BP Movie Review: The Thing

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IMDB Plot Summary
At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson. 

Expectations…
I really wasn’t expecting a lot of substance from this movie. Nothing in the trailers suggested that this was the next Independence Day or anything that would even come close. I appreciate that the movie was close to what it claimed to be, a story-less Special FX heavy Sci-Fi/Horror movie, but I was still hoping there were at least a few genuinely suspenseful moments… there wasn’t.

Entertainment Value…
As I said, I doubt anyone ever expects any real substance in these types of movies, or at least not anymore, but I’m sure most people buying a movie ticket to see this movie were expecting it to at least be entertaining… It really wasn’t. (I’ll explain why in a minute)

Over all…
This movie was what it claimed to be to some extent… the best way I can think of explaining it is… Lets say you were on a “Horror Movie Diet”, this movie has all the vitamins, and minerals the diet requires, but with very little flavor. It follows all the rules of a horror movie… The character that is right about everything but no one believes, people going into rooms they have no need to go into, there’s plenty of (CGI) disturbing imagery, and of course, it has a few jumps in it, but no real suspense, or any genuine thrills. This may be more due to the writing than anything else.

The Good…
If you’re a big fan of computer generated disturbing imagery, this movie has a healthy amount of it.

The Not so Good…
Not very original (even for remake/prequel standards), and no real story or memorable scenes, dialog, or characters… (I don’t even remember any of the characters names)