The thingie from that one place.

I just have to say that why does the movie 'star' james arness if we barely see him. It would be pretty great if the movie "The Thing" actually focused on the thing instead of the military personel. That bieng said, the movie should really be called, "An arctic base full of mititary dudes and a scientist who does things different".

THE THING! (from another world)

Im going out on a leg and am going to make a comparison post between the thing, and the other movie that we watched together, The day the earth stood still. The first thing I noticed that was wildly different between the two movies is that we get to know and recognize the so called "Mr. Carpenter" a lot better than the thing.


We know and see Mr. Carpenters personality and figure very often, as compared to the thing whom we only see glimpses of throught the movie. Another thing that is different between the movies is that we get to know the military people a lot better in the thing, and that they all have unique personalities and are all very good people. But in the day the earth stood still, they seem that they have no purpose and the only thing that they manage to do is get in the way.

Frankenstein: or Prometheus unleashed

The single most striking moment in the film is when doctor F. shouts "ITS ALIIIVVEEE!"

Something in particular that strikes me in the film is that almost all of the background characters give a voice to the tone of the scene in general. If its relaxed, they'll just mill around and do their own thing while keeping their voices low. If its festive, they will dance and play and shout and laugh. However most of the scenes that involve the villagers are usually have a panicky tone and thus the villagers scream. But what really brought this to my attention was that they all screamed constantly, and LOUDLY. They screamed almost for no reason, even if they werent directly affected by the thing causing the fear in the first place.