Maybe not quite as sophisticated as say The Thing but man oh man, John Carpenter just has the juice. That guy knew how to cook up a good time at the pictures
A few bits of jankiness, especially in the first half (Martin Lawson is, uh, not entirely working for me) but once it's going it's really going. Generally a pretty charismatic ensemble. Tony Burton was my fave, love all his scenes. An all-timer shoot-out. A cracking score. John Carpenter!! He is that guy!!
This movie sucked shit. I am a huge fan of the franchise overall, but they choked in spectacular fashion. Somehow the same team that made movies I LOVE cranked out probably the most offensively stupid piece of professional screenwriting I have had the misfortune to hear in a movie theatre in years. I mean they are still assembling some of the coolest action setpieces in Hollywood today, but almost every intervening dialogue scene made my skin crawl with its maddening…
First off, the pacing is astounding. Three hours long and not one moment I felt I could run to the bathroom (I did anyway, I am me). This is good-ass filmmaking. Felt like I could barely breathe for the middle hour (in a satisfying way). Good acting, great score, looks great, moves great.
Really loved the two hour movie pondering "What is the emotional toll of creating an unfathomable superweapon?" so my enthusiasm waned a little when I realized we…
