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Originally Posted by ImmortalSlasher
The Thing (2011).
I've been watching and listening to this one a bit over the days. I'm trying to find the good parts. Really attempting to see if it's worth owning. Mary Elizabeth Winstead is one of those actresses who should be able to make a movie worth owning by herself. But this is The Thing. A prequel and in some ways remake of one of the best sci-fi horror movies. A movie that really takes away from the opening of Carpenter's The Thing if you've never seen it before. The 2011 version has good acting, a good soundtrack, and even the CGI isn't that bad. But that deep feeling of dread and paranoia is gone. Or it is certainly no where near as strong as in the Carpenter version. I can't bring myself to own this movie despite all of Mary Elizabeth Winstead's strong scenes. I even think her intro humming "Who Can It Be Now?" is pretty cool. I'll leave with a good two part video review I found which breaks down many of the problems with the 2011 version of The Thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JQaqJfuv1E&feature=plcp (Part 1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJlzY...feature=relmfu (Part 2 - Where he really gets into the problems) |
I totally love the Thing...the first one anyway, I haven't see the new one as the first one would take a lot of beating so why bother!