Annihilation

Stupidity: Why does the team choose to enter the shimmer from Area X and then trek for miles to the lighthouse? They could travel by sea and stage an amphibious landing on the shore right at the foot of the lighthouse. Obviously this would make for a very short movie, but this choice still needs to be explained in the plot.

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Suggested correction: I thought it was an obvious tactical choice to go by land. If the mysterious shimmer radiates in all directions for miles, as it seems to in the movie, then it would also radiate for miles out to sea. A recon team is going to have a lot more options to deal with any "weirdness" on the ground rather than on a boat or in the water. (Also, the book "Annihilation" on which the movie is based makes it clear that there are some really big, nasty things swimming around in the water!).

Continuity mistake: When Kane wakes Lena to tell her he's leaving a day early he puts a glass of orange juice on the nightstand. A few seconds later the camera angle changes and the glass is in a different spot. (00:49:20)

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Dr Ventress: We have many theories, few facts.

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Trivia: You can see rabbits' faces on the shimmer, referencing the rabbits experiment they do in the book.

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