Originally Posted by
Mantra
I read the book a couple years back. It wasn't perfect by any means, but it did have some cool stuff going on. I thought it was pretty neat and innovative how he basically just took the whole Lovecraftian cosmic horror of the unknown concept and applied it to ecology and the environment. It was a fun, quick read.
But when I saw the trailer for this, I kind of lost my interest in seeing it. It just looks so different. I don't get why they show all those monsters and creatures and shit. There's none of that in the book. The book has this lurking, ominous tone, and the horrific stuff is always far in the distance, out of sight. It's more about enjoying the weird, evocative mystery of the place. So why the fuck do they show Natalie Portman screaming and blasting away on a fucking machine gun in the trailer? It just doesn't seem like they retained the mysterious vibey shit that made the book fun for me.