Review of The Thing (2011) by Kakupacal — 11 Nov 2011

A missed opportunity is the key phrase for this one. Not a terrible movie but it squanders the goodwill that the 1982 version has generated by failing to deliver the elements that have made that movie a horror classic. Wonky plot holes are tragically underdeveloped characters undercut the environment and atmosphere... and it's a real shame that so many opportunities for physical effects were tossed aside to make way for noisy cgi that fails to be very convincing.

The acting is solid and the sets are nicely reminiscent of the earlier movie so this one is definitely worth a rental but keep your expectations firmly in check.

And one minor nitpick: why spend tens of millions of dollars on special effects if you're still going to use powdered styrofoam pellets to make your uber-fake snow flakes? Ugh...