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This by far is neck and neck with the orginal Halloween for me amazing film there isn't an element about this film that I DON'T LIKE! Rob Bottin did a great job on the special effects and definetly ahead of it's time. I don't have a bad thing to say about this film not to mention you can't beat Kurt Russell leading this cast nothing short of amazing!
Mega badass! You have all the elements...Kurt Russell, explosions, multiple Axe wielding scenes, remote location, A debilitating element OTHER than the monster/killer/plauge/etc. (in this case, the cold), terrific effects, terrific effects, terrific effects, awesome one liners; "I dunno what the hell's in there, but it's weird and pissed off, whatever it is," "Yeah, fuck you too!" and my personal favorite: "I just wanna get up to my shack and get drunk..." You have rollerskating cooks, "voodo bullshit," multiple doggie deaths to piss of your girlfriend (or squemish pussy boyfriend...), and did I mention the TERRIFIC EFFECTS?
I'm gonna zap off a 1/2 skull for the semi-disapointing mega battle between Mac (Kurt Russell) and The Thing...which was neither mega or a battle, but unfortunately was one of the least cool monter puppets and very short indeed..but tthe one liner and quick ending saved the day.
I feel so underpriveledged because I saw this flick for the very first time...20 minutes ago!! I'm gonna call my mom and yell at her.
An ultimately bland, dull, and pointless exercise is what comes to my mind when thinking of this movie. Carpenter's "masterpiece" is slow, talky, dull, and punctuated only by over-the-top silliness that shows his puerile obsession with gore-puppets. Your best bet is passing on this one, and checking out Check Howard Hawks film. He re-wrote the monster into a simple marauding, though intelligent being, which resulted in a film that built a sense of menace and a hurtling momentum to its story.
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