10-16-2011, 01:33 PM
[quote name='rok' timestamp='1318740922' post='172467']
Most of the complaints were about the CGI being pretty lame and about the characters being disposable and underdeveloped, but none of the reviews I've read have said the movie was horrible, just pretty average. And it seems as though audiences and critics are watching 2 completely different films according to RT.
[url="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_thing_2011/"]http://www.rottentom...the_thing_2011/[/url]
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I think it's like BT is saying, not great but definitely enjoyable. The CGI was pretty good. You can tell then went overboard with a couple of scenes, but they did a good mix of animatronics/pupeteering and CGI. That's my opinion at least.
I think a lot of critics are making too much of the fact that this movie was extremely similar to the John Carpenter version. Seriously, what did you expect? You can't exactly make huge plot alterations if you're going to make a prequel to a movie and have it in almost the same exact setting.
Just go into it thinking "it's a remake". It pushes the entire plot a little bit more and fills in some holes from the first one, but other than that, it is basically a remake and they're able to use a lot better technology this time around.
Most of the complaints were about the CGI being pretty lame and about the characters being disposable and underdeveloped, but none of the reviews I've read have said the movie was horrible, just pretty average. And it seems as though audiences and critics are watching 2 completely different films according to RT.
[url="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_thing_2011/"]http://www.rottentom...the_thing_2011/[/url]
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I think it's like BT is saying, not great but definitely enjoyable. The CGI was pretty good. You can tell then went overboard with a couple of scenes, but they did a good mix of animatronics/pupeteering and CGI. That's my opinion at least.
I think a lot of critics are making too much of the fact that this movie was extremely similar to the John Carpenter version. Seriously, what did you expect? You can't exactly make huge plot alterations if you're going to make a prequel to a movie and have it in almost the same exact setting.
Just go into it thinking "it's a remake". It pushes the entire plot a little bit more and fills in some holes from the first one, but other than that, it is basically a remake and they're able to use a lot better technology this time around.