhaya ngokuzuma engakhumbuli nokuthi ubeyephi futhi ehlushwa ukugula okuyisimanga nokwesabekayo. Ngokushesha uKane, futhi ngokwengeza uLena, uyabuyiswa yiSouthern Reach, iqembu elibhekele ukutadisha iShimmer.

Engaqiniseki ukuthi angamsiza kanjani omunye umyeni wakhe, uLena ukhetha ukujoyina umkhankaso olandelayo emingceleni ekhula njalo ye-The Shimmer, enethemba lokuthola indlela yokusindisa impilo yakhe, futhi mhlawumbe konke impilo, ngokulandela ezinyathelweni zakhe.

Konke ukusetha okujwayelekile: Umlingiswa Omkhulu kumele afake imvelo esabekayo ukuze asindise lowo abamthandayo.

Kepha, njengakho konke kule filimu, ukubukeka kokujwayelekile kuyakhohlisa.

Ingxenye yobukhazikhazi bokubukwa kwefilimu incike ekubonisweni kwayo kweThe Shimmer. Ngaphandle, ifana nodonga oluhle lokukhanya okungaguquki. Lapho isingene ngaphakathi, noma kunjalo, ibonakala imnyama, inenkungu futhi icishe ibe namafutha. Umphumela ufana nokuntenga kukawoyela, futhi ulethela ifilimu umuzwa ocishe ufane nemiphumela yokudangala konyaka.

Akukaze kukhanye impela ku-The Shimmer, kufiphele kuphela futhi kube nomswakama ongacacile. Ngale ndlela, umuzwa wokwesaba uqala ukwakha kusenesikhathi, njengoba kubonakala sengathi iSimmer enhle yayiwuhlobo oluthile lwesicupho kubalingiswa bethu. Ukubukeka kwangaphandle sekukhohlisile, indikimba enkulu yefilimu yonke.

Umsindo omnandi kaBen Salisbury noGeoff Barrow nawo kufanelekile ukuwuncoma. USalisbury noBarrow baluka uhlobo oluthile lokuthula, olwesabekayo lwabafokazi kuzo zonke izigcawu nge-soundtrack ecashile kangako, kwesinye isikhathi, ne-bombastic, kwabanye, ithatha ngempumelelo ukungalindeleka okubi kwemvelo okwenzeka kuyo ifilimu.

I-Shimmer. Njengoba kubukwa ngaphandle.

Ngeke ngichaze ngokuningiliziwe zonke izinto ezishaqisayo ahlangabezana nazo uLena nohambo lwakhe ngenkathi engaphakathi kweThe Shimmer, ngoba ukwenza kanjalo kungonakalisa okuphumelela ekubeni yifilimu engalindelekile. Kodwa-ke, ukwethuka kuyahlukahluka phakathi kokukhona okuyisidina (“Ubunguwe? Bekunguwe?”), Ne-visceral esabekayo (Indoda idonswa iphila, iveze izitho zayo zangaphakathi ukuthi…okungalungile).

Lapho izingqondo zabo ziqaqa, ososayensi bethu abanesibindi bathola ukuthi imizimba yabo isiqala ukubadlubulunda. Kukulezi zigcawu lapho ihhashi elimnyama lefilimu, uGina Rodriguez ovelele, edlula khona. Uveza umlingiswa wakhe ngohlobo lwesihluku esingumuntu esingaba khona ngaphandle kweparody kwifilimu enjengale.

Ngenkathi uPortman engukugqama okusobala kwefilimu, uRodriguez kungenzeka abe yiqhawe lakhe leqiniso, elingaconwanga. Lokhu kubonakala ikakhulukazi lapho kwenzeka khona ukuluma ngezipikili kanye nokuphuka kwenhliziyo ngasikhathi sinye, lapho umlingiswa wakhe eletha uchungechunge lwama-monologues ethukile ekukhanyeni okukhumbuza okuvezwe nguKurtz ku Apocalypse Manje. Ubuso bakhe, obuzungezwe yizinhlangothi zonke ithunzi elicindezelayo, isithombe esigqamile, futhi ukulethwa kwakhe kwengxoxo eluhlaza kungumbono omuhle.

(UGina Rodriguez unnerves in ANNIHILATION)

Kepha, kuzo zonke izinto eziphazamisayo kule filimu, kunesinye esiphakeme kakhulu kunezinye: ukuhlangana kohambo no "Bhele". I-Bear isebenza njengesibonelo esivelele salokho i-Shimmer ekwazi ukukwenza ezintweni eziphilayo. Umphumela uba yinto ehlasimulisa umzimba ngempela, uhlobo lwesinengiso esiphila isigamu esiphila emathunzini, usizi lwayo olucace bha kuphela ngokushaywa yilo olwesabekayo lokubulala abalingisi bethu abashesha ukuvela, okubonakala sengathi bangaphezu nje kwezemidlalo.

Le filimu isebenzisa iBhele kangcono kakhulu kunanoma iyiphi ifilimu ejwayelekile ephethe isilo senkumbulo yakamuva. Ngempela, isimangalo esinqunyiwe singenziwa sokuthi indawo ephambili yeBear iyafana nekaRidley Scott Alien noma uJohn Carpenter Into. Isithwe kakhulu, futhi ayikhazimuliswanga ngokuphelele. Awukho umculo onomsindo, akukho ukunyakaza kwekhamera okuxakile, akukho ukwethuka. Simsulwa nje, asihluziwe ukwesaba.

Kungokwesenzo sokugcina kuphela lapho UKUJABULISWA ilahlekelwa ngumfutho wayo. Ngandlela thile, kucishe kufane nokuthi ifilimu ibingakwazi ukuhambisana nezindinganiso zayo. Izingxenye ezintathu-ezine zokuqala zefilimu zakha ngempumelelo ukwesaba okunesihluku kangangokuba, ekugcineni, ukuxabana kokugcina kuzizwa… kuncipha.

UGarland ubengakhonzwa kangcono ngokusikhombisa okuncane, njengoba enza kwezinye izikhathi kwifilimu. Ngenkathi isifiso sakhe sokuphela okubukwayo, se-sci-fi sincomeka, kususa umusi kulokho okwakukhona, kuze kube yilelo phuzu, ngokumangalisayo ukutadisha ngempumelelo emikhawulweni yokwesaba komuntu.

Kunezinye izinto engingazenza i-nitpick, kunjalo (njengokuqanjwa kwegama elithi "The Shimmer" ngokujwayelekile, elizwakala kakhulu ekhaya kwiDistopian Young Adult Novel kunefilimu ebucayi ye-sci-fi / horror), kepha konke lokho kungaba ukususa kokungahle kuthathwe njengeklasikhi yesayensi yanamuhla, noma umzamo omkhulu wokudala eyodwa. Cha ayiphelele, ukude nayo mhlawumbe, kepha UKUJABULISWA uhlukile, futhi bold kulokho okuhlukile.

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