The Thing 2011 - Eh, its a thing.

The Thing (2011) tells the tale of the Swedes ("I think they're Norwegians, Jack.") and the events that lead up to John Carpenter's The Thing (1982). While the film has many of the same tropes as the 1982 film, it goes out of its way to never do the exact same thing.

So is the film entertaining? Not so much. It's not irritating or poorly made. Unfortunately the characters are not very interesting. First there's too many, and second too many are similar. There's really no one to get behind, to empathize with. They attempt to make the female scientist the focus of the film, but most of her actions are doing her job....that's not really a personality.

If you want more Thing mythos than you will probably enjoy this film....otherwise, it's not really worth the watch.