A once-in-a-lifetime novel became an instant sci-fi classic.
From the moment the first notes of "Helplessly Hoping" ring out, that haunting track from Crosby, Stills & Nash sends us off into the beautifully crumbling reality that is Annihilation. Alex Garland's 2018 adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer's novel of the same name runs for nearly two hours, but by the time we reach the climax of the film, all sense of time and place has withered away.
Another key element of the book that the film doesn't really employ is the use of hypnotism by the director/psychologist . It's briefly hinted at, with the team experiencing a lapse in memory upon entering The Shimmer, but its role in the book is much more central. In VanderMeer's book, "annihilation" as a term actually refers to a trigger word initiating an act of suicide, should events go south for the team.
If you've considered reading them, you should. The rest of the trilogy isn't going to be spoiled here, except for one relevant element of Authority, and it's less of a spoiler and more of a coincidental fun fact. In the aforementioned interview with Nerdist, Garland revealed that he completed his screenplay for Annihilation before VanderMeer had even finished the next two books. However, one major deviation the film takes is the addition of Benedict Wong's character.
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