The Thing (2011) - Movie Review

With moving creature feature effects to CGI to depict "The Thing" it's obvious they put a ton of detail into how grotesque the monster so brownie points for trying to make CGI work. Roger Ebert had a good point when saying that we get to see the monster so much that it becomes too obvious we are looking at CGI monster. Something about seeing so much of the monster leaves little in the terms of scares that a bogeyman hiding, waiting to come out and get you would. This is a very horrifying monster but I always thought what made the original Michael Meyers in Halloween so scary is that we don't get to see him very often and we never see his eyes through the mask, just black shadows. It makes him more than a human-being but a nightmare, a scary story to haunt your dreams that waiting out there in the dark is something truly horrifying out there to get you.

The title of this movie doesn't make sense, this is the story of the Norwegian scientific team we get to see in the beginning of the John Carpenter's "The Thing" which is why the title is so baffling to make because this is NOT A REMAKE, it's a prequel. So why not "The Beginning of The Thing" or "The Thing: Born" or one of the million cliche title possibilities, any fucking thing but "The Thing," it sounds like a fucking remake when you have the same title. We're the developers smoking crack up their ass when they came up with the title of this fucking thing?

The test to find out who is human is just void of common sense because the test goes like this: if you have fillings in your mouth, the thing can't replicate that but as one of the scientists point out "so I am going to be killed for brushing my teeth?" Of coarse they had to come up with some kind of test to contend with Kurt Russell's fire test to the blood samples but it just doesn't work. This theory about the monster really bothered me because earrings are put into this theory as well and who says that you can't take out your earring? Oh shit, I took out my earring, I am a fucking monster now -lit on fire- Fuck that test is stupid.

The story is good, it's familiar and gives a more in-depth look into the Norwegian team from the beginning of the John Carpenter film. It's creepy but not really scary and I always felt that it was necessary to hear their tale before the Kurt Russell story. I like this movie even though it is ridiculous.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• The Thing (2011 Film)
• the
• thing
• movie
• review
• Film Criticism
• Trailer
• Collection
• Reviews
• Dvd
• update
• blu
• ray
• john
• carpenter

[underanindiansky]

aw Greg - you look like you're going to cry about the title! hehe!

[gregarganda]

@underanindiansky Hahahaha

[underanindiansky]

@gregarganda lol *hug*

[gregarganda]

@underanindiansky <3

[Dejayfever1]

Hey Greg!! Keep it up man, Lets see some more!!!! I am going to see melancholia tonight...I half want to see it, but if you saw it, could you do a review on it?

[gregarganda]

@Dejayfever1 I have not seen Melancholia, though if you come back and tell it is cool or bad even I would totally review it.

[Rukia247]

Stupid but fun to watch? Lol, sounds worth watching to me!

[donottakeitseriously]

How about this: The Thing: Antecedent

I think that would have worked better than the current title. I wasn't even going to look at this, but since your review I will have to watch it now. Thanks for explaining what it was and that even though it's ridiculous, it's worth a watch. Good work Greg!

[moviegeek17]

I've been meaning to check this movie out but i was hesitant to pay the theater price for it, i guess i'll check it out whenever it hits dvd and i have the time.

[gregarganda]

@nictherocker Thanks man, I appreciate that =D

[nictherocker]

nice shirt man!!