I feel like without the context of the adult section, the pact seemed kind of random? In the book, it feels like destiny, something powerful that transcends their bonds of friendship. King had vividly established its importance through the events of the adult story before the pact actually happens.
But in the movie, it comes across as this kind of random act that could have just been like a handshake or "put our hands together". The group hug at the end had more of the right emotional impact than the actual pact scene IMO
I think there's a big difference between Pennywise rushing at the camera here versus the typical jump scare in a lot of horror movies
For one, it was motivated by narrative rather than just being a scare tactic for the viewer. It was a predatory/hunting tactic rather than just jumping at the camera for no reason. You could say we're basically seeing Pennywise from the character's perspective in those moments, the lion's lunge after stalking its prey.
So often in (poor) horror movies, a jump scare is only for the audience's benefit. The camera will be off-set and then...boom, scare, even though the character should have been able to see what was offscreen. Or maybe characters aren't even aware that the scare happened; for example Sinister 1 and 2 had moments that the characters can't see or were not aware but just jump out to scare the viewers. But in IT, as well as many effective use of jump scares in film, we're in the character's shoes, just as tense and on edge as they are, and then danger and terror strikes.
That moment of fright is mutual between viewer and victim.
Stan's new fear seems to have left the biggest impression on me. That big painting lady was creepy as fuck.
I wonder if they took one of the later script climaxes out (because the finale in the film wasnt' in any of the scripts I read for this) and are saving it for part two?
It did involve giant eyes and spiders.
It was pretty fuckin' gross.
I really liked the interactions between Ben and Bev, especially that first one when they're outside of the school and she signs his yearbook. Just really well done.
Also, the scene where Bev closes Ben's door and the NKOTB poster is on there lmao. That was gold.
My mother absolutely refuses to ever watch The Exorcist again as well actually.
And you're spot on. IT basically did that to me as a kid, minus the part where I can't ever watch it again. The TV film looks hokey now, but everyone I know in my age range that saw it was utterly fucking terrified of it back then.
The fact it centered around a group of kids made it so much worse since my immediate group of friends all had King fever then and was reading it at the same time. It's like King looked in our collective heads and pulled out exactly what he knew we feared the most.
Also, Henry's final scenes were entirely pointless...sorry.
Don't be sorry, you speak the truth, the whole Bowers gang was handled poorly, we should have seen Victor get his head ripped off and Belch die too.. them showing up to Adult Henry was very cool in the book, now I don't even know if adult Henry will be in it.
I honestly don't know where they're going with chapter 2. Unless Henry miraculously survived the fall, he won't be in it unless as a zombie. Also, his confrontation with Mike as an adult will have to be changed too. Speaking of Mike, are they gonna have him stay in Derry or change his ark completely? I'm still kinda pissed about that.
I honestly don't know where they're going with chapter 2. Unless Henry miraculously survived the fall, he won't be in it unless as a zombie. Also, his confrontation with Mike as an adult will have to be changed too. Speaking of Mike, are they gonna have him stay in Derry or change his ark completely? I'm still kinda pissed about that.
Do you use the same bathroom as your mom?There wil be no sequel because the kids died of hepatitis by cutting their hands with a shard of glass. WTF.
That scene took me out of the film. Think of the potential infection risks!
I honestly don't know where they're going with chapter 2. Unless Henry miraculously survived the fall, he won't be in it unless as a zombie. Also, his confrontation with Mike as an adult will have to be changed too. Speaking of Mike, are they gonna have him stay in Derry or change his ark completely? I'm still kinda pissed about that.
There wil be no sequel because the kids died of hepatitis by cutting their hands with a shard of glass. WTF.
That scene took me out of the film. Think of the potential infection risks!
It is a long book but it makes sense. This 1 sentence review is wildly inaccurate and most people who've read the book and have a 4th grade level of reading comprehension will enjoy it.It's long as fuck and makes no sense like 95% of the time
Decided to rent the 1990 miniseries. Wow @at the end. Was that really in the book? That did not seem to fit with the rest of the story at all. What the hell was that?the Shelob Spider demon
Also was Henry Bowers always under Pennywise's influence?
Decided to rent the 1990 miniseries. Wow @at the end. Was that really in the book? That did not seem to fit with the rest of the story at all. What the hell was that?the Shelob Spider demon
Also was Henry Bowers always under Pennywise's influence?
Decided to rent the 1990 miniseries. Wow @at the end. Was that really in the book? That did not seem to fit with the rest of the story at all. What the hell was that?the Shelob Spider demon
Also was Henry Bowers always under Pennywise's influence?
I'm reading The Shining right now, and I wouldn't mind a modern version of the film. Kubrick went out of his way to make it so different from the book, I'd like to see something follow to book a bit more closely.I want Chapter 2 now!! and please remake more Stephen King movies from the book, not The Shining tho, that stays as the masterpiece it is.
Mike is probably gonna stay in Derry to maintain the sheep farm.
Not too hard to write Henry back in - he could be written to have survived the fall and found raving and insane in the sewers among the remains of the missing children, putting him in the right position for his role in the adult tale (also, having him revealed to have survived in Chapter II would be a neat kicker).
Mike is a bit trickier. Perhaps he could take his grandfather's speech to heart, deciding he wants to be on the outside of the sheep pen - but protecting the sheep instead of culling them. Not a huge leap to have adult Mike telling the Losers that he stayed and, inspired by his grandfather's speech and his tales of the poison in Derry, he's spent the intervening years researching the town, watching for It's return and taking the kind of role he had in the novel. Yes, Ben took a bit of that from Mike in the film, but it's not an enormous leap to say that Ben's experiences in this film made him want to leave Derry and abandon his research and have Mike step in.
Oh wow. So Mike Hanlon is more or less on a constant smoke-fueled vision quest?
Jesus.
Oh wow. So Mike Hanlon is more or less on a constant smoke-fueled vision quest?
Jesus.
Oh wow. So Mike Hanlon is more or less on a constant smoke-fueled vision quest?
Jesus.
http://ew.com/movies/2017/09/11/stephen-king-it-sequel-details/
Not sure if this was posted, but this EW article that came out today sheds some light on the direction they're going with Chapter 2. Extremely excited to hear them re-confirm that the kids will play a major role in flashbacks.
Spoiler warning, it does discuss some of the plot elements from the adult storyline.
I wonder if that's where he learns about the Turtle and informs the Losers?Maybe it's even something like...'I was in contact with a being who called themselves 'Turtle' but I've lost contact recently'.
While I think a lot of things are still subject to change since the sequel hasn't even officially been greenlit yet, it's exciting to hear thatthey want to tackle the Ritual of Chud in some form, at least. Chapter 2 gonna get weiiiird.
Any particular reason Stan was written to be just this bland character who doesn't give AF?
There is but it sort of gets into spoilers for the adult storyline
But how ever on earth will they manage toon screen!depict biting each other's tongues
Fuck. Yes. My nipples are hard. I really hope they beef up Pennywise too. He was too weak in this one. I wanna see a pissed off Pennywise who isn't interested in scaring them. I wanna see a pissed off Pennywise ready for blood.http://ew.com/movies/2017/09/11/stephen-king-it-sequel-details/
Not sure if this was posted, but this EW article that came out today sheds some light on the direction they're going with Chapter 2. Extremely excited to hear them re-confirm that the kids will play a major role in flashbacks.
Spoiler warning, it does discuss some of the plot elements from the adult storyline.
- I might be on the minority regarding this, I didn't care for Pennywise. His look was cool, but that voice, fuckin' mushmouth! I couldn't understand half the things he was saying.
Agreed. I love RLM but this was one of the more obnoxious critiques I've seen from them. Especially the bit about everyone in the movie theater being fat, stupid, pizza-eating slobs.
I'm also surprised they didn't praise the garage scene. I thought it was easily one of the coolest horror film scenes in recent memory. I'm not the biggest fan of jump scares, but I thought this movie handled them well and even had some really effective imagery that gave me the creeps.
Painting Lady was obviously CG, but it still maintain that it's the most disturbing imagery in the entire movie.
It 100% made my skin crawl. Like hearing a ghost story that freaks you out so much that the hair on your neck stands up or something.
Not sure why CG is now a bad thing. Sure it can be overdone (just like any other film technique), but it can also be used to great affect.
Strange, but that's one the the things I noted when leaving the theater with my wife...how the restrained use of it with Pennywise enhanced the alien nature of his character, without being overdone and losing his sense of authenticity.
Ok, I haven't read the book in 20+ years since I was a kid and don't remember much. Movie was good, but have one part that didn't logically make sense for me. So its established that the creature uses the sewer system to get around and pull people into its hive. In the scene at the end where Barbara gets kidnapped...how did it get to her and get her to its hive from her house bathroom? Pretty sure she didn't fit down the toilet/shower drain. I was always under the impression that when IT appeared somewhere outside of a sewer connector that it was always just hallucinations and that the physical body of IT couldn't get beyond the sewers.