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In Reply to: Re: Answers To Quiz posted by Scott on January 03, 2000 at 12:15:44:
A nostalgia thing. That "The Thing" is forgettable for you and memorable
for me isn't an unusual type of occurrence. "One man's trash is another's
treasure". I'll give you a prime example: back in late 1978, two movie
pundits in the Siskel-Ebert tradition, presented their respective best and
worst films for the year on TV; ironically, one pundits number one best
film was rated as the worst by the other pundit, and vice versa. The
show ended with both yelling and calling each other "stupid"! I couldn't
stop laughing.
For my views on "The Thing", reference my archived review, "The Thing:
The 1951 Original Vs The 1982 Remake"; dated 10-04-99.
Nostalgia is fine with me! Although I'm more of a cult movie fanatic myself. I did read your original comments on the Thing and as a matter of fact, recently ran across an old issue of Cinefantastique that did an in-depth feature on this film. I found it interesting from the perspective that it was Howard Hawks single entry into science fiction, and because of its use of "real" dialogue. Still, for my money, Forbidden Planet easily ranks as the best example of 50's-style sci-fi, with honorable mention going to Day the Earth Stood Still.
"Forbidden Planet" is my fave sci-fi movie of the 50's; see my review in
the archives on this site; it's also at the InternetMovieDatabase site
www.imdb.com, along with a nostalgia piece I wrote concerning it. Just
click on my email address at imdb and it will list all my reviews of various
films for easy access.
Here is a list of my faves (in order) of the scifis of the 50s:
(1) Forbidden Planet
(2) The Thing (From Another World)
(3) Invasion of the Body Snatchers
(4) The Day The Earth Stood Still
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