Review of The Thing (2011) by Casandracomplex — 15 Apr 2022
This THIRD film called The Thing is a prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter REMAKE of the original (1950'ish) It also does pretty well as a stand alone film as well. This prequel had a lot going for it but it felt as though some one has a vision for this film and lost contril of it.
. because there is a jarring sensation when we lurch from good storytelling and atmosphere to then suddenly you find yourself in a generic treatment of shock and jump scares. The main difference between this prequel and John Carpenters remake is in one word,"ATMOSPHERE" John always had the best spooky soundtracks that created tension from opening credits to the end credits.
The soundtrack from this prequel felt sooo generic that I barely took notice and loses all effect if the scenes that are illustrated with the sound score have all been done a thousand times by now and just makes the squeaky menacing strings cliché.
This review of The Thing (2011) was written by Casandracomplex on 15 Apr 2022.
The Thing has generally received mixed reviews.
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