My favorite alien/horror/suspense movie… at least when it came out. (I saw the original “thing” from the 50’s – it was stupid.) This movie keeps you guessing the whole way through, and the ending was great. This is probably the only movie that ever gave me real “chills”… of course that probably had more to do with my being like 12 years old when it came out.
I didn’t really understand the appeal of this one. It felt like watching the life of a middle-aged man who is trying to get a date with a fat divorcee. (Not literally, but it was about that exciting)
This movie was a lot more significant than most people realize. It was the first of a new breed of “special effects-driven” sci-fi movies. Computers have brought down the cost of special effects to a point where the plot no longer needs to be “incredible”, it can just be “adequate”. Actually, this movie was above “adequate”, but it left the door open for a bunch of adequate movies to follow.
Also, the whole Stargate empire that followed – the sequels and the TV show… I could do without.
Kurt Russell kills people. Hey, give him a break, that’s all he knows. This was a really dumb movie. It wasn’t that stupid or anything, just boring and unoriginal. I was expecting more from the man who WAS Captain Ron!
I saw this on the train and didn’t have earphones, so I didn’t hear the sound. Still, I was able to follow the plot pretty darn well. Sure, it was predictable, sappy, cheesy, etc. But, it was also entertaining;I’ve seen much worse. I can’t think of any major plot line complaints.