tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633480297352890314.post6928752082742077855..comments2024-03-28T03:28:11.926-11:00Comments on Kinemalogue: No cure for cancerHunter Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10925220178171355473noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633480297352890314.post-63891220748262212912018-03-13T09:17:00.989-11:002018-03-13T09:17:00.989-11:00Also, when you get down to it, it's barely pos...Also, when you get down to it, it's barely possible that Annihilation's script isn't THAT much worse than your average 50s sci-fi flick.Hunter Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925220178171355473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633480297352890314.post-8339910059636163352018-03-12T21:45:44.676-11:002018-03-12T21:45:44.676-11:00It's actually a little weird that Oscar Isaac ...It's actually a little weird that Oscar Isaac gets as heavily mentioned in connection with this movie as he is, right? It's effectively a cameo, and half of the cameo he's playing someone either in a coma or effectively a zombie. I'm pretty sure he has fewer lines than Benedict Wong.Hunter Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925220178171355473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4633480297352890314.post-76530780037418649452018-03-12T18:17:48.576-11:002018-03-12T18:17:48.576-11:00You were harsher on the script than I was, and yet...You were harsher on the script than I was, and yet it rightfully earned that flogging. I think our differing scores show how we feel about form over function, because sometimes I just can't pull myself out of the trenches of plot and dialogue. And BOY is that the weakest element of the film.<br /><br />Maybe Alicia Vikander is the key to Garland's success, because Oscar Isaac sure wasn't doing it for me here and I usually love him.Brennanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15399713449347559869noreply@blogger.com