The Thing is a 2011 American science fiction survival horror film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., written by Eric Heisserer, and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Eric Christian Olsen. It is a direct prequel to the 1982 film of the same name by John Carpenter, which was an adaptation of the 1938 novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell. It tells the story of a team of scientists on a Norwegian Antarctic research station who discover a parasitic alien buried deep in the ice, realizing too late that it is still alive.
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When I went to watch this I was unaware that this was a prequel, I honestly thought it was just another remake of an older movie with better special effects (the effects are really good though, the thing is pretty creepy). And here I find out after a quick Google that it is not a remake. Huh.
Anyway. I have not watched the original movie so if you’ve come looking for that kind of review I apologize. This is a review as the movie is, by itself, with no further bias from another movie.
Okay so. I liked this movie. There were some stereotypical characters here, the boss guy who is in it for the recognition and if you don’t like it, you can leave, and he does not care about anyone’s safety except his ow; the big guy who does all the heavy lifting and doesn’t speak English, (I like him, I think he was my favorite); the friend who wasn’t really a friend; the girl who lives; etc.
The Thing itself was decently horrifying, and then it mutated, because well, I have a passing awareness of what the Thing was before I watched and I’m assuming you do too. I think the ending even ended pretty well for a prequel. It left just enough that you could figure out what was happening, but giving it some kind of closure. I liked it.
My Rating: ★★★
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