Annihilation

From a conceptual standpoint, Annihilation is a near masterpiece. Even if the story is vague and extremely hard to actually understand, the conceptual elements and the well thought-out pacing create a highly immersive cinematic experience.

Its visual appearance also helps convey the appropriate atmosphere. The defocused overgrown worlds, the refractions subtly placed everywhere in the frame, the blown out highlights and the meticulous composition all create a both unique and appealing look.

The visual effects work is out of the ordinary as well. The attention is clearly not in photorealism, but the environments are stylized to fit the concept. And yet, when necessary, the teams did their best to bring to life some of the most freaky and appalling hyperreal creatures in cinema.

The only problem here is the production. A low budget and bad advertising, combined with the elusive script, resulted in an apparently serious flop. It's great to see that at least the filmmakers' vision wasn't interrupted and the concept was brought to life intact, but the hard truth is that if good movies are to keep getting created, they need to bring the producers the necessary monetary profit.

Overall - a great movie, worthy of a rewatch.