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

[danoyse]

I swear I'm going to the ****ing dollar store tomorrow and just buying a bunch of red balloons and let them just float around the city.


I also liked how

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Maturin was somewhat of a subtle presence via Georgie's Lego version and Ben finding a turtle in the quarry water. Basically he was the one somewhat protecting them and giving them the courage to fight It.

I know, I'm actually thinking of getting some tomorrow morning and having them waiting when my sister gets back from the movie to pick up her kids at my place.

And yeah....

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...the stuff with the turtle was great. My dad was impressed that they even had the references to the turtle.

 

[Thundercrack85]

I had mixed feelings about the film myself. I thought Skarsgard did a great job. If anything, I think he could have been used better. I feel like they left very little to the imagination.

The kids were pretty good too. But some of the writing just felt off. The kids just don't act logically or realistically at times. This leads to some baffling scenes. Like them going to confront Pennywise with no plan or weapons of any sort.

Or when one kid gets viciously attacked they don't report it to the authorities or even try to get him medical treatment. Instead they steal supplies from a pharmacy. Half the time it seems like the kids don't even have families. I had assumed that the parents' odd behavior was somehow the influence of It, but it just seems to be the writing.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

People complaining about how bad August was at the box office. It is because It and Kingsman are going to destroy the September box office record. Should have been August releases.

 

[SuperBatman]

People complaining about how bad August was at the box office. It is because It and Kingsman are going to destroy the September box office record. Should have been August releases.

Yeah nothing really good came out in August

 

[SuperBatman]

I had mixed feelings about the film myself. I thought Skarsgard did a great job. If anything, I think he could have been used better. I feel like they left very little to the imagination.

The kids were pretty good too. But some of the writing just felt off. The kids just don't act logically or realistically at times. This leads to some baffling scenes. Like them going to confront Pennywise with no plan or weapons of any sort.

Or when one kid gets viciously attacked they don't report it to the authorities or even try to get him medical treatment. Instead they steal supplies from a pharmacy. Half the time it seems like the kids don't even have families. I had assumed that the parents' odd behavior was somehow the influence of It, but it just seems to be the writing.

Well to be honest going to the authorities really wouldn't of done much. This might be explained more in the sequel but spoilers.

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In the book the adults really didn't care if the kids would get hurt or anything like that. I mean u had a abussive father in Beverlys case and a over protective mother in Eddies case. Not to mention Bills parents really only seem to care about Georgie and it's like they blamed Bill for his death. Also they did touch upon the rest of the adults in somewhat scene when Henry was cutting Ben and that old couple drove by and didn't do anything.

 

[Broseph44]

Screenrant talks about the Cary fukunaga version of the film, for the most part I am happy with what we got, only thing that seemed more interesting (and perhaps we'll get it in a sequel (whenever WB/NL greenlite one)) was a more indepth look into the origins of IT.

http://screenrant.com/it-movie-2017-original-script-changes-cary-fukunaga/

It makes sense and seems obvious though in Chapter 2 we will get more of the origin of IT. So I dunno why some mark this as a negative for this particular film personally I just don't get it but yeah. We are gonna get more origin next film obviously.

 

[Primal Slayer]

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My 9-year-old nephew is INSISTING he's old enough to watch it too, but there's no way. I had joked after I saw it on Thursday that he's not allowed to see it until he's 40. After the movie ended to tonight, my dad upped that age limit to 85.

Aw come on! Let him see it!

 

[Loki882]

Yeah seeing his face when

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poor Georgie gets killed

would be worth the price of admission alone.

 

[terry78]

Yeah, that opening scene pretty much lets everyone in the audience know, "that's right, it's this kind of movie."

 

[danoyse]

Aw come on! Let him see it!

I let him and his brother watch about 30 seconds of the Tim Curry one when they were here a few weeks ago. They both watched it buried behind the pillows on my couch. Hell no are they watching this version anytime soon.

They're both really into Five Nights at Freddy's right now, so they're all about the jump scares. He thinks this basically a bunch of jump scares.

Hell, the Georgie scene bothered me, and I've known Georgie's fate for almost 30 years now.

So no to It, although I think he's just about ready for Stranger Things, so we'll start there.

 

[Heretic]

Saw it...loved it. I'm a huge Horror fan...but kind of difficult to please (I didn't really even like Lights Out or The Conjuring 2 or Ouija: Origin of Evil...all of which got a bunch of praise). This just had a ton of heart...great atmosphere that was scary throughout (instead of not scary at all for the first hour like many Horror films)...the kids all seemed genuine. Pennywise was incredible. It was like watching the first ANOES for the first time and seeing an iconic new slasher killer. Loved the effect of the water coming out of his mouth when he spoke...and the "bad" CGI didnt bother me because its a freaking clown...I think it was intentional. It was even pretty darn funny.

Oddly enough...my favorite scene was

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In the library where Ben was looking through the old photo album and the librarian was off in the back of the room...out of focus...looking creepy as all get out, staring at him with this evil look. It wasn't a blatant scare...in fact...most of the people I saw the film with didnt even notice it (I went in a group of 12). But something about that freaked me out because it was like the evil could be anywhere and anyone.

 

[JtheDreamer]

Sorry to hear you didn't get much out of it in that line of the context.

This review by Forbe's Scott Mendelson more elaborately explains all the problems I had with the movie: https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottm...-is-a-terrifying-disappointment/#7ca50db81c13

It morphs from a very creepy opening Georgie death scene (IMO was infinitely better than the TV series) into thinly portrayed child archetypes who in various arbitrarily put together sequences are being terrorized by a goofy clown that ironically becomes very sloppy at his primary gig and the city - well they manage to remain completely oblivious.

Pennywise's aesthetic, the kids' charisma as a group, and the pop culture nostalgia rescue it for most standard audience members. I get it - that's what sells - but it's not a quality horror flick by any stretch of the imagination.

 

[Crosswind Ghost]

Who else loved the tailing jingle of bells that pennywise had in a couple sequences? I thought it was a great touch.

 

[JtheDreamer]

It makes sense and seems obvious though in Chapter 2 we will get more of the origin of IT. So I dunno why some mark this as a negative for this particular film personally I just don't get it but yeah. We are gonna get more origin next film obviously.

Such a Warner Brothers thing to say.

 

[The Joker]

Pennywise's aesthetic is far from being the only great thing about him. The kids, even the under developed ones like Mike, all feel like real likable kids who all have some kind of personal issues. The story flows smoothly, and is not sloppy at all. There are a lot of great emotional moments in the movie, like the aforementioned one with Georgie and Bill at the end which got a few people here choked up.

This is a quality horror movie. I am glad it's got the popularity, critical and financial success backing up its greatness.

 

[JtheDreamer]

Well to be honest going to the authorities really wouldn't of done much. This might be explained more in the sequel but spoilers.

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In the book the adults really didn't care if the kids would get hurt or anything like that. I mean u had a abussive father in Beverlys case and a over protective mother in Eddies case. Not to mention Bills parents really only seem to care about Georgie and it's like they blamed Bill for his death. Also they did touch upon the rest of the adults in somewhat scene when Henry was cutting Ben and that old couple drove by and didn't do anything.

The film does a poor job of tying all of those parental/adult issues into the manifestation of Pennywise and how it should initially weaken the kids against him.

 

[The Joker]

Who else loved the tailing jingle of bells that pennywise had in a couple sequences? I thought it was a great touch.

That was awesome. I loved that creepy children singing song they played in several of his scenes.

 

[JtheDreamer]

This is a quality horror movie. I am glad it's got the popularity, critical and financial success backing up its greatness.

It's to horror movies what pop is to the music genre.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Yeah nothing really good came out in August

Not really. I dunno if you're talking about the actual quality of the movies but when it comes to the BO, August delivered Annabelle Creation which will boast the best legs (multiplier) for a horror sequel in almost ever. Without the barren August and low competition all around it would not have happened. Warner Bros. knew what they were doing when they scheduled Annabelle Creation for August and put 'IT' in the weekend after the Labor Day weekend because at the end of the day both movies will maximize their potential and then some. Brilliant decisions from WB execs.

 

[redhawk23]

The fact that the kids parents are largely uninvolved and that the down rains will fill onlivipus is largely the poont although one that I think the first should have harped on a bit more. Derry is an awful place. Pennywise just accentuates and feeds on the evil that's already there.
They show this a bit with the car that drives by Ben while he's being attacked, and the general crappiness of their parents, and Mike's family's general weariness with racism and that his parents were lely killed on purpose. I actually didn't like that they had the police intervene with Bowers early on because it undercuts the apathy and neglect of the adults which is a vital element.

 

[Jekecy]

Oddly enough...my favorite scene was

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In the library where Ben was looking through the old photo album and the librarian was off in the back of the room...out of focus...looking creepy as all get out, staring at him with this evil look. It wasn't a blatant scare...in fact...most of the people I saw the film with didnt even notice it (I went in a group of 12). But something about that freaked me out because it was like the evil could be anywhere and anyone.

I think that's the scene the creeped me out the most. I saw it in a Dolby Cinema near the front so the screen was huge in front of me. I didn't see her at first, but when I did, it was practically a jumpscare for me. They kept cutting back to it too, and the fact she was so out of focus you couldn't really tell what she was doing made it all the more spine-tingling.

 

[SuperBatman]

The fact that the kids parents are largely uninvolved and that the down rains will fill onlivipus is largely the poont although one that I think the first should have harped on a bit more. Derry is an awful place. Pennywise just accentuates and feeds on the evil that's already there.
They show this a bit with the car that drives by Ben while he's being attacked, and the general crappiness of their parents, and Mike's family's general weariness with racism and that his parents were lely killed on purpose. I actually didn't like that they had the police intervene with Bowers early on because it undercuts the apathy and neglect of the adults which is a vital element.

It wasn't so much as the police intervene rather than his dad was the cop that was there that's why Henry and his gang backed off.

 

[Matt Mortem]

It's to horror movies what pop is to the music genre.

The music genre? Da fuq are you talking about.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

The music genre? Da fuq are you talking about.

Bruh, why are replying to him?? No disrespect to that guy but he did the same shtick after Kong:Skull Island released. He was salty as hell about it. He is tryna get a reaction out of those who loved 'IT'. Let him stay pressed. Ignore him.

 

[lime]

I have a question:

The movie gave me the impression that Beverly's Father was sexually abusing her? Was that the case or I misunderstand it? Was he raping his own daughter?