This movie lacked on the Horror side, but that could be a sign of the times, it was probably scarier for the audience when it was released. For a sci-fi movie it wasn't bad, the aliens taking over the Earth had a new twist by taking over the human body and imitating them. The camera work was new, for what we have seen so far, we became the persons eyes. It gave a new view for us and instead of just seeing the shadow, it still kept us in the dark about who was infected. I thought that the movie did a great job on making the lack in trust felt by the audience. The play on being infected and contagious with an "alien" was much what the society probably felt about AIDS, they didn't understand the disease. Overall interesting film but I wouldn't pick it off the shelf to watch again.
Not a bad movie. As far as 80's Sci-fi movies go, this probably doesn't top Aliens, but I still liked this movie. Kurt Russell did his usual bad ass character that doesn't take crap. The fact that the movie was centered around fear and distrust could have easily been influenced by AIDS, because AIDS doesn't have a face, it hides inside of your friends and family. Given the lack of knowledge about AIDS at the time, Carpenter was pretty smart to throw that into a horror movie.
The special effects were pretty 80's, but that's saying a lot compared to what we have seen until now. The way everything moved made it look like the same type of effects were used in a lot of the movies of the 80's, like Betelgeuse.
I'm a fan of any Kurt Russell movie, so I would probably watch this one again.
The Thing Of course, a horror thriller movie had to be stationed away from all civilization. Have I mentioned that I hat sci-fi movies? I do…. This one is no different. I think it is because to me they are so far from reality that it could never happen. The one thing that caught my eye was they tying down all their fiends and running blood test each them. That is something that we have done for years. Going back to the leper colonies and continuing up to the AIDS scare beginning in the 1980’s. Made it is human nature to think the worst of our friends. Once the test came back negative, they separated again and the whole process had to begin anew. How much it that like real life? The special effects wear decent for the 1980’s but it would not hold up in today’s cinema. There was one point where I jump, like everyone else. Maybe because I was asleep and it woke me. I do know that if I am caught in a horror flick, I will make sure I sin less than everyone else and run away from the danger.
Like some have said, the special effects were not so great, but considering the period, before computer anmination, ect, I think they were pretty good. I can't say I can compare movies in this period very well, but I think the auidence was shown some things they were not before. I don't know that I would have realized that this movie was made during the most intense time of the aids scare, but being told of this, I agree that it was a smart idea to play off that. The film did a good in playing off the ever-popular emotion: FEAR. It was interesting to see a film where the object to be afraid of was essentially each other, more so than some ailen monster. I thought it was a reasonably good take on man's instinct for personal survival and (at least seemingly) mistrust of others. Not being able to safely identify a truth usually makes for some good dynamics. Yes, I did jump when the blood sample 'tested positive' ;)
I am not one to get scared at a movie, but I think that this movie could be scary for some. I think the essence of horror was definitely in this film, although it was not quite up to pace with modern day horror films. I think that when any producer uses an element that is not real or that could not be real, he/she looses ability to scare someone. I liked this film even though it was a little corny. I think that the film maker did a lot of things right, for example the use of a location that the characters could not escape. In conclusion, I feel like the producer definitely did a good job considering the time in which it was made.
The thing what a goofy movie compared to our times now. I have seen this movie before but i think it was on tv so i didnt see it with all the "special effects". I am a fan of John Carpenter and I can see how at the time this was a decent movie. To watch it now its horrible but we can see how things are starting to come about in movies. I said it talking about Taxi Driver in the 70's and even 3 decades later you can see a big upgrade in special effects camera angles things of that sort. Its also a different kind of horror than what I think had been shown, we see gore, blood, insides of people dogs being chewed and its definitely something new. We dont really get scared with that type of stuff anymore because we know its makeup and strawberry jam or something, where our movies these days deal more with things that we can See happen. I think this movie is more goofy then scary but still somewhat entertaining.
This movie was a little hard for me to get through...I have a pretty weak stomach when it comes to "blood and guts," even if it is fake. For me it is just knowing what it is supposed to be. I thought it would be a lot scarier, I suppose that for me it was not that scary because of when it was filmed? Maybe it is because our speical effects have come a lot farther in the last 20 years...Even though the special effects are a little old..I enjoyed watching the movie, it was fun to see just how far we have come. When the blood "jumped" out of the dish I about....So glad I don't have to watch this again. :)
Ok i'll admit it, I jumped when he touched the blood and the blood freaked out. But, it wasn't a scary thing, it was more of a BOOM!! It was interesting how they actually showed the morphing and all of the detail that went into it, it was an interesting movie that lacked on the horror side compared to the movies that are around today.
I have never liked sci-fi especially horror sci-fi. I dont enjoy being freaked out just for the fun of it. Seeing how I had to watch this movie it wasn't that bad.
Yes it did scare me because I am easily scared. It was actually a pretty decent horror film for the 80's. The graphics were done quite well considering they didn't have the knowledge we do today to make fictious monsters seem terrifying. They did pretty good. I also liked some of the shots where they strategically watched the whole group without the alien and it kept you guessing which one was the impersinated. Overall not bad, probably wouldn't watch it again though.
In the beginning I noticed that the movie kind of kept you in the dark about what was going on. You knew that there was something strange about the dog and it put me on edge with the dog just roaming around the base with the unsuspecting men. I had seen the film before and this time I felt irritated that they didn’t just let the Norwegians’ shoot the dog, and then they never would have had a problem. But then again if they had done that we wouldn’t have had a very interesting movie to watch lol. This was the first time in this class that we have seen a lot of blood and gore. It certainly wasn’t up to today’s standards of special effects but considering what they had to work with I thought they were great. And I’m sure whoever was in charge of special effects had a blast with all the fake blood and pneumatics. I didn’t find the movie scary but I will admit there were a few parts that startled me and made me jump. It was like Carpenter let you know what was going to happen but not when building the suspense. Over all I thought it was a very entertaining film.
I thought the movie was okay, but nothing spectacular. It did have an interesting story line, although the aliens just seemed so fake, its probably because it was made in the 80's. It did however keep you guessing about who was an alien and who wasn't, for me it made me suspect everyone at one point. I thought the camera that was attached to the helicopter was pretty great, it brought you into the action more when the guy was trying to shoot the dog. I thought the movie had a great climax and resolution, although at the end I was wondering if the black guy was a alien also I don't know if the movie was made that way or if I was just trying to read into more than what was there. I thought that more explaination on the part of where the aliens came from would have made it better and more interesting. also I thought it was very inventive when they were burning up the body of this guy and his head falls off and then sprouts legs and starts to crawl away, I thought that was orginial and done pretty good as far as how they made the alien look.
So for this movie of John Carpenters I thought was pretty good. Eventhough I have not seen any of his films but can see that how he is the master of horror. This film even for the 80's was nicely done as far as special effects and pnuematics, etc. and I'm sure that his films more recently are done just as well with today's technology. I was impressed with how the use of invasion from within instead of attacking from the outside was great! And for the movie being old it was still gross the morphing that took place with the alien it's victim. I would give it a good overall rating when looking at the content, tech., and acting.
i liked this movie alot! it was a great thriler lol and a really good psych movie. it made you think! you never really knew who the monster was until it was too late, i also like how it left off, with you not really knowing weather or not one of them was a thing! i thought they diid some wicked effects for their time. i was pretty corny but pretty awesome. they did some really cool camera work in this movie to, i liked how they used shadows quite often and how the camera was the monsters eys too. i thought it was really cool. the acting was good the story was great it followed the horror and suspense curve quite well too!
This movie lacked on the Horror side, but that could be a sign of the times, it was probably scarier for the audience when it was released. For a sci-fi movie it wasn't bad, the aliens taking over the Earth had a new twist by taking over the human body and imitating them.
ReplyDeleteThe camera work was new, for what we have seen so far, we became the persons eyes. It gave a new view for us and instead of just seeing the shadow, it still kept us in the dark about who was infected.
I thought that the movie did a great job on making the lack in trust felt by the audience. The play on being infected and contagious with an "alien" was much what the society probably felt about AIDS, they didn't understand the disease.
Overall interesting film but I wouldn't pick it off the shelf to watch again.
Not a bad movie. As far as 80's Sci-fi movies go, this probably doesn't top Aliens, but I still liked this movie. Kurt Russell did his usual bad ass character that doesn't take crap. The fact that the movie was centered around fear and distrust could have easily been influenced by AIDS, because AIDS doesn't have a face, it hides inside of your friends and family. Given the lack of knowledge about AIDS at the time, Carpenter was pretty smart to throw that into a horror movie.
ReplyDeleteThe special effects were pretty 80's, but that's saying a lot compared to what we have seen until now. The way everything moved made it look like the same type of effects were used in a lot of the movies of the 80's, like Betelgeuse.
I'm a fan of any Kurt Russell movie, so I would probably watch this one again.
The Thing
ReplyDeleteOf course, a horror thriller movie had to be stationed away from all civilization. Have I mentioned that I hat sci-fi movies? I do…. This one is no different. I think it is because to me they are so far from reality that it could never happen. The one thing that caught my eye was they tying down all their fiends and running blood test each them. That is something that we have done for years. Going back to the leper colonies and continuing up to the AIDS scare beginning in the 1980’s. Made it is human nature to think the worst of our friends. Once the test came back negative, they separated again and the whole process had to begin anew. How much it that like real life? The special effects wear decent for the 1980’s but it would not hold up in today’s cinema. There was one point where I jump, like everyone else. Maybe because I was asleep and it woke me. I do know that if I am caught in a horror flick, I will make sure I sin less than everyone else and run away from the danger.
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ReplyDeleteLike some have said, the special effects were not so great, but considering the period, before computer anmination, ect, I think they were pretty good. I can't say I can compare movies in this period very well, but I think the auidence was shown some things they were not before.
ReplyDeleteI don't know that I would have realized that this movie was made during the most intense time of the aids scare, but being told of this, I agree that it was a smart idea to play off that.
The film did a good in playing off the ever-popular emotion: FEAR. It was interesting to see a film where the object to be afraid of was essentially each other, more so than some ailen monster. I thought it was a reasonably good take on man's instinct for personal survival and (at least seemingly) mistrust of others. Not being able to safely identify a truth usually makes for some good dynamics.
Yes, I did jump when the blood sample 'tested positive' ;)
I am not one to get scared at a movie, but I think that this movie could be scary for some. I think the essence of horror was definitely in this film, although it was not quite up to pace with modern day horror films.
ReplyDeleteI think that when any producer uses an element that is not real or that could not be real, he/she looses ability to scare someone.
I liked this film even though it was a little corny. I think that the film maker did a lot of things right, for example the use of a location that the characters could not escape.
In conclusion, I feel like the producer definitely did a good job considering the time in which it was made.
The thing what a goofy movie compared to our times now. I have seen this movie before but i think it was on tv so i didnt see it with all the "special effects". I am a fan of John Carpenter and I can see how at the time this was a decent movie. To watch it now its horrible but we can see how things are starting to come about in movies. I said it talking about Taxi Driver in the 70's and even 3 decades later you can see a big upgrade in special effects camera angles things of that sort. Its also a different kind of horror than what I think had been shown, we see gore, blood, insides of people dogs being chewed and its definitely something new. We dont really get scared with that type of stuff anymore because we know its makeup and strawberry jam or something, where our movies these days deal more with things that we can See happen. I think this movie is more goofy then scary but still somewhat entertaining.
ReplyDeleteThis movie was a little hard for me to get through...I have a pretty weak stomach when it comes to "blood and guts," even if it is fake. For me it is just knowing what it is supposed to be. I thought it would be a lot scarier, I suppose that for me it was not that scary because of when it was filmed? Maybe it is because our speical effects have come a lot farther in the last 20 years...Even though the special effects are a little old..I enjoyed watching the movie, it was fun to see just how far we have come. When the blood "jumped" out of the dish I about....So glad I don't have to watch this again. :)
ReplyDeleteOk i'll admit it, I jumped when he touched the blood and the blood freaked out. But, it wasn't a scary thing, it was more of a BOOM!! It was interesting how they actually showed the morphing and all of the detail that went into it, it was an interesting movie that lacked on the horror side compared to the movies that are around today.
ReplyDeleteI have never liked sci-fi especially horror sci-fi. I dont enjoy being freaked out just for the fun of it. Seeing how I had to watch this movie it wasn't that bad.
ReplyDeleteYes it did scare me because I am easily scared. It was actually a pretty decent horror film for the 80's. The graphics were done quite well considering they didn't have the knowledge we do today to make fictious monsters seem terrifying. They did pretty good. I also liked some of the shots where they strategically watched the whole group without the alien and it kept you guessing which one was the impersinated. Overall not bad, probably wouldn't watch it again though.
In the beginning I noticed that the movie kind of kept you in the dark about what was going on. You knew that there was something strange about the dog and it put me on edge with the dog just roaming around the base with the unsuspecting men. I had seen the film before and this time I felt irritated that they didn’t just let the Norwegians’ shoot the dog, and then they never would have had a problem. But then again if they had done that we wouldn’t have had a very interesting movie to watch lol.
ReplyDeleteThis was the first time in this class that we have seen a lot of blood and gore. It certainly wasn’t up to today’s standards of special effects but considering what they had to work with I thought they were great. And I’m sure whoever was in charge of special effects had a blast with all the fake blood and pneumatics.
I didn’t find the movie scary but I will admit there were a few parts that startled me and made me jump. It was like Carpenter let you know what was going to happen but not when building the suspense. Over all I thought it was a very entertaining film.
I thought the movie was okay, but nothing spectacular. It did have an interesting story line, although the aliens just seemed so fake, its probably because it was made in the 80's. It did however keep you guessing about who was an alien and who wasn't, for me it made me suspect everyone at one point.
ReplyDeleteI thought the camera that was attached to the helicopter was pretty great, it brought you into the action more when the guy was trying to shoot the dog. I thought the movie had a great climax and resolution, although at the end I was wondering if the black guy was a alien also I don't know if the movie was made that way or if I was just trying to read into more than what was there.
I thought that more explaination on the part of where the aliens came from would have made it better and more interesting. also I thought it was very inventive when they were burning up the body of this guy and his head falls off and then sprouts legs and starts to crawl away, I thought that was orginial and done pretty good as far as how they made the alien look.
So for this movie of John Carpenters I thought was pretty good. Eventhough I have not seen any of his films but can see that how he is the master of horror. This film even for the 80's was nicely done as far as special effects and pnuematics, etc. and I'm sure that his films more recently are done just as well with today's technology. I was impressed with how the use of invasion from within instead of attacking from the outside was great! And for the movie being old it was still gross the morphing that took place with the alien it's victim. I would give it a good overall rating when looking at the content, tech., and acting.
ReplyDeletei liked this movie alot! it was a great thriler lol and a really good psych movie. it made you think! you never really knew who the monster was until it was too late, i also like how it left off, with you not really knowing weather or not one of them was a thing! i thought they diid some wicked effects for their time. i was pretty corny but pretty awesome. they did some really cool camera work in this movie to, i liked how they used shadows quite often and how the camera was the monsters eys too. i thought it was really cool. the acting was good the story was great it followed the horror and suspense curve quite well too!
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