entertainment, that's all

Filomena 2022-03-23 09:01:47

As an entertainment thriller or horror film, it can have a chilling effect, which is considered to achieve the expected effect. At least I still have the experience of the hair standing on end. I haven't seen the 1982 version of the original work, and I'm preparing for it. It's also because I've read a lot of film reviews, saying that the echoes with the original work are well done, but the tension between people is obviously not enough, and I suddenly have the urge to compare.

Although this film is not a top-notch horror thriller, I personally think that the film is still complete and the plot is clear. Although there are bloody places, I personally feel that the suspense is actually set well, such as when that When the two Americans fled back to the base from the helicopter, in order to beg for mercy not to be burned, they kept shouting that as first-hand information, the experience or reference research value they gained was so valuable that those without personal experience would not be able to. Comparatively, but the film does not give details or descriptions of their survival from beginning to end. I don't think it makes sense to say it was the director's or the screenwriter's negligence, but it has always stifled the audience's appetite. Anyway, at least I'm the one who got hooked.

The only thing I don't understand is the dialogue between the heroine and the hero at the end. The heroine means that the hero is no longer human, and his earrings betrayed him. My question is, when did the male protagonist "be possessed"? If they were already aliens when they came back from the base, he would have had the opportunity to attack her when the man and woman were alone so many times, but he didn't. And I also paid attention to the earrings. When the male pig first celebrated his discovery, he wore the earring on the left ear. Even when they went to chase the last "big boss" together, there was a close-up that he was wearing the earring on the left ear, So I personally think it was the last transformation after getting on the spaceship, and in the last close-up, the male protagonist has no earrings at all, but why did he habitually touch his right ear again?

Please enlighten me!

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The Thing quotes

  • Sam Carter: I wanna know how the Cavaliers are doing?

    Kate Lloyd: Hmm. I don't follow football.

    Sam Carter: It's a basketball team. They play basketball.

    Jameson: Barely. They're the Cavaliers, man.

  • Sam Carter: And the last place you want to be is cooped up with a dozen of Norwegian guys.