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The Thing (2011)

Directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.

Horror

Most recently watched by sensoria, ashe5k, seanCduregger, sleestakk, schofizzy

Overview

When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish in this spine-tingling thriller.

Rated R | Length 103 minutes

Actors

Mary Elizabeth Winstead | Joel Edgerton | Ulrich Thomsen | Eric Christian Olsen | Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje | Paul Braunstein | Trond Espen Seim | Kim Bubbs | Jørgen Langhelle | Jan Gunnar Røise | Stig Henrik Hoff | Kristofer Hivju | Carsten Bjørnlund | Jo Adrian Haavind | Jonathan Walker | Ole Martin Aune Nilsen | Michael Brown

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Universal is starting to make digial prints and releasing them as Digital Cinema Packages to allow people to see some of their favorites in pristine restored digital format. While I don’t think this certainly replaces a nice 35mm print, seeing The Thing in this format was stunning. Rather than a scratched up print, everything was crystal clear and it just looked fantastic.

From the opening shots of the stark white Antartic, with the helicopter chasing down the dog, to the clear, freaky scenes in the dog pen where the Thing first reveals itself, I was highly impressed with this release.

I’m a huge fan of The Thing and it’s easily one of my favorite movies, up there with Jaws, and there was no way I was going to miss this. Every minute of this movie is excellent and what I love about it is that it just builds tension the entire time, helped by the setting, the fine work from the cast and the amazing score from Ennio Morricone. Nothing is wasted and to this day I still think the effects stand up. They’re totally creepy and really set a new bar for practical effects.

The one thing about The Thing that I love is that, other than the old computer Macready is playing on at the beginning, because of the Antartic setting there’s very little that can date this movie, even though it says at the beginning that it occurs in 1982. Remove that chess scene and say it’s in 2010 and I’d totally buy it.

I love this movie and seeing it digitally projected was a treat. I’m absolutely going to go check out Animal House, the next release the Alamo has coming up.

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