The Thing (2011) - Review

The Thing prequel is reviewed by Matt Atchity (Editor-in-chief Rottentomatoes.com) and Alonso Duralde (TheWrap.com and Linoleum Knife podcast).

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At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson. While Dr. Halvorson keeps to his research, Kate partners with Sam Carter, a helicopter pilot, to pursue the alien life form.

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[robag88]

Stopped watching when he said Carpenter's had less distinctive characters.

1982 version had a chess playing pilot, stoner pilot, introvert dog keeper, nervous radio operator, ill-tempered guy, inefficient guy in charge, passive guy with a heart problem, insular scientist, etc ... and an alien that planned ahead.

2011 version has a cute but tough scientist woman, whimpering woman, emotionless scientist in charge, and assorted American and Norwegian men with beards. And less tactful alien.

[GCMaxProductions]

You guys don't have a damn clue. You didn't think characters were well developed in the 1982 version and you didn't even know that the master Ennio Morricone made the theme music. What next, did you forget Rob Bottin and Roy Arbogast made the effects? I know those names by heart because JC's Thing is my favourite horror of all time and imo is THE best horror film ever.

The new Thing is a cgi fest, too fast paced with no character development AT ALL and not particularly scary.

[JLS639]

Oh, wow, I did not know there were two 2011 films titled "The Thing" because the film they describe is not this one I saw. They said these characters were more developed and distinctive than the 1982 version, which is not the one I saw. They said the alien did not act any different than in the 1982 version. In the 2011 version The Thing was bolder and more aggressive and almost was destroyed as a result. The said there was nothing new, but we learned there was at least 1 survivor.

[SirChubblesSteen]

They made animatronic models for all the creatures and then were forced to overlay mass amounts of CGI over top, post-production, to make the studio budgeting them happy.

I think they did a good job, but less CGI would have looked amazing I'm sure, the animatronic models they made looked amazing! Though they did use them a lot, just not for the scenes where the Thing transforms.

[YOYOdaMOOSE]

it's bizarre I saw a behind the scenes thing for the movie where it seems like their doing all these practical effects for the monsters but it just looks like CG in the movie, 82' the thing has some of the best practical effects out there still veryyy impressive today

[Evilfisher]

basicly in the end he says it sucks. yet he gives it a 6/10.. for what? for effort?

[FIlmXFilms]

Some of the worst CGI in a movie I have ever seen!

[NorwegianGook]

i like the 2011 and ye 1982 version is better but give the 2011 som creds for not totally ruin the franchais, i just saying it could be alot more worse..

[alex2k795]

@recon12100 What I mean is they should have only used animatronics, the 82 one looks a lot better than the new one...

And ah ok man, simple mistake, it's been a while since i properly watched the 82 one:)

[recon12100]

anyone else notice that each film came out 30 years after the last one

[recon12100]

@alex2k795 they did use animatronics and mixed it with cgi and there was no axe in the guy who committed sucide in the 82 version the axe was in the door where carter hit the hand centipied thing

[kurvos]

.... I give this video a big thumb down for not bashing this movie for insulting the amazing effects of the 1982 movie with it's pointless using of CGI effects. Why the hell would they need to use CGI here, when the original looked amazing without it?! HELLO?!!!