The Thing

This has always been one of the movies I've considered one of my favorites and while dramatic movies tend to lose their effect on me over time I can't say this movie has lost too much of its appeal. While the shock and suspense have left the movie makes up for it in its concept, cast of characters and amazing special effects. I feel like in each rewatch of a movie you should catch something new and while I don't really feel much of a need to rewatch movies very often I did notice two things I discovered that make me enjoy this movie more despite that sentiment. The first of these things being how everyone on the base is pretty much the sole person in their field on base which makes everyone valuable in their own way. Mac even mentions at the beginning that if he crashes the base loses its pilot and doctor which is a very real fear compared to the more overt horror. The other thing I noticed is how you at first wonder why Macready is so immediately trusted as the leader given that he's only the pilot. But when you get to thinking no ones really any more capable than him, even the medical oriented people can just diagnose the trouble. That equalization puts emphasis on the socialization of the crewmembers over the threat of the creature itself when its in its overtly alien form. While I like to dig deep into what movies mean sometimes all you gotta do is capture a feeling or a theme really well and add some good set dressing to it to make a good movie.