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The Thing (2011)

Horror | 103 minutes
2,85 1.063 votes

Genre: Horror / Mystery

Duration: 103 minuten

Country: United States / Canada

Directed by: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.

Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Eric Christian Olsen and Joel Edgerton

IMDb score: 6,2 (153.534)

Releasedate: 12 October 2011

The Thing plot

"It's Not Human. Yet."

At a research camp in Antarctica, the discovery of an alien ship leads to a confrontation between college student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson. While Dr. Halvorson continues to focus on his investigation, Kate and the helicopter pilot Sam Carter search for the alien life form.

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otherfool

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The first hour of this Thing is a bit redundant with Carpenter's version in mind, but still amusing. After this, however, everything goes wrong: appallingly ugly CGI takes over the film and the hallucinatory, claustrophobic atmosphere is exchanged for long strokes of fast home bombastic action. Really incomprehensible how this film completely loses all form of charm in the final act.

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Great video, but a missed opportunity.

It is tempting to call the film superfluous, given that Carpenter's version has survived the time just fine. Paranoid atmosphere, impressive practical effects and creature design, a few memorable scenes and an ending that appeals to the imagination.

Now it's not that I think that movie so highly that I consider a remake/prequel/reboot to be sacrilege, but I would have liked it to add enough to give itself a right to exist. The problem is that this version can (completely or almost) match its predecessor in some areas, but it never really tops. Even as a prequel - which seems to be a safer option - it does not manage to wrestle itself sufficiently from the 1982 version. The most curious example is the blood test...or no wait, the dental check scene. Refer to the original and then deviate from it.

Several scenes are a copy (so remake), others are self-invented and different (but never better). It keeps the film from standing on its own, because you involuntarily think back to the original. And that's a shame, because with a little more personality it doesn't have to be a competition.

Again the creature design is impressive. Slimy, wild, unpredictable, and bizarrely random. The switch to CGI is also fine, but you expect them to score more there. Furthermore, the paranoia is less palpable, the whole is a bit redundant and the characters are more interchangeable.

All in all, I find the result more entertaining than expected, but once it's over, what remains is the feeling that there had been more. 2.5*

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FlorisV

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I had never heard of this before, and judging by the title you expect a remake, which of course is not a good idea with such a Carpenter classic, but apparently a prequel has been chosen, where you have the disadvantage that you know that The Thing survives. Fortunately, it is not a soft substitute. There are actually really exciting moments in it, unfortunately sometimes ruined by easy-going deus ex machina solutions. And again you wonder why a camp of scientists has flamethrowers and firearms available by default.

Well filmed by Dutch director van Heijningen, with a decent cast, although it is not of the caliber of Kurt Russell and Keith David. The digital effects can compete with the fantastic practical effects from Carpenter's film at the best moments. Despite the lack of originality, all in all a good enough.

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