Stephen King's "IT" remake has found a writer - Part 4

[BH/HHH]

This movie makes me wish they went back and used the alternative takes for Jaws

Holy ****! I've never seen that still

 

[roach]

Holy ****! I've never seen that still

They shot alt scenes to tone the movie down.

 

[Galactus10]

I saw IT on Thursday and wrote a fairly lengthy review but I couldn't post it because I wanted to add images and been busy with life, business and such.

Anyway, I loved IT!! If I were to rate it, I would give it a 9/10, maybe a little higher for what it set out to achieve.

Here's my full thoughts:

http://roccocaz.squarespace.com/pageit/

Thanks in advance if you read the ~1100 words but for fans of the novel, that ain't nothin compared to the 1200 page book!

 

[BH/HHH]

They shot alt scenes to tone the movie down.

I think the film works best as it did cause revealing the shark in full too early would have made the film less effective IMO.

 

[markjoedelonge]

I think the film works best as it did cause revealing the shark in full too early would have made the film less effective IMO.

"Jaws" is the locus classicus for "less is more".

 

[The Endless]

Which is perfectly fine considering the source material.

Well yea I'm not criticising it for that. I think it's a really well made film and one of the best book to movie adaptations, not just King.

I think Derry being "evil" or corrupt was shown just enough. We don't need to be spoon fed. But it shows us the history of the town, it hints at the apathy towards all the murders and disappearances. Plus every single adult is ****ed up in one way or another.

Basically I just don't think any movie can scare me any more. I can't hold that against the movie though.

 

[BH/HHH]

"Jaws" is the locus classicus for "less is more".

Indeed and I think Halloween did that well too.

 

[Brian Braddock]

Holy ****! I've never seen that still

Indeed. JAWS is my favourite movie and I only found out about that scene a year ago. There are a couple of different stills of that scene floating around and I still find them chilling when I see them.

In retrospect though, as scaringly nightmarish that imagery is, I understand why they didn't use it - the less is more approach definitely worked and I think we just would have seen more criticism of the FX had they used it.

 

[Darkness Falls]

saw it tonight honestly really enjoyed it
it was a nice change of pace having a horror movie actually take advantage of their locations, the cinematography was on point and i loved the lighting

Blurred the lines between cgi and practical effects, there was some scenes where i honestly couldn't tell
i thought the kids were all great and played well off each other, i thought bill was great as pennywise, still find the curry version alot more intimidating and scary but he did great

8/10

 

[TLH]

I think my biggest issue with the film is the reason why the Losers decide to take down Pennywise.

Spoiler

In the film, they go after It to rescue Bev. Why change it to a damsel in distress situation? I loved their motivation in the novel and the 1990 film, that although they were only kids, they decided to stand up to the evil rather than let it continue to infest Derry.

Except it's both. Bill and the losers had basically already agreed to this point earlier in the film. The additional plot device involving Beverly just was there to up the stakes a bit and explain Pennywise a bit more (dead lights etc).

 

[Blitzkrieg]

https://***********/BORReport/status/907966341201534976

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IT grossed an estimated $11.44M on Tuesday. 5-Day total stands at $143.60M.

I knew it

http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?p=35694011&highlight=#post35694011

I think 'IT' should have a good increase on Tuesday. Sunday's hold was abnormally good. I never thought about a less than 40% drop against Irma & NFL games but somehow IT managed -37%. That meant the Monday drop will be slightly on the higher side. But the Discount Tuesday effect coupled with Florida business getting back up after Irma and no big NFL games for the day should make for a good Tuesday. I think a (20-30)% increase from Monday is likely. I'm expecting something between the (10.5-11.5) million range.

 

[mclay18]

IT made $11.4M yesterday, biggest Tuesday in September. It ranks fourth behind the November Tuesdays of Catching Fire, Mockingjay: Part 1 and Breaking Dawn: Part 2.

http://deadline.com/2017/09/it-movi...cord-september-october-box-office-1202168696/

 

[The Guard]

Except it's both. Bill and the losers had basically already agreed to this point earlier in the film. The additional plot device involving Beverly just was there to up the stakes a bit and explain Pennywise a bit more (dead lights etc).

This. It's clearly both.

Spoiler

Beverly being in peril

is so they are inspired to overcome their own fear about confronting It, which they were unable to do previously, even though they knew it needed to be done.

Spoiler

Because now one of them is in immediate danger.

 

[The Endless]

Yea I also see a few people criticising Bill for not being a leader, that he is motivated for selfish reasons, but that isn't true at all. He was clearly the leader of the group and his speech before they confront IT was great.

 

[BradenPickering]

It was a throwaway line spoken by the home-schooled kid when they were gathered outside of some kind of town fair.

The rest of it is a loose connection because you the viewer with prior knowledge of this story know that's how it's supposed to be. That's a very key distinction. How Pennywise is drawing off the evil of the town's adults is not very efficiently explained/connected - it's half concocted.

I actually felt like there were several instances of the movie glossing over key points abd relying way too heavily on the viewer already being familiar with the source material. In this case specifically, the original did a much better job of showing the apathy of the adults, creating a genuine sense of underlying dread. The situation seemed much dyer and like more was at stake. The new movie - which I didn't dislike - did a great job building the kids' relationships but also seemed more occupied with jump scares and abrasive music/sound editing as if to say "we're doing something scary right now."

 

[terry78]

"If you say it's summer one more ****ing time...."


That is the line of the movie right there.

 

[BradenPickering]

Also, all I could think through the entire movie was "Gosh, doesn't anyone in this town have light switches in their house?"

 

[BatSpider]

"If you say it's summer one more ****ing time...."


That is the line of the movie right there.

That line was great, tied for me with Eddie's "gazebo" line

 

[Finarfiniel]

"If you say it's summer one more ****ing time...."


That is the line of the movie right there.

That line was great, tied for me with Eddie's "gazebo" line

Those were the two lines that got the biggest laughs at my showing. Along with Richie's line about only virgins being able to see Pennywise. t:

Also, all I could think through the entire movie was "Gosh, doesn't anyone in this town have light switches in their house?"

In all fairness though, you could say that about pretty much every horror film ever made. People not turning the damn lights on is a horror staple, like people splitting up instead of staying together in the creepy old house, cemetery, forest, e.t.c.

 

[The Guard]

In all fairness though, you could say that about pretty much every horror film ever made. People not turning the damn lights on is a horror staple, like people splitting up instead of staying together in the creepy old house, cemetery, forest, e.t.c.

But supposedly it's not a horror movie, right?

 

[roach]

That line was great, tied for me with Eddie's "gazebo" line

For me the Molly Ringwald comment

 

[MAN O STEEL]

most of the lines said by the kids made me chuckle but the only one that made me actually burst into laughter was Eddie's Gazebo line. That caught me off guard. However my favorite line from the whole film is from Pennywise at the end when he has Bill and the kids ask him to let him go.

"I'll take him! I'll take all of you! and I'll feast on your flesh as I feed on your fear... Or... you'll just leave us be... and i'll take him. Only him, and I will have my long rest and you will all live to grow and thrive and lead happy lives, until old age takes you back to the weeds."

 

[Travesty]

I finally had a free day to see this, and I thought it was good. Not very scary, but tense, and I liked all the actors.

I'm sure it's been said, but it felt like an R rated Goonies with a clown.

 

[terry78]

I feel like at the end when he said that I'll take all of you line was just him trying a desparate bluff since none of them were even afraid at that point. He just needed a trump card and it failed.

 

[Frodo]

I actually felt like there were several instances of the movie glossing over key points abd relying way too heavily on the viewer already being familiar with the source material. In this case specifically, the original did a much better job of showing the apathy of the adults, creating a genuine sense of underlying dread. The situation seemed much dyer and like more was at stake. The new movie - which I didn't dislike - did a great job building the kids' relationships but also seemed more occupied with jump scares and abrasive music/sound editing as if to say "we're doing something scary right now."

That's pretty much how I felt as well. I think the film did a better job with the interpersonal relationships and showing Pennywise as a brutal creature, but the film lacked the psychological torment of IT , the and Apathy of the adults in the town.