Stephen King's "IT" remake has found a writer - Part 3

[Pennywise]

I think I preferred Skarsgård's childlike and animalistic PW over Curry's wisecracking. Felt closer to the version I pictured in the novel. Still love Curry's interpretation, though!

 

[Drizzle]

Seeing this in about 24 hours and I. Can't. Wait.

Horror writers rejoice. Every studio is coming for you. Today. Get your **** in order and make another killing.

Three years from now we'll all be discussing the legitimacy of 'horror fatigue'.

Nah, everyone will just be remaking or putting to film Stephen King's novels with the tagline "From Stephen King, the writer of It". Prepare yourself for "Misery" starring Adam Sandler and Rebel Wilson.

 

[Matt Mortem]

Horror writers rejoice. Every studio is coming for you. Today. Get your **** in order and make another killing.

Three years from now we'll all be discussing the legitimacy of 'horror fatigue'.

Doubt it. Horror is the one genre that remains consistent both with fans and at the box office. The trends we see in horror, be it torture porn or found footage, go up and down, but the genre itself remains as steady as ever. We're not gonna suddenly see a horror boom like the comic book movie boom. Horror is gonna keep plugging along like it always has and always will.

 

[MOVIELORD101]

LOVED the movie. King backed the right horse on this. This is gonna make GANGBUSTERS this week and next hands down.

Also:

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The ****ing projector scene. I SCREAMED when Pennywise turned Buick-size, crawled out of the screen and nearly cornered them against wall. That was ****ing SCARY, man.

 

[Frodo]

Imo the adult cast of the miniseries was extremely miscast. I like the actress who played Beverly, but all the men were just unlikeable.

This first movie was amazing, the kids were 10/10. We always knew this tbh, the adult portion is the real test by fire.

I thought they were fine but to each is own.

 

[Frodo]

I think I preferred Skarsgård's childlike and animalistic PW over Curry's wisecracking. Felt closer to the version I pictured in the novel. Still love Curry's interpretation, though!

Skarsgard's was more animalistic , but Curry's was creepier with more personality. That said, they did different things with the character while staying consist with the character. I like em both .

I see IT the mini series like Batman 89 while IT the movie is more like The Dark Knight. One may be better in quality than the other over all and in many respects but both are good interpretations of the myth and both are entertaining films.

So for me , as someone who grew up with the miniseries in real time and who's now seen the film as an adult. Its not an either or thing. They're both good in their own ways imo. I will say though , I now basically consider the mini series the "PG" version compared to the new film.t:.

 

[pr0xyt0xin]

I think I preferred Skarsgård's childlike and animalistic PW over Curry's wisecracking. Felt closer to the version I pictured in the novel. Still love Curry's interpretation, though!

So, personally I think Curry (in his prime) could have done this movie and done it well. I think he was probably the most stand out piece of the original and I'm getting a kick out of comparing the two Pennywise adaptations.

That being said, this movie and all the talent in was all around better than the 1990 one. Costuming, effects, acting, pacing, themes. Even with Curry's talent, I'd put the original at about a 5.5/10 and this one at a 9.5/10.

If this movie came out before Stranger Things, I think people would have been blown away (even moreso than they already will be).

 

[Frodo]

The actor I could see playing an older Eddie Kaspbrak is actually Grant Gustin. He'd still be a bit too young given that he was born in 1990.

 

[Still Wynning]

Someone on BMD suggested Stephen Dorff for adult Henry Bowers. That would be pretty inspired casting.

 

[mclay18]

Saw it earlier today at 1 p.m. (as I had to work and deal with several sold-out shows later on) ... just, I mean wow. This is a good movie, great chemistry between the kid actors, and Bill Skarsgard is terrifying as Pennywise.

I don't see myself revisiting this on the big screen, but major props to Andy Muschetti for this. I like how the film is a complete experience without dangling major sequel bait (aside from the "IT: Chapter One" subtitle at the start of the end credits).

 

[Matt Mortem]

Someone on BMD suggested Stephen Dorff for adult Henry Bowers. That would be pretty inspired casting.

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I do wonder though if Bowers is coming back. I know he does in the books, but he seems kinda dead to me.

 

[KevTravels]

Deadline is reporting that it could open close to $100 million dollars.

That would be HUGE

 

[terry78]

My audience started rolling when [

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]they were cleaning the blood stained bathroom via 80s montage style. [

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[Fallen Angel]

Someone on twitter said to me that crazy Grace woman off Youtube said one of her sources told her WB doesn't want to spend money on getting big talent for the grown up roles with the one caveat being you guessed it Jess Chastain as a possibility for Bev because of her connections with the director.

 

[samsnee]

I enjoyed it. It wasn't scary, but there were some good visuals. Bill definitely played it more low key than Tim Curry. The ending was a little anti-climatic. I was hoping to see Pennywise fight back a little more, but I guess since they weren't afraid, he didn't have much power.

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Did Pennywise capture Beverly in the book? That felt a little trite to me. I liked the tv version where they all decided to go together versus now having to save the girl

Best scenes were when they first decided to enter the house.

 

[terry78]

No he didn't, and it seemed kinda lame that they did that. Hell they could've had any one of them in that role in order to switch it up.

 

[def28]

Few questions I had for those that may know...

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Does It not finish eating the kids or something? I know the whole thing at the end was about It starving, but there looked like a ton of kids floating around. Do they have to still be alive and full of fear? I assumed them floating around was his way of supplying.

Also was there any connections to the deadlights and the dead kids in that scene with Bev? Heard alot of voices. Or is that still supposed to represent Its true form ?

 

[Rjones1325]

For the longest week, I felt like the only guy who didn't dig the movie like everyone else. I was the first person to give IT a 2.5/5 rating and been giving me **** all week all over the internet. I had fun with it but the editing still gets to me at how clunky its spliced together. I don't know what else to say but its critically overrated and I don't care wht anyone else says.

BUT ON A HAPPY NOTE: I have these items from the movie that I'm giving away so if you want to enter for that, float down right over here: http://www.rendyreviews.com/giveaways//it-t-shirt-and-pins-prize-giveaway

 

[def28]

I don't think it was perfect but it's one of the more fun Horror trips to the theatre I've had in awhile.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

I had a blast with this film. The kids they got here actually do have some great chemistry with eachother with the standouts for me being Bill, Beverly and the kid from Stranger Things. I wasn't too much of a fan of Stanley and Eddie though. It's not as scary as it hopes to be, but there are more than a couple of frightening moments. I liked Skaarsgaard's more sadistic and animalistic interpretation of Pennywise, but man did the CGI ruin it for me at times. It was so unnecessary and looked as bad The Thing prequel in some scenes. The tension is excellent in this though, especially in the first scene where Pennywise is talking to Georgie.

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I honestly loved that sequence from the music to the tension slowly ramping up, and kudos to them allowing a little kid to actually be killed in a pretty gruesome way which you definitely don't see in most mainstream horror films.

Another thing I can say I really appreciated with this movie is that they weren't afraid to go there with the darker stuff with the parents and the bullies. Seriously, the guy who played the main bully was pretty damn disturbing and obviously a psychopath. I'm looking forward to the sequel whenever it comes out, but I'm mostly curious if the actors they get can be anywhere near as good as the majority of the kids in this movie.

I'd give It a 7/10

 

[Incarnadine]

The opening weekend record for a horror movie is Paranormal Activity 3 with $52,568,183, IT has an opening day estimate of 48m-49m (including previews) according to Rth.

I think the OW record might just possibly be going down.t:

 

[Jekecy]

...so Amy Adams is definitely going to be Bev in Chapter 2, right? She's the exact age for a 27+ year flash-forward and Sophia is practically her younger double.

EDIT: Looks like a casting director beat me to it as they're playing the same character in the Sharp Objects mini-series.

 

[rogue trooper]

Saw "it" today, and it totally delivered as the first act that I was hoping it would be. I liked that it was done in such a way as a film that stands on its own and not "forcibly" imply a sequel. As an adaptation, it captures the heart and soul of the characters and sequences from the novel in a sharp effective manner, certainly among King's finest adaptations. The acting from the kids was very believable and really evoked that coming of age factor. Skarsgard as Pennywise? Delightfully different from Curry's version. An impressive sight!

I son can't wait for Chapter 2 for more of the stuff from the book!

 

[terry78]

http://www.cinemablend.com/news/170...tor-choices-and-moving-forward-with-chapter-2

The kids discuss who they want to portray them in the next flick.

 

[The Endless]

Thing that surprised me is Pennywise actually was quite funny with his one liners.

"Hey egg boy!"