HOOLAHA, ma muli o ka puke ma ka inoa like na Jeff VanderMeer, ʻo ia ka hana kuhikuhi lua o Alex Garland (mea kākau / luna o ka 2014 sci-fi powerhouse EX MINI). I loko o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, kahi hui o nā ʻepekema (i hōʻike ʻia me ka nani like e Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, a me Tuva Novotny), i loko o kahi wahi pohihihi i ʻike ʻia ʻo "The Shimmer".

ʻO ka Shimmer kahi huina mile mile ākea o ka ikehu eldritch, i loko o kahi kūlohelohe ʻole e hāhai i nā kānāwai kūlohelohe a mākou e manaʻo ai. Ke ulu nei nā ʻano mea kanu like ʻole ma nā kumu waina like, a hele nā ​​holoholona i nā hoʻololi weliweli. ʻO nā huakaʻi āpau e komo i ka Shimmer, ʻaʻohe mea i puka ola.

ʻO ia nō, a hiki i kēia manawa.

Ua pīhoihoi ʻo Lena (Portman) i ka wā o kāna kāne ʻo Kane (Oscar Issac), i hala aku nei ma kahi o hoʻokahi makahiki wale nō, hoʻi koke ʻo ia i ka home me ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻole o kahi āna e noho nei a e ʻeha nei i kahi maʻi ʻano ʻē a weliweli hoʻi. Ma hope koke iho, ua kiʻi ʻia ʻo Kane, a e extension Lena, e ka Southern Reach, ka hui i kuleana no ke aʻo ʻana iā The Shimmer.

ʻAʻole maopopo iā ia pehea e kōkua hou ai i kāna kāne, koho ʻo Lena e hui pū i ka huakaʻi e hiki mai ana i nā palena ulu mau o The Shimmer, me ka lana o ka manaʻo e loaʻa kahi ala e hoʻopakele ai i kona ola, a malia paha a pau ke ola, ma ka ukali ʻana i kona mau kapuwaʻi.

ʻO ia kahi hoʻonohonoho hoʻonohonoho maʻamau: Pono e hoʻokomo ke Kānāwai Nui i nā wahi makaʻu e hoʻopakele i kā lākou mea e aloha ai.

Akā, e like me nā mea āpau i kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, ke hoʻopunipuni nei ke ʻano o ka maʻamau.

Hilinaʻi ka ʻāpana o ka ʻikena kilohi i ka hōʻike ʻana o The Shimmer. Ma waho, he ʻano like me ka paia nani o ka mālamalama hoʻololi mau. Ke komo i loko, akā naʻe, hele a pulu, māhu, a ʻane hamo. Pili ka hopena i kahi aila ʻino, a lawe ʻia i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni kahi ʻano like me nā hopena o ke kau kaumaha.

ʻAʻole māmā loa ia ma ka Shimmer, e anuanu wale a ʻūlū wale. I kēia ala, hoʻomaka ke ʻano o ka makaʻu i ke kūkulu mua ʻana, no ka mea, ʻo ka Shimmer nani kahi ʻano pahele no kā mākou ʻano. Ua hoʻopunipuni nā hiʻohiʻona o waho, kahi kumuhana nui no ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa.

He mea mahalo nō ke mele nani a Ben Salisbury a me Geoff Barrow. Ua ulana ʻo Salisbury lāua ʻo Barrow i kahi ʻano mālie, weliweli ʻē i loko o kēlā me kēia hiʻohiʻona me kahi pā kani e maʻa loa, i kekahi manawa, a me ka bombastic, i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe, hopu maikaʻi ia i ka makaʻi weliweli ʻole o ke kaiapuni kahi i paʻi ʻia ai ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni.

ʻAʻole au e hōʻike kikoʻī i nā mea weliweli a Lena a me kāna huakaʻi i loko o ka Shimmer, no ka mea e hana ia pēlā e hōʻino i ka mea i kūleʻa i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻole ʻia. Eia nō naʻe, ʻokoʻa ka makaʻu ma waena o ka dizzyaning existential ("ʻO ʻoe wau? ʻO wau ʻoe?"), A me ka visceral weliweli (Ua ola ke kāne, e hōʻike ana i kāna ʻoka o loko e ...hewa).

Ke wehe nei ko lākou mau noʻonoʻo, ʻike ko mākou ʻepekema wiwo ʻole e hoʻomaka nei ke kipi o ko lākou kino iā lākou. Aia i loko o kēia mau hiʻohiʻona ka lio ʻeleʻele o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, kahi poʻokela ʻo Gina Rodriguez. Hōʻike ʻo ia i kāna ʻano me kahi ʻano loko ʻino manic i hiki ke noho wale me ka ʻole o ka parody i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e like me kēia.

ʻOiai ʻo Portman ka mea kū i waho o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, ʻo Rodriguez paha ke ʻano o kona koa pono ʻole. ʻIke ʻia kēia i kahi hanana kui a me ka puʻuwai puʻuwai, ke hāʻawi ʻia kāna ʻano i nā monologue weliweli i ka hoʻomālamalama ʻana i kā Kurtz's hōʻike ma Ka'AhaʻanoʻAna. ʻO kona helehelena, i hoʻopuni ʻia i nā ʻaoʻao āpau e ke aka hoʻoluhi, he kiʻi kūpanaha ia, a ʻo kāna kamaʻilio kamaʻilio maka ʻana he maka maoli ia e ʻike ʻia.

Akā, mai loko mai o kēlā me kēia mea hoʻohaunaele i kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni, aia kekahi mea e kiʻekiʻe loa i luna o nā mea ʻē aʻe: ka hālāwai o ka huakaʻi me “ka Bea”. ʻO ka Bea kahi kumu nui loa o ka mea hiki i ka Shimmer ke hana i nā meaola ola. ʻO ka hopena he mea hoʻonāukiuki maoli ia, kahi ʻano mea hoʻopailua hapa hapalua o nā hale pule ma waena o nā aka, ʻo kāna ʻehaʻeha loa i hoʻopuka wale ʻia e kāna huakaʻi weliweli e luku i kā mākou mau protagonist wehe koke, me he mea lā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka haʻuki.

Hoʻohana kēia kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i ka Bea i ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni mainstream i lawelawe i kahi monster i ka hoʻomanaʻo hou. He ʻoiaʻiʻo nō, hiki i ka hoʻopiʻi wiwo ʻole ke ʻōlelo ʻia aia ka peʻa hae o ka Bear e like me Ridley Scott malihini a ʻo John Carpenter's paha Ka mea. Mālamalama loa ia, a hoʻonani piha ʻole ʻia. ʻAʻohe mele nui, ʻaʻohe neʻe kāmela haʻalulu, ʻaʻohe lele-makaʻu. Maʻemaʻe wale, ʻaʻole kānana ʻia ka weliweli.

Aia wale nō i ka hana hope loa kēlā KA HOOPONOPONO ANA nalowale i kekahi o kona ikaika. Ma kekahi ʻano, ʻaneʻane like ia me ka hiki ʻole i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ke ola i kāna mau kūlana ponoʻī. ʻO ke kolu o ka hapahā mua o ke kiʻi i kūkulu kūleʻa i kahi ʻano weliweli loa o ka weliweli, i ka hopena, ke manaʻo nei ka hakakā hope loa… underwhelming.

E lawelawe maikaʻi ʻia ʻo Garland e ka hōʻike liʻiliʻi ʻana iā mākou, e like me kāna i hana ai i nā manawa ʻē aʻe i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. ʻOiai mahalo ʻia kona makemake no ka hopena ʻike maka ʻia, sci-fi, lawe ia i kahi mahu mai kahi mea, a hiki i kēlā manawa, kahi nui loa ke aʻo kūleʻa i nā palena o ka makaʻu kanaka.

Aia kekahi mau mea ʻē aʻe hiki iaʻu ke nitpick, ʻoiaʻiʻo (e like me ke kime o ka inoa ʻo "The Shimmer" i ka laulā, e kani hou ana ma ka home i kahi Dystopian Young Adult Novel ma mua o kahi kiʻi sci-fi / weliweli koʻikoʻi), akā e lawe aku ia mai kahi mea e maʻalahi ai e noʻonoʻo ʻia he kuhi ʻepekema moʻokalaleo hou, a i ʻole kahi hoʻāʻo nui i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i hoʻokahi. ʻAʻole maikaʻi ʻole, mamao loa paha, akā KA HOOPONOPONO ANA kū hoʻokahi, a wiwo ole i kēlā kū hoʻokahi.

KA HOOPONOPONO ANA he huakaʻi i loko o kahi moeʻuhane āu e hana ai aole makemake e haʻo.