Stephen King's IT

[Houston]

IT was packed as ****, especially for a Thursday showing.

The "IT" set pieces were just okay, had potential to be a lot better. I think the director kinda dropped the ball there. Until the end. Most of the times IT appeared, either he or the kid(s) would leave before any interesting interaction could build. Nothing for instance like the shower scene from the original when he popped his head through and really teased the kid.

The kid stuff was A+ though. It was surprisingly funny. There was a ton of cracks between the kids and I think almost all of them hit. The rest of the audience seemed to agree. The girl that played Beverly was pretty good, very compelling to watch. I have a feeling we'll be seeing more of her.

 

[Adipost]

IT was packed as ****, especially for a Thursday showing.

The "IT" set pieces were just okay, had potential to be a lot better. I think the director kinda dropped the ball there. Until the end. Most of the times IT appeared, either he or the kid(s) would leave before any interesting interaction could build. Nothing for instance like the shower scene from the original when he popped his head through and really teased the kid.

The kid stuff was A+ though. It was surprisingly funny. There was a ton of cracks between the kids and I think almost all of them hit. The rest of the audience seemed to agree. The girl that played Beverly was pretty good, very compelling to watch. I have a feeling we'll be seeing more of her.

But were you scurred???

 

[ruprecht]

If you can't make IT scary you shouldn't be making movies.

 

[Houston]

But were you scurred???

Not one bit, and I can't see this movie traumatizing people (kids) for years the way the original did. It was still enjoyable though.

Edit: I did some more thinking.....

The original IT gets away with revealing the clown early because they go for eerie throughout the rest of the movie. If something is eerie like say...It Follows, then seeing it multiple times diminishes the returns less.


This movie obviously also reveals the clown early, but then after, it repeatedly goes for scares that would only be effective if the cat wasn't already out of the bag.
What's behind the plastic screen at the end of the hall?---I'm assuming it's the clown we've already fully seen 2 times. Why are you still bothering to obscure it?
Once the T-rex is out in Jurrasic Park, you leave it out. You don't push it back into the shadows and try to have another water ripple scene.

 

[Adipost]

Not one bit, and I can't see this movie traumatizing people (kids) for years the way the original did. It was still enjoyable though.

Edit: I did some more thinking.....

The original IT gets away with revealing the clown early because they go for eerie throughout the rest of the movie. If something is eerie like say...It Follows, then seeing it multiple times diminishes the returns less.


This movie obviously also reveals the clown early, but then after, it repeatedly goes for scares that would only be effective if the cat wasn't already out of the bag.
What's behind the plastic screen at the end of the hall?---I'm assuming it's the clown we've already fully seen 2 times. Why are you still bothering to obscure it?
Once the T-rex is out in Jurrasic Park, you leave it out. You don't push it back into the shadows and try to have another water ripple scene.

"The bomb must never go off" -- Alfred Hitchcock

 

[Warden of the Northeast]

IT was packed as ****, especially for a Thursday showing.

The "IT" set pieces were just okay, had potential to be a lot better. I think the director kinda dropped the ball there. Until the end. Most of the times IT appeared, either he or the kid(s) would leave before any interesting interaction could build. Nothing for instance like the shower scene from the original when he popped his head through and really teased the kid.

The kid stuff was A+ though. It was surprisingly funny. There was a ton of cracks between the kids and I think almost all of them hit. The rest of the audience seemed to agree. The girl that played Beverly was pretty good, very compelling to watch. I have a feeling we'll be seeing more of her.

IT's opening weekend will set a box-office record for September and also smash the OW record for a horror movie.

 

[R_Mac_1]

I thought it was really good. I had a few drinks beforehand, but enjoyed it. Far better than the original movie, which I thought was just OK. The acting from the kids was pretty great and worked well, similar to Stranger Things and Super 8. I wouldn't say the movie was especially scary, but most movies don't really scare me that much. I think the 8.3 score on IMDB is pretty fair, although it wouldn't surprise me if that drops a bit.

 

[ursamajor]

Book scared the hell out of me when I read it. Took a lot of the fear out of seeing the movie though; I knew what was coming. This movie might change that, though. It's been a while.

Also, for those who've read it: still the most fucked-up scene you've ever encountered in a book, right? You know exactly which one I'm talking about.

The Sewer Train? Yeah, pretty bad


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[ursamajor]

Ever watch The Tommyknockers? I've heard it's the only made for TV King that is worth it(IT is still ok, just nowhere near as good as it could have been), but I never bothered.

I thought The Stand was the best of the Miniseries King adaptations.


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[ursamajor]

I thought it was really good. I had a few drinks beforehand, but enjoyed it. Far better than the original movie, which I thought was just OK. The acting from the kids was pretty great and worked well, similar to Stranger Things and Super 8. I wouldn't say the movie was especially scary, but most movies don't really scare me that much. I think the 8.3 score on IMDB is pretty fair, although it wouldn't surprise me if that drops a bit.

They did use one of the kids from Stranger Things.


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[Mitchapalooza]

I enjoyed the movie but like someone else said, once IT was revealed they kept making jump scares out of him. That's why I liked the first one, it'd show Pennywise without a jump scare and it'd still scare the **** out of me. First one was more creepy than scary imo, which I liked. I wish Pennywise talked more like Tim Curry did in the first one. No one could ever beat that Pennywise.

Kids did very well. The acting in the first one was horrible (mostly the adults, kids did ok). I still haven't read the book (I know, I know) and someone said the new movie followed the book a lot closer than the first one, which is good.

All in all really good movie but felt too much like a jump scare movie at points.

Pumped for chapter 2 in 2019

 

[Adipost]

I enjoyed the movie but like someone else said, once IT was revealed they kept making jump scares out of him. That's why I liked the first one, it'd show Pennywise without a jump scare and it'd still scare the **** out of me. First one was more creepy than scary imo, which I liked. I wish Pennywise talked more like Tim Curry did in the first one. No one could ever beat that Pennywise.

Kids did very well. The acting in the first one was horrible (mostly the adults, kids did ok). I still haven't read the book (I know, I know) and someone said the new movie followed the book a lot closer than the first one, which is good.

All in all really good movie but felt too much like a jump scare movie at points.

Pumped for chapter 2 in 2019

Not surprising

Cary Fukunaga, the man responsible for directing the brilliant first season of True Detective, recently announced he has dropped out of directing a new film adaptation of Stephen King’s 1986 horror novel, IT, claiming creative differences with the studio, New Line, were to blame for him abandoning his two-film adaptation. “I was trying to make an unconventional horror film … They didn’t want any characters. They wanted archetypes and scares,’’ he told Variety.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2015/oct/06/stephen-king-it-scares-off-film-makers-cary-fukunaga

 

[Warden of the Northeast]

I saw IT on Friday, it was pretty good. Unless you've got a phobia of clowns like I do the movie isn't scary at all. The best part was the kid from Stranger Things, the dude had me cracking up.

 

[ShiftyDevil]

I went in with pretty low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. The kid actors did great, between GoT and Stranger Things and this it seems like child actors are way better, in general, than they used to be.

I'd give it a solid B+, my biggest gripe is that I wish it were a TV series instead. It was a lot of material to go over, and I wish they could have spent more time on each Loser.

 

[Mitchapalooza]

I went in with pretty low expectations and was pleasantly surprised. The kid actors did great, between GoT and Stranger Things and this it seems like child actors are way better, in general, than they used to be.

I'd give it a solid B+, my biggest gripe is that I wish it were a TV series instead. It was a lot of material to go over, and I wish they could have spent more time on each Loser.

Yeah I wish they focused more on The Loser Club as well

 

[Crystallas]

I haven't had time to see it yet. Just worried that people are STILL comparing IT the movie to IT the super gimped down made for ABC TV mini-series in a way that makes it seem like they missed the point again, all these years later.

Spoiler

Worried about some of the events in the 50s being the 80s instead. A graphic buddy gang bang in the 80s doesn't seem that far fetched compared to it happening in the 50s. Heck, I doubt they even do it at all. But this is one of the things I'm sure most people were curious to see how it was 'artistically' adapted to a super PC era where violence remains great, and sex continues to be shamed. If they managed to do it (obviously without actual nudity) then great. That point of the book expresses how twisted actions breed further twisted actions almost perfectly. If they dodged it like a bunch of cop out PC kings, a big **** you goes out to the producers and studio. Still can be a good movie, but that is too important of a moment to glance over.

 

[Houston]

Only needs $40 million more to usurp The Exorcist for highest grossing horror of all time.

 

[Houston]

I'd give it a solid B+, my biggest gripe is that I wish it were a TV series instead. It was a lot of material to go over, and I wish they could have spent more time on each Loser.

Yeah, I think we would all rather have this as a series, instead of Stranger Things.

Out of the things related to the horror aspect of the movie, there's one thing I think this film did better than the original...Beverly's bathroom. In the original, the bathroom is never revisited, but I like how in this one they rest of the crew help her clean it. It was a great bonding scene.

 

[Warden of the Northeast]

Only needs $40 million more to usurp The Exorcist for highest grossing horror of all time.

Unadjusted of course.