So I watched John Carpenter's The Thing yesterday for the first time. Should've watched it a lot sooner, but here is my take on it. The movie was a 3/5 6/10 at best for me. But while I say that I want to make it clear that it has some amazing setpieces, directing and design. First what I loved: My my where to even start, well the first thing in the movie I started taking a liking into was how the world was set, I could be in the arctic base for a week just exploring about, the movie really touched my adventuorus side. Also the practical effects took me to my childhood of watching "Behind the scenes Jurassic Park 3" I fell in love with all the miniatures on display and how you could really feel what was on screen. I'm a hard egg when it comes to horror and scares, but seeing a dog's face open fourways like a flower with a skull on it was something I knew I needed to see in my life. Also when the squad rounded up and burned "Bennings" alive, and you hear the dying scream of the thing it was glorious, and that was only the start. But what killed the movie for me? Man, when Blair started to go crazy, at first I thought he was smart by destroying comms so absolutely no-one could get people to call for the thing to infect the outside world. But when the bloodbank was destroyed it was wery clear that the bodies could still infect humans, and Blair was a lost cause. Then the survival chances of all personnel in the base went to 0. At that point I could only enjoy the beautiful views, setpieces and practical effect Thing dolls. But the story was lost. The ending just confirmed my point of view, the movie was pointless. But I'm a firm believer that neither of the survivors is a Thing. This might be the second worst ending to a movie after Frank Darabonts The Mist. Though don't get me wrong, my favourite movie ever "In Bruges" ends as quick with a question setting cliffhanger. And I love that ending. But The Thing just didn't have the emotional weight on the characters or the future of the thing. Post Script: If you start commenting for a spoiler alert, the movie is 37 years old, I'll shove a cucumber up your throat if you do. Post post script: I do love the alien that is the thing, I'm currently drawing a tribute for it. I'm a buff for monsters, can't help it.