So, I really want to discuss the film. The film is actually really worth a discussion, and because I don't know yet anybody who's seeing it, I keep my theory about the whole phenomena happening in here. I'll use spoiler tags just in case.

So, I think the phenomena surrounding the lighthouse goes this way. At one point in the film, we discover that what's going on is that everything (light, radio waves, even DNA) refracts in this area. The closer you are to the lighthouse, the more everything refracts. One of the most disturbing scenes in the movie shows how the voice of one of the characters mixed with the monster that kills her, mimicking even her voice. And, in the epicenter of all this phenomena, the "Annihilation" thing is capable of "total reflection". Making copies of everything that touches it. So... I think this has a physics parallelism, which is how light behaves going through a different surface. Light refracts, for example, in a glass of water, and everything we see through a glass of water is kind of messy and mixed (those will be the abnormalities of mixing a bear with a human voice for example). But light reflects in a mirror. Mimicking exactly which is in front of it. That'd be the lighthouse. 

So, the transition in the movie will be from refraction to reflection. I'm still grasping how it affects each character in a different way, because obviously the fact that every character is pretty flawed is not a coincidence. A second watch could clear that, I guess.

I don’t find being immersed in an alien world off putting. I do find unnecessarily slow movies off putting though. The movie is on Netflix anyway so no huge loss if I watch it.

I’m usually not big on sci if movies but I really enjoyed ‘Arrival’ and ‘Moon’is one of my favourite movies ever. So I guess I’ll check it out this week before it’s out of theatres. 

I imagined the inverse of if we landed on an alien world how with no malice we could upset the balance there.  The entity that landed seems to be terraforming and incorporating Earth and all the organisms into itself. From our perspective this is a hostile act of corruption or annihilation (!) but we have no idea how it sees this if it thinks in a way we can even perceive. I agree the use of glass, water, and plastic as a motif through the film plays on how perception can be warped when seen through a lens.  The entity may see our world as confusing and refracted and is "correcting" it to make sense of it.

So, basically The Color Out of Space?

You may have liked it, but between that and the fact there was already a book series, it doesn't seem that original.

Of course, sometines execution matters more than originality, but even then, a C with audiences suggests it isn't going to attract many.

This is precisely why I like it.  If there were long drawn out exposition scenes that explained it all it would have dropped in my estimation.  If an alien organism landed on Earth it likely would be mysterious and confusing, like you explaining philosophy to a dog. It's whole nature being alien made it more interesting and engaging to me.  It does give a lot of information and have read and discussed all sorts of fascinating theories that have basis in what the film tells you.

We all have different tastes, I loved it and found Thor: Ragnarok and Star Wars: The Last Jedi to be awful movies people clearly loved.  No issue with differing worldviews when it comes to art.

I loved this movie. I've been recommending it to all of my friends, but I just can't get anyone to go see it. It's sad to me that something can be made with such love like this movie, but be screwed over by poor marketing/release schedule. :(

Edit:  I loved the director's previous Ex Machina.  I also very much disliked Thor: Ragnarok and was disappointed with Black Panther.  If anyone is interested in another horror movie to watch, I highly recommend The Ritual on Netflix.

I loved this movie. I've been recommending it to all of my friends, but I just can't get anyone to go see it. It's sad to me that something can be made with such love like this movie, but be screwed over by poor marketing/release schedule. :(

Edit:  I loved the director's previous Ex Machina.  I also very much disliked Thor: Ragnarok and was disappointed with Black Panther.  If anyone is interested in another horror movie to watch, I highly recommend The Ritual on Netflix.