Moist Meter: Annihilation

[@raw-beats]

Soundtrack so good he had to talk about it again

[@randomfools808]

During that final climactic scene, it really is unforgettable. It cranks up in volume too

[@turtleparadise4067]

I don't blame him...

[@Kvvz_]

When did he talk about it the first time

[@medou2161]

@@Kvvz_2 seconds before he said it again…

[@LuisSierra42]

@@randomfools808 That ending really messed me up

[@Delta5x7]

The bear was the most terrifying scene in the movie

[@loumcgopher1273]

Justin Brown man fuck that scene

[@grevk7502]

I barely saw this movie and I'm gonna have nightmares about that scene

[@skylerblumenthal7003]

I thought the same thing until the alien.

[@nameattemptsLater]

I watched the movie just now remembering that Critikal reviewed it. I came back to this video to see if anyone commented about that bear because holy fuck. That was so unsettling.

[@hookoffthejab1]

Those growls will haunt my nightmares for the next week

[@HERO_POSTING]

That bear, that fucking bear, oml, fucking masterpiece.

[@Godzillafan-tv1ks]

What about the human shaped plants? That shit scarred me.

[@ayea28]

When I left the cinema, I legit wasn't sure what was real anymore. I was staring at my fingerprints. My friend thought it was so hilarious, but I was legit freaking out.

[@Xbitxx]

Yoooo, listen here....I still cant explain it to this day, but after watching this movie i had the biggest sense of terror come over me...It was so strange and so indescribable, like something ive never felt before....One of the strangest things that happened when me and my friend walked out of this movie was that the people in the theatre who watched the movie with us were acting so odd, almost like they were glitching out or something...they all kinda moved in unison, idk....Im literally getting creeped out just talking about it....It was truly one of the strangest thing/feeling ive ever witnessed

[@ayea28]

@@Xbitxx 👀 yikes

[@Xbitxx]

@@ayea28 it was seriously the oddest thing that ever happened.. I’m glad I had my friend there tho to witness it with me.. I legit had to double check to make sure I wasn’t seeing things

[@Elricsedric]

I kinda understand what annihilation is trying to say, I know it's symbolic. I read about alot of the things that make this one of the "masterpieces" of the medium, but...... I'm unable to enjoy it. I always feel like the writer is making shit up on the fly and throwing mystic stuff to pretend to be something really deep, but in the end relies on the watcher to make the work for him and invent some kind of profound meaning. But that's just me

[@xaraoh_]

lame

[@awizard8809]

"If I didn't like you, I didn't like you. Not your fault; but I didn't." Lol gold. And i definitely wanna see this movie now

[@shelbylg7362]

I saw this last night and went into it knowing nothing, and honestly wasn’t expecting a whole lot, but gODDAMN. It was sooooo fucking good. Without spoiling anything, the bear.... fucked me up. Jesus Christ.

[@coopercan]

Those scenes did a much better job at being scarier than horror movies.

[@jadonh9978]

the bear is up there with cujo as some of the most horrifying creatures in movies

[@synthetic240]

Since you recognized the Lovecraftian elements, I recommend reading his short story "The Color out of Space". While this movie is obviously not directly connected to that story, the parallels are strong.

[@SourdoireValley]

Damn you've convinced me to see this movie! Gotta get some tickets

[@YacubCubby13579ZR]

Amy saw it the same day he posted this. I will say, the dialogue and acting isn’t as bad as he implies but they aren’t stellar level. Like, nothing is cringe (aside from one line where someone says “annihilation” in their sentence because I hate when movies put the title in their script dialogue), but it’s more so that the acting and dialogue occasionally goes like well that makes sense but it jumped the gun or went too extreme. The sex scenes though, aside from the symbolism yeah they weren’t really worth much. Overall the movie is phenomenal though, I’m actually eager to read the book now to know what was changed

[@Mordrring]

Probably too much, Yacub.

[@ALOTOFCARROTSTICKS]

Worth it

[@coffeebeansbruh4311]

It's not that good

[@linnealager6146]

I also saw this not knowing much and I loved it. It is beautiful and also really really freaked me out. I could calmly sit through the whole movie, but it left a horrible lingering fear with me. I couldn’t sleep and everything felt unreal. The intestine scene, just kept coming up.

[@kalebgarcia2733]

When Charlie said, “I haven’t read a book cover-to-cover since the Outsiders” it brought back middle school vibes I forgot about.

[@zero98ify]

Damn, two 90% moist meter reviews in only like 2 months. So Hollywood is stepping up their game now huh

[@skullcandy14785]

zero98ify it depends on the review some love and some think is meh take reviews with some grains of salt

[@kenetickups6146]

zero98ify hahahahahahahaha as if

[@HerrDeutschBlood]

Don’t keep your hopes up

[@MachaeStriker]

If it was up to me, I would've personally given it a 30%, the ONLY things I liked about it was the visuals and the sound tracks, other wise it was incredibly inconsistent or just flat out didn't make sense. Like what charlie said, the sex scenes were pointless.

[@solarfreak1107]

Didnt expect Charlie to give it a high rating. I expected him to give a 80% but damn 90%? I wanna see this now. Also, good to see Natalie Portman break away from Star Wars and succeed in different movies.

[@RicheBou]

I miss the woman's voice at the beginning

[@unconscious7219]

She left because she's too wet.

[@PotatoTortoise]

Unconscious Dry*

[@areyousorrynow]

Yeah, tell Jackson to fuck off, Charlie.

[@Jo-ew7lw]

How the hell did you get Early Mornings to sponsor you?

[@Nutterbutter123]

A Kelp Shake got em moist

[@knightscroftsquire-muldoon]

Jonah Woodman you are asking the wrong questions my son. You have to get them moist before you can understand.

[@crazydudejosh6678]

"I just woke up" great intro

[@ajchizzy2781]

This movie was amazing and the alien scenes score actually had me tensed up

[@drewbolton8286]

"Annihilation"- to combine and spread apart until completely unrecognizable

[@BENDROWNED33]

Needs more Asian men in the background

[@katawatenshu]

not as good as Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

[@formester2527]

Or Doom Annihilation

[@psxinfinity]

that movie was a damn acid trip.

[@Kostaras4444]

Loved this so much, definitely one of the most unique film experiences for me!

[@X_x_ShadowGaming_x_X]

This is pretty much a Masterpiece in my eyes. If it wasn't for the fact that most of the characters make some nonsensical choices.

[@artloverivy]

For any other movie I’d agree, but for a movie that’s about the human tendency to impulsively do stupid shit that’s not good for us in the long run, I think it’s perfect.

[@xiiir838]

Definitely a masterpiece. Actually, the nonsensical choices can be attributed to the zone itself, as we see through the recording at the lighthouse, the zone is messing everything, your body, your mind: everything. Why would one of them freak out and tied her partners? Because of the zone, the same way he scorched himself with a granade

[@Kawber]

Appreciate the hot semen being dropped on us

[@PostTraumaticSwagDisorder]

ew

[@Dextronaut1]

??

[@spzer2557]

This movie is a THOT provoking one?

[@Hevvvyyy]

enogeb

[@Odinsday]

Be goneth

[@ALOTOFCARROTSTICKS]

Yes

[@hermantinklefist9244]

I'd press a like but it's at 420 so not worth it.

[@KTTstudios]

How many times will Charlie hit puberty?!!!

[@Cloudddy]

When he said I read the outsiders gave me goosebumps

[@stinkfist7588]

The alien sound track gives me an outer body experience, almost makes me want to cry in a transfixed interlude of mixed thoughts.

[@OVTRA]

2:56 literally when I watch the movie in theater, that soundtrack freaked me out. It's uncanny. That song still haunts me til' this day.

[@JustinY.]

For me, this movie surprised me by not annihilating my moisture.

[@fatbjpenn]

Brother

[@flashpointbatman1]

Wow no one liked this

[@Naku_u]

@@flashpointbatman1 fr an undiscovered justin comment I've found a relic

[@kaikai9122]

Omg a Justin comment without thousands of likes

[@Guitarfollower22]

Don't let this distract you from the fact that Hector is gonna be running 3 Honda Civic's with spoon engines. On top of that he just came into Harry's and ordered 3 t66 turbo's with NOS's and a Motec System Exhaust.

[@adamszuszkiewicz1709]

Damn this pasta is still going around? I haven't seen it in a hot minute

[@yes1667]

Guitarfollower22 Hector of Ostia is a frightening lord

[@janeld9297]

Am I having a stroke? What does any of this mean?

[@Ioselash]

he got 3 car with thing go fast

[@3a.m.284]

Juliette A it means you aren't a car enthusiast and to car enthusiasts you equal a sheep

[@hotfudgeypasta3025]

Would have gave it a 10/10 but no slip of the tatas of Portman . So 11/10

[@GigawingsVideo]

Remember when we can see her ass in that movie? Good time good time. Also I'm not saying this movie is bad but Natalie wasted her opportunity not appearing in Thor Ragnarok. If she stays in MCU she can become female Thor.

[@damianfitzgerald1163]

I feel like she doesn't do sexy scenes because of her role in leon: the professional. Apparently she had a bunch of creepy old dudes obsessing over her when she was really young because of that movie.

[@GigawingsVideo]

What are you talking about? She showed her bare back (ass and legs included) in the In The Name of The King movie, and it was pretty recent. She seems wanting to star as the main role and repeat her Black Swans success but to be honest she's not that great of an actress. Like I said if she stuck around she can become female Thor like the comic book version when Thor was presumed dead and Jane Foster took the reign as Thor.

[@vizualwarrior129]

Hotfudgey Pasta lmaooo underrated comment

[@andresandu7151]

GigawingsVideo welp. She returns in Thor 4, and she becomes lady Thor.

[@rileysassafras5766]

I only know current movies because of Charlie

[@grievous-chan4605]

Riley Sassafras wtf is Link dropping a fat nut on your prof pic

[@JustinY.]

I knew it. The manga was indeed better.

[@intj4978]

Justin Y. havent heard that one before

[@GungaGingster1215]

Justin Y. stop appearing everywhere pls

[@halowillneverbegoodagain1868]

Justin Y. Gay

[@bodoque_csm]

Fuck off Justin

[@spiderbat4956]

Justin Y. Fuk u Justin!

[@shauryasingh9725]

Two good movies in February? 2018 is unique already.

[@neosapienz7885]

Just my opinion, but the scene with Ventress in the lighthouse was the most chilling.

[@paolapotato8273]

i haven’t met anyone else who has watched this i’m so confused?? like it’s so good i’m glad you talked about it. and about people getting mad about it deviating from the book, a movie should be able to stand as an art piece on its own

[@jamesaxelson917]

Dude I got chills when you mentioned the "close to the ending" scene... For some reason it brought me back to 2001: A space Odyssey, don't know why.

[@purpleblah2]

That’s good. I’m super looking forward to watching this movie. Especially since it’s supposed to be the female counterpart to Ex Machina somehow.

[@BD-cv3wu]

Spot on man! The score was on the same par to me as Color Out Of Space. Awesome job with it to be sure!

[@calebc5057]

OPEN THE FLOODGATES, THIS IS TOO MUCH MOISTURE!!!!

[@Angelique24118]

everyone in not only this comment section, but also that of other videos about this movie, everyone is talking about how were traumatized by the bear. I guess I’m the only one who was more afraid of Lena’s duplicate.

[@mistydragonfan1008]

I was kinda scared by that too!Also I was way more scared about the moving intestines part of the movie

[@cptchromosome2325]

My concern is, why would you want the movie the exact same thing as the book? Then it would just be repetitive

[@Feepis]

I'm really glad Annihilation ended up being good. I was so afraid it would be awful

[@Womptastic2514]

I’ve been watching this mans videos for about 7 years now and this is my first time seeing his face

[@MundaneGames123]

It annoys me how they started out forgetting everything when waking up in the morning and then suddenly not forgetting stuff anymore.

[@cardfreak0560]

@@hermitgreenn because it's a core mechanic of the shimmer. It refracts EVERYTHING, thoughts included. You can't just make a scene establishing a trait that seemed to explain a lot of the mysteries that happen in the shimmer only to completely disregard it (it's not even mentioned anymore) throughout the rest of the whole movie. It's not about "making the same scene", it's about consistency.

[@your_grandpa269]

“Based on cereal” amazing life changing quote that personally gets me out of bed and when ever the big mean bullies are giving me a weggie I think bad to these three words,they give me life,a true reason to get out of bed.Thank you penguinz,thank you.

[@Pterrordon12]

My favorite part about the movie was that it will make people read the book. The book(the first in the trilogy) is pretty short and you will definitely still be 100% surprised. Also, if there is a sequel to the movie it will be just as surprising so I guess that's also good. As a sci-fi movie its great, yeah.

[@NerdyGam3r]

Guys if you liked this movie you should watch Stalker (1979.), it has some similarities to this movie, it inspired STALKER games and its produced died of cancer because they were filming in highly radioactive areas. It's not really an action movie, it's more thought provoking than this movie. Also it's in russian.

[@brolutiongaming3983]

The Moist is strong with this one...

[@hiddensalami4334]

DUDE!!!!!!!!!! I was honestly afraid you would bomb on this movie, im so sorry i doubted you. You absolutely nailed exactly how i felt about it. I would go so far as to call it sensational in the literal sense, ive seen a lot of good movies that really drew me in, but nothing engaged me quite like this. And also Natalie Portman is a beautiful woman.

[@alabamapilot244]

The sound design... my god. Folk guitar to a screaming wall of biomechanical techno terror.

[@drift318]

So what your saying is, I should see this movie?

[@GigawingsVideo]

I already want to see this because Natalie is hot af

[@ALOTOFCARROTSTICKS]

Abso fucking lutey

[@thewhatness]

I had a similar comparison in mind with this film and Mother! upon seeing it this weekend. Whereas Mother! is all allegory (to the point of the movie _being_ the metaphor), Annihilation actually has a plot unto itself apart from the metaphor it's trying to convey. I feel Mother! does nothing further than allegorize a very basic message about our dying planet, as it proposes no solutions to the problem, especially when its message is so bare-bones: "Mother Nature dying, humans bad." Annihilation, on the other hand, has _so_ much more going on under the hood thematically, but you can still just watch it as a sci-fi film without delving into the parable itself. If you _do_ go out to see it and are confused as to what it all means, I highly suggest Matt Goldberg's thematic dissection of the film over on Collider. It's really great stuff.

[@wheatley-was-in-this-box]

Annihilation was like candy to my brain, I love these types of SciFi movies!

[@dillweed3902]

The bear thing kinda reminds me of a wendigo, the whole skull face and pray mimicking thing

[@XeroXay]

"i haven't read a book from cover to cover since the outsiders in 6th grade" most relatable things I've heard in 2018 so far

[@yeehawtaw2134]

the track called "the alien" is actually "the mark" by moderat

[@blastmdead812]

The bear scene reminded me of Skinwalkers in general, the mimicking of human voices and just the freaky nature of it

[@onthehunt420]

I’m here so early the video isn’t even working

[@emmaolivia9181]

hunter o lmao true

[@downriverproductions]

I just saw it tonight and I loved it. I'll agree that knowing little to nothing about it is a huge benefit going in. All I knew was that it was an R rated Sci Fi movie with Natalie and that was enough to sell me. I totally agree with the climax soundtrack song being absolutely amazing

[@nicholasmonaco7890]

I wasn't really interested at first because the trailer looked like it was filmed with a camera that had smeared soap on the lens. But now I'll definitely consider watching this

[@VulKus117]

“Blade Runner being my favourite score ever” I didn’t know I could love Charlie anymore, but there you go.

[@DarkBladeX98]

I'm glad to hear it because the ads they're running on Spotify are absolute trash.

[@variancewithin]

This movie is the gift that keeps on giving

[@SpaceClown404]

I really really love this movie so much and even being a horror fanatic I thought I had one of the best monsters I've seen in a long time

[@mortarsquad12]

I have never seen a movie like this, it is now one of my favorites

[@J3rr7-3.14]

I know you don't review TV shows. But can you make an exception and review Altered Carbon.

[@GamingNormaly]

Jeremy Carlson the problem with TV shows are that they are so time consuming compared to a movie. I do agree that he should tho, just know why he doesn't.

[@jakedunning9995]

Yeah that show's dope as fuck...WAY better/different than what I expected for sure...

[@even1313]

I felt it was boring. Stopped watching around episode 7.

[@joonamato]

pretty lame

[@terrathaw]

+1

[@ihrinio]

Great review ill definitely check this out now also: i think the soundtrack was made by johann johansson who made soundtracks for Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival. Id have to verify since the trailer's music sounded super familiar EDIT: nope. Soundrack was made by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow

[@Hevvvyyy]

swampwizard dude I saw blade runner with my brother. It surprised me by the visuals but it didn't do good in theaters I think.

[@HarryMoho]

swampwizard br 2048 soundtrack wasn't made by johann johansson

[@damianfitzgerald1163]

Rip :(

[@alecstewart212]

Critics are saying about Annihilation: "Hey wasn't that chick Padme in the Star Wars prequels?"

[@PlatinumSheep]

Happy 2 million, Cr1TiKaL

[@jaddy72]

I'm surprised the movie did so well considering all the youtube ads had to say about it was "critics call it pretty good!", which is usually the signal to not see a movie.

[@MrZattack101]

The really sad part is that literally no one else is seeing it in theaters, box office is actually depressing ive heard. The theater was empty sunday, everyone at black panther

[@sheadong]

I loved the book so I'm very intrigued to watch this now, especially after such a glowing review.

[@theMrELiTeGaMeR]

AM I THE ONLY ONE AROUND HERE WHO REMEMBERS THAT CHARLIE PROMISED US GAMEPLAY OF THE GAME HE BOUGHT ON STEAM A WEEK AGO?!?!?!

[@bren97122]

Well, I already wanted to see this movie. Now I HAVE to see it based on the sheer amount of moisture alone.

[@poleritude6222]

This movie didn't just kill it, it Annihilated it! :)

[@gerhardrausing777]

i saw the movie in a locked rehab... blew my fucking mind

[@gamehammerjax1585]

Charlie's right about the ending. I waited the whole movie for the plot of truly revealed itself and that never happened

[@joonamato]

The film was written after only reading the book once, that's why it deviates so much from the book!

[@officiallemmon]

I saw this on a pirating site at school in 8th grade. I regret watching it on a pirating site at school in 8th grade. Gonna rewatch for sure.

[@Milton2k]

I've heard that the director pushed quite hard to keep the ending. The studio wanted to change it cause screening audiences were not so fond of it. Some ppl like the ending..some not so much.

[@professorx350]

I just got back from watching this movie. I really liked it, but some of the special effects when it came to the creatures bothered me. Despite this that bear scene was absolutely amazing. I just couldn't help but think how much I wish whoever did the practical effects for The Void worked on this movie.

[@CptSCHWING]

Mysterious quarantined area filled with mutants and strange phenomena? Sounds an awful lot like Stalker to me.

[@City-Hunter]

i like the "Simulacra & Simulacrum" motif of the movies in Garland's latest movies (Ex Machina; Dredd). To remember what it is: "in 1981 Jean Baudrillard wrote a philosophical paper, in which he seeked to examine the relationships among reality, symbols, and society, in particular the significations and symbolism of culture and media that are involved in constructing an understanding of shared existence." "The pacification of a population with third-order simulacra makes them conditioned to consume lies without question because they fit a false narrative they, at some point in their lives, decided to accept without question, without facts. They absorb images, video, and data passively, losing any ability to discern or question. [...] It’s through curiosity that people learn to think critically, to be independent, to tell the true from the false. Lose that, and there’s no incentive to question anything, leaving one stuck in a passive state of absorption." -D. Rodriguez "4 Stages of Simulacra & Simulation: The first stage is a faithful image/copy, where we believe, and it may even be correct, that a sign is a "reflection of a profound reality" (pg 6), this is a good appearance, in what Baudrillard called "the sacramental order". The second stage is perversion of reality, this is where we come to believe the sign to be an unfaithful copy, which "masks and denatures" reality as an "evil appearance-it is of the order of maleficence". Here, signs and images do not faithfully reveal reality to us, but can hint at the existence of an obscure reality which the sign itself is incapable of encapsulating. The third stage masks the absence of a profound reality, where the sign pretends to be a faithful copy, but it is a copy with no original. Signs and images claim to represent something real, but no representation is taking place and arbitrary images are merely suggested as things which they have no relationship to. Baudrillard calls this the "order of sorcery", a regime of semantic algebra where all human meaning is conjured artificially to appear as a reference to the (increasingly) hermetic truth. The fourth stage is pure simulacrum, in which the simulacrum has no relationship to any reality whatsoever. Here, signs merely reflect other signs and any claim to reality on the part of images or signs is only of the order of other such claims. This is a regime of total equivalency, where cultural products need no longer even pretend to be real in a naïve sense, because the experiences of consumers' lives are so predominantly artificial that even claims to reality are expected to be phrased in artificial, "hyperreal" terms. Any naïve pretension to reality as such is perceived as bereft of critical self-awareness, and thus as oversentimental." -Wikipedia

[@City-Hunter]

I also heard Garland's directing the Halo Movie

[@arcphlorhne]

why is my computer science professor on your wall?

[@viarnay]

What happens in the zone stays in the zone,...great movie

[@coopercan]

He would've given it an 80% but the bear was threatening him outside his room to give it a higher score.

[@faust6837]

the soundtrack you are looking for was not Alien, it was The Mark (Interlude) by Moderat

[@shannitoburrito]

Perfect timing! Literally going to see it tomorrow good to know it’s awesome

[@vaporwavertv6444]

I had a dream that there was two official podcasts in one week. That was a good ass dream

[@adreinvilla3659]

The sex scenes were Lena's affair that caused Kane to volunteer for the expedition. It comes up at key moments in the story.

[@ethanwong9768]

The music, the effects, it overall creeped me the hell out

[@ginraw]

Friggin love the description on this one

[@zetsubo2]

I saw the trailer of this movie but forgot the name Really wanted to watch it few months ago So thanks Charlie

[@zijinchen3724]

Seriously among all popular movies, annihilation has one of the best visuals. And this comment came out of a half baked art student so you know it’s good

[@BgcPrince]

The sex scene was there to show why her husband left he knew she cheated on him

[@thewingedpoet8658]

Skipped to see the rating. With a 90% I must see this film now, then I shall watch the actual review to compare. I hope you haven't given me high expectations that can't be met but you've not been wrong yet.

[@jaggerjdm9787]

The only reason anyone gave it a bad review was from not understand it.

[@JayMiV]

I like how he's fully awake by the end of the video lol

[@charcoaljohnson]

I read this book, I didn't even know a movie was being made about it. Cool, I'll have to check it out.

[@thenightmarefox]

I would love to see a moist meter episode with Charlies' opinion on War Of The Worlds 2005. That's one movie that scared the hell outta me as a kid.

[@punnily7743]

I'm so glad that the movie was good. I love seeing interesting concepts succeed.