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The resourcefulness shown in building the plot groundwork is lacking as the yarn gets into full swing. Cast members, headed by Margaret Sheridan and Kenneth Tobey, fail to communicate any real terror.
The film has more frissons than most of today's mega-budget productions, simply because it has the grace to construct a meaningful situation and coherent characters.
Perhaps the most famous shot of the movie is also one of head-slapping irrelevance.
Lively science fiction film, with dubious politics.
A solid, workmanlike film that holds up better than one would expect.
classic, though it didn't impress me really that much
Rather than Nyby, producer Howard Hawks is often credited for the direction of this sci-fi landmark, which features Hollywood's first space-age monster in a decade invaded by Cold War-era aliens.
Howard Hawks only produced this classic scary sci-fi feature, but it has his signature touches all over it: overlapping dialogue, smooth storytelling, compressed time and space.
All-time classic sci-fi still packs creepy wallop.
This taut and entertaining thriller is to The Day the Earth Stood Still what Alien is to Star Trek, or the Rolling Stones to the Beatles.
Warner's DVD ... brings us a very good unrestored print of the uncut 87-minute version in its original full-screen aspect ratio. The transfer is sharp with fine definition and black-and-white contrast. Some dirt, scratches ... but it's nothing serious.
The overall message of The Thing emerges as distinctly hawkish. Reactionary or not, though, it's still a masterpiece.
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