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The Turning (1992)
"Where the X-Files fails, The Turning succeeds!" Yeah, right...
I got this "fine film" on VHS a week ago, and my expectations were sky high. "Yesssss! Gillian naked!", I thought. She looked all hot and ready on the cover. I looked at the back, and it said that she "sheds both her clothes and her inhibitions." Well...
She does both of those things, I guess, but come on...I got a glimpse of a breast her or there for about two-three seconds, but that was it. And she`s in this turkey-flick for about ten minutes! But I gotta say, I have started to like it a little. Gillian plays brilliantly, and I think the accent is really good...and kinda cute on her. The movie is really, really tedious and a big bore, but it`s just that which makes it fun...you know? It`s kinda "camp".
I can imagine this is what it would look like if Ed Wood got to do an episode of "Twin Peaks." Boring, un-interesting conversations which go on and on, set against a small town in the woods, where everybody knows everybody. Maybe Ed would have done a better job than L.A. Puopulo has, though...
The Thing (1982)
One of the Best!
I first saw this movie about ten years ago...It has stuck on my mind ever since. The movie is set on a Norwegian camp, and being Norwegian myself, it was most enjoyable to see Norbert Weisser (also seen in a small role as a swede in Midnight Express) play a frantic Norwegian screaming:"Get the hell away! It`s not a dog! It imitates a dog! It`s not real! Get away, idiots!" after chasing a mysterious dog around in a chopper with a rifle, meeting Kurt Russell & friends on the camp. Norbert speaks Norwegian indeed...and well, contrary to what "all of you" might think. "The Thing" is after "Alien", my favourite movie ever. It has a remarkable way of totally enwrapping you into it`s own kind of atmosphere..the soundtrack, the lighting, the acting, the camera-shots, the sounds and the setting is so perfectly matched, and takes you on an unforgettable ride... I`m not a big fan of John Carpenter. Don`t like anything else he has made, I think, but "The Thing"...is GOOD! As I wrote earlier, my favourite film is "Alien", and "The Thing" resembles "Alien" in many ways. A bunch of guys trapped together, trying to kill a monster, before it kills them. Both movies are packed with stunning cinematography, sombre music, scary sound effects, amazing monsters and top-notch acting. And scary as hell!