I'm a Horror and Dark Fantasy author, and I know the man who wrote the book this film is based on. This kind of trip-trap has no value. The four literary battles are Man against God, Man against Nature, Man against Man, and Man against himself. But Man against aliens from other galaxies? The good thing to know is that this kind of thing is only fiction. The bad part of the whole thing is that there is no reason to think about these kinds of things, because they are impossible. I mean, I maybe could have gotten behind the story if in some way the Creator was bringing the prophesied fire to annihilate Earth, but that's not what the writer Jeff Vandermeer is talking about. In fact, he's talking around something, and not really about anything other than weirdness and what-ifs. No thanks. I prefer to keep my mind on the classic battles. They're scary enough. (Two stars for the monsters.)