Comments on: The Thing From Another World (1951) http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2006/07/31/the-thing-from-another-world-1951/ Film reviews and commentary tonight, before I forget tomorrow Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:40:00 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Alison Venugoban http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2006/07/31/the-thing-from-another-world-1951/comment-page-1/#comment-7540 Alison Venugoban Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:03:13 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/?p=598#comment-7540 I watched the movie for the first time tonight, and I was laughing myself silly for most of it! One glaring mistake I noted was that this movie was set in the North Pole, where night lasts for the entire winter and daylight the entire summer. Unfortunately, somebody forgot to tell the movie makers, who filmed day and night sequences! My, the months just fly by when you’re being monstered by a giant carrot! It was a hoot of a picture, but I don’t think it was supposed to be funny when it was made. Still, gave me a good laugh! Alison I watched the movie for the first time tonight, and I was laughing myself silly for most of it!

One glaring mistake I noted was that this movie was set in the North Pole, where night lasts for the entire winter and daylight the entire summer.

Unfortunately, somebody forgot to tell the movie makers, who filmed day and night sequences! My, the months just fly by when you’re being monstered by a giant carrot!

It was a hoot of a picture, but I don’t think it was supposed to be funny when it was made. Still, gave me a good laugh!

Alison

]]> By: Carson Jockell http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2006/07/31/the-thing-from-another-world-1951/comment-page-1/#comment-7367 Carson Jockell Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:50:02 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/?p=598#comment-7367 Yea! Far superior than most films of this genre. It is fresh even to this day in dialog and hanging suspense. In one scene they are in a disussion re the monster when the door handle moves a bit. All dialog stops and eyes turn to the door for a second...the viewers' too. I get a kick out of watching time, after time, after time. I look forward to movies not as yet made that will be with us for multi-generations...what a treat. Yea! Far superior than most films of this genre.
It is fresh even to this day in dialog and hanging suspense. In one scene they are in a disussion re the monster when the door handle moves a bit. All dialog stops and eyes turn to the door for a second…the viewers’ too.
I get a kick out of watching time, after time, after time. I look forward to movies not as yet made that will be with us for multi-generations…what a treat.

]]> By: Bill Schutt http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2006/07/31/the-thing-from-another-world-1951/comment-page-1/#comment-7181 Bill Schutt Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:30:11 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/?p=598#comment-7181 Superior to the original? You must be kidding. The 1951 version is a Classic. John Carpenter's may be closer to the novella but that's it - unless you get a kick out of the gory, imaginative (for its day) effects. Superior to the original? You must be kidding. The 1951 version is a Classic. John Carpenter’s may be closer to the novella but that’s it – unless you get a kick out of the gory, imaginative (for its day) effects.

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