John Carpenter's Masterpiece from another world

Rating: 9/10 (28 July 2008)

As the ending credits appeared on screen of my TV after watching "The thing" on DVD for the first time(knowing very little about it), I just sat silently and whispered to myself more "wows" than I have my whole life.
Some people will call this a horror movie, but I politely disagree. Even tough elements of horror run throughout the movie, "The thing" can only fall under the sci-fi genre. And not only is this sci-fi, it is sci-fi as you will have trouble finding- the purest of its siblings. There is not one unreal symbolic character development like you find in so many other movies; the characters evolve with the movie and there is absolutely no moment where the action stops in preparation of the next THRILLING moment- it is always thrilling, endlessly running the beautiful images and sounds and effortlessly building the story without flaw in your mind.
The acting and directing, as well as all the other technical areas, work so well they're not even noticed. Kurt Russel delivers a terrific performance worthy of mention.
When watching "The thing" it is hard to try outguessing it, not just because it will surprise you in every corner, but more importantly because you will be sucked into that world and be too impressed by it's wonders to think about anything else.
I give it a 9/10 and a top 5 in my all time favorites list.