The Thing vs. They Live

Alright, after the 70s horror and 90s comedy polls that I created, let me finalize my 20th century movies poll trilogy with an 80s sci-fi one, including 2 movies by the same director. Again, you can choose your favourite or one of the other options.

The thing is, I don't remember The Thing in full details, but I recall that I enjoyed it moderately while watching, when I was quite young. Whereas, They Live blew my mind with all its anti-consumerism and anti-system themes that are —more than subtly, and in fact quite openly, but still mesmerizingly— placed into the plot. I find this movie very valuable, and guess that the only hindrance that prevents it from shaking the system is the absence of a tight pace because of some unnecessarily long and meaningless scenes (for example a fighting scene comes to my mind, which was dreary and not convincing). Otherwise its overall dramatic effect would have been —and would still be— revolutionary, I daresay. It is still one of the prominent choices of mine concerning the anti-system movies.


Edited by Shadowyzard - July 01 2020 at 18:58