The Thing from Another World, 1951. An alien spaceship crashes in the arctic. Directed by Christian Nyby. Written by Charles Lederer, based on a story by John W. Campbell Jr.. Starring Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite & Margaret Sheridan.
Concept: 4/4 (Great)
Story: 3/4 (Good)
Characters: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Dialog: 3/4 (Good)
Pacing: 3/4 (Good)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 3/4 (Good)
Acting: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Music: 3/4 (Good)
Subjective Rating: 8/10 (Great, 4/4). Very cool. It's more like Alien than Carpenter's Thing - if Alien had been a Howard Hawks movie. There's a level of intelligence and detail to the dialog that does a lot for the suspense - the scenario has some weight to it, rather than just being an excuse for a monster.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.9/4 (Good)
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