Celine's Film Blog

  PITCH BLACK HEIST  To begin with, from my perspective, the 'Pitch Black Heist' almost entirely conforms to the sub-genre of 'Heist'. Professional thieves meet on a simple job to crack a safe and stealing its contents. The catch is a light-activated alarm system in which shuts down obliging the men to commence a pitch black heist. A narrative like ‘Pitch Black Heist’ includes a twist in which is unexpected towards the audience. The director accomplished this by hinting the twist through the structure of the film, but still somehow managed to catch the audience off guard with the twist. John Maclean pulled in the audience and then immediately diverted their perception of the film with the big reveal at the end of the film. The entire film is colourless, with a grayscale look. This portrays the battle between light and dark, emphasising the great impact towards the audience and the idea of losing sight throughout the film. For instance, in the scene in which the characte...

ANNIHILATION Annihilation is a science fiction horror film written and directed by Alex Garland, based on the 2014 novel by Jeff Vandermeer. In addition, it is a ‘women on a mission’ film with five strong members with a different skill set such as a biologist, a physicist, a geologist, a paramedic and a psychologist. Moreover, they are sent to investigate a meteor in an area in Florida which is causing a strange phenomenon. Despite all of this, Alex Garland has directed a film in which addressed issues such as depression, grief, and the idea of self-destruction.  Natalie Portman is Lena, a biology professor who is mourning her husband, who is a soldier who’s presumably missing. Further, after a few years after he disappeared, he abruptly returns with no memory of what may have happened to him whilst his health is quickly getting worse. In addition to this, he, later on, slips into a coma and he and Lena are taken into a military compound located in Florida where Lena unanticipated ...