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

[samsnee]

The reviews don't have to be good for that, at all. Those technical categories have nothing to do with positive reviews.

The Wolfman remake won makeup and it has a 34% on RT.

Yeap. Suicide Squad won an Oscar for costume design.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Yeap. Suicide Squad won an Oscar for costume design.

Nah. Skwad won for Makeup & Hairstyling while Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Colleen Atwood) won the Costume Design Oscar.

 

[samsnee]

My bad.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

"Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise does for IT, what Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger did, for A Nightmare on Elm Street".-Epic Film Guy Justin

The advance screening for IT at Regal Gallery Place in downtown DC was one of the most fun, and organized early screenings I've ever been to. They provided complimentary popcorn and soda, an amazing free Pennywise T-shirt, an enamel pin, and a raffle to win a yet to be release Mondo poster for the film. I’ll give a few of my brief thoughts below:

PROS:
-All of the acting was top notch, the Losers Club all have a true sense of friendship and are fleshed out for the time given in the film. Finn Wolfhard as Richie, absolutely steals the show.
-It was funny! I had no idea I would laugh this much in this movie given what we’ve seen from the trailers so far. There was great and very realistic dialogue written for the kids of that age.
-It was absolutely terrifying. As a huge horror buff even I was on the edge of my seat at times, with the tension and sense of dread slowly building.
-It didn’t pull any punches when it came to violence and gore. It was brutal and unrelenting, especially involving the kids.
-It was made with craftsmanship and by someone that loved the source material. The direction in this film is top notch, and I’m glad that Andy Muschietti stepped up to the plate and hit a home run.
-Skarsgard as Pennywise. He has so much fun playing this character, almost sadistically. The variations in his voice, along with his movements and mannerisms make him the scariest version of the character yet. I haven’t decided yet but I think I prefer his interpretation of Pennywise to Tim Curry’s (which is not an easy decision to make). He is the new face of “The Boogeyman”, for the modern horror genre.
-It was imaginative. They get very creative with what they do with Pennywise and bringing out the fears in the kids using more fantastical elements. It felt, and looked like a modern day Nightmare on Elm Street, and there’s plenty of nods in the movie to enforce that, almost sometimes literally.

CONS:
-Jump scares. While we knew there would be some, they did rely heavily at times to them but they worked quite well. The audience jumped out of their seats and I heard plenty of gasps and screams.
-The ending was fine but didn’t blow me away. I liked it but it could’ve been better. I still walked out on a high.

So some brief final thoughts, I think this movie is going to please the majority of people interested. The crowd I saw it with enjoyed the hell out of it. I found it to be miles ahead of the original made for TV movie in every way, and topping most modern day mainstream horror flicks. I have a feeling it’ll change the face of modern horror and the route studios take with these franchises, hopefully opening the door for more movies like it.

 

[The Shape]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it.


So for all those Rotten Tomatoes addicts out there, would you say we're heading towards a "Certified Fresh" or what?????????!!!

 

[Tg11]

To me Tim Curry was Pennywise but now seeing Bill Skarsgard of Skarsgard Hollywood royalty take over as Pennywise...I will definitely say he scares the s*** out of me no he is really terrifying

 

[:eek:]

Pennywise Visiting King?

Posted: August 29, 2017, 16:13:45
Section: Film » It

Interesting report from Bangor Daily News. Has Pennywise visited King...

Stephen King has hung the unofficial symbol of Pennywise in the window of his West Broadway home: a red balloon. You know, the harmless plaything Pennywise gives to children, before he snaps them up and consumes their life force? That ol’ thing.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

A nice little added treat at the screening last night was a brief little heartfelt video intro to the film by King himself. I don't know if it'll play during the theatrical release but I hope it does. It was nice to get his endorsement even if he does also endorse some of the subpar film adaptations of his work.

 

[terry78]

We may just get that typical intro from the director thanking us for seeing the film "the way it was meant to be seen."

 

[Blitzkrieg]

"Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise does for IT, what Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger did, for A Nightmare on Elm Street".-Epic Film Guy Justin

The advance screening for IT at Regal Gallery Place in downtown DC was one of the most fun, and organized early screenings I've ever been to. They provided complimentary popcorn and soda, an amazing free Pennywise T-shirt, an enamel pin, and a raffle to win a yet to be release Mondo poster for the film. I’ll give a few of my brief thoughts below:

PROS:
-All of the acting was top notch, the Losers Club all have a true sense of friendship and are fleshed out for the time given in the film. Finn Wolfhard as Richie, absolutely steals the show.
-It was funny! I had no idea I would laugh this much in this movie given what we’ve seen from the trailers so far. There was great and very realistic dialogue written for the kids of that age.
-It was absolutely terrifying. As a huge horror buff even I was on the edge of my seat at times, with the tension and sense of dread slowly building.
-It didn’t pull any punches when it came to violence and gore. It was brutal and unrelenting, especially involving the kids.
-It was made with craftsmanship and by someone that loved the source material. The direction in this film is top notch, and I’m glad that Andy Muschietti stepped up to the plate and hit a home run.
-Skarsgard as Pennywise. He has so much fun playing this character, almost sadistically. The variations in his voice, along with his movements and mannerisms make him the scariest version of the character yet. I haven’t decided yet but I think I prefer his interpretation of Pennywise to Tim Curry’s (which is not an easy decision to make). He is the new face of “The Boogeyman”, for the modern horror genre.
-It was imaginative. They get very creative with what they do with Pennywise and bringing out the fears in the kids using more fantastical elements. It felt, and looked like a modern day Nightmare on Elm Street, and there’s plenty of nods in the movie to enforce that, almost sometimes literally.

CONS:
-Jump scares. While we knew there would be some, they did rely heavily at times to them but they worked quite well. The audience jumped out of their seats and I heard plenty of gasps and screams.
-The ending was fine but didn’t blow me away. I liked it but it could’ve been better. I still walked out on a high.

So some brief final thoughts, I think this movie is going to please the majority of people interested. The crowd I saw it with enjoyed the hell out of it. I found it to be miles ahead of the original made for TV movie in every way, and topping most modern day mainstream horror flicks. I have a feeling it’ll change the face of modern horror and the route studios take with these franchises, hopefully opening the door for more movies like it.

Glad you loved it and thanks for sharing your thoughts.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Glad you loved it and thanks for sharing your thoughts.

No problem. I honestly can't wait to see it again next week!

 

[OutOfBoose]

Man, I hate reliance on jump scares. But if everything else is great, it won't break the film for me.

 

[harlequinade]

https://www.trailer-track.com/2017/...in-off-nun-way-following-frightfest-premiere/

The Nun trailer is going to be attached to IT, so that makes my hype even bigger

 

[Greens]

Cool to finally see some concrete evidence of the Nun film.

 

[redhawk23]

Man, I hate reliance on jump scares. But if everything else is great, it won't break the film for me.

They can be well done, it just takes craft just the same as anything else.

 

[The Joker]

Jump scares are good if they are earned. From what we've been hearing the movie does a great job of racking up the suspense.

 

[Matt Mortem]

My hype for this film as more and more impressions come floating in just keeps going up. I hope I'm not overhyping, but I think we have a modern horror classic on our hands.

 

[Luigi]

Can't believe that its only one week away.

 

[redhawk23]

I hope when this film is successful it can push studio based horror films back towards some monster based horror. After a decade of ghosts and half scene demons slightly moving sheets it's time to move on. A return to adapting horror literature would be a good place to start. There are plenty of untouched great horror hooks that continue to be written. Even King's Son Joe Hill has written a few that are still ripe for the picking like NOS4A2.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

My hype for this film as more and more impressions come floating in just keeps going up. I hope I'm not overhyping, but I think we have a modern horror classic on our hands.

I don't want to push your hype even higher, but I would go as far as calling it a modern horror classic. I haven't watched a modern mainstream horror film in quite some time that effected me the way that IT did.

To clarify about my issue with the jump scares, it wasn't really that much of an issue (I had a hard time finding things I had problems with) since they were earned after a proper buildup. They do not utilize them in a cheap or unearned fashion like most generic haunted house flicks that get churned out to the theaters every year. The film has a great sense of suspense and dread throughout.

 

[Lily Adler]

The Conjuring, Insidious, Sinister, It Follows, Unfriended, The Babadook, The Witch, Lights Out, and now IT. Horror movies are actually good again.

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

The Conjuring, Insidious, Sinister, It Follows, Unfriended, The Babadook, The Witch, Lights Out, and now IT. Horror movies are actually good again.

Slightly more of a thriller, but add Get Out to that list and I 100% agree.

 

[Lily Adler]

It's okay so is The Babadook.

 

[jed]

Excited about this.

"It" opens in my country next Thursday, Sept 7th. I'm planning to watch it on Wednesday (sneak preview) or Thursday.

I was only 8 years old when the "It" tv movie comes out. So I'm really excited to watch this in cinema.

 

[Kane52630]