Movies IT Movie v.2 (Dragonlord's Review)

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

Update: September 25, 2017

New Line and Warner Bros. Announce Sept. 6, 2019 Release Date for IT Sequel

Pennywise the Dancing Clown is getting ready to terrorize audiences all over again.

New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. on Monday announced that a sequel to the horror blockbuster It will hit theaters, including Imax locations, on Sept. 6, 2019.

Since its debut earlier this month, the film adaptation of Stephen King's book has shattered numerous records, including becoming the top-grossing horror film of all time, not adjusting for inflation. The Exorcist, released in 1973, made $233 million in North America and $441.3 million worldwide, but the domestic portion swells to $917.5 million when adjusting for inflation.

It has earned $266.1 million domestically and $478.1 million globally to date. The R-rated pic has roused the box office back to life after a brutal August and tough summer, as well as fueling record September revenue in North America.

Gary Dauberman, one of the screenwriters on It, has quietly closed a deal to pen the screenplay for the follow-up, while director Andy Muschietti is waiting in the wings to return as well. Producers Barbara Muschietti, Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg are also expected to return for the sequel.

King's opus It tells of a group of friends who band together to defeat their small town's demon, first as kids and then as adults. While his book toggles between the young and older characters, New Line structured its adaptation so that the first film focuses on the kids and is set in the past. While the sequel will take place in the present, it will be punctuated with flashbacks, allowing the same cadre of kids to be seen again.

'It' Sequel Gets September 2019 Release Date

 

[TrueBias]

Not sure why its so long from now. Strike while iron is hot.


Thinking of this movie, i really enjoyed the capturing of youth and the fun it includes. When theyre at the cliffs, seeing them having fun, thar displayed joys of being a kid. Nicely done.

Im not sure about the music choices now. I know i did NOT like the music choice for the bathroom cleanup. (by the way, how the fuck did Bev get cleaned up prior to the cleaning?)

The other musiv choice was the Dear God song during the summer montage. Again, wished they went with another 80s song. Hell, i didnt know that was an 80s song.

 

[the ambush]

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[usulrah]

Two years isn't that long for a film, they have to write it cast it shoot it and do all the post production. I'd rather they took a little extra time to get things right than rush forward. This way there's probably more chance to get the cast they want and they can tweak it more

 

[lordsai]

 

[benebox]

Voted 7, would give it a 7.9 if possible ( I hovered over the 8 but couldnt go through with it) a flat out 9 or 10 is way too high imo. Some things I liked, some things I didn't like. Some of the CGI/Special effects looked a little cheesy. I liked how Dark this movie could get (IT specifically) and how it payed homage to the original but was totally a different cool movie on iTs own. My only gripe is ITs not very scary, I had just seen annabelle 2 a couple of weeks ago and I think that movie caught me slippin and I flinched once haha. But IT was a solid movie I liked it 7.9 out of 10.

A 7.9 should be rounded up to an 8

 

[Bob Gray]

Not sure why its so long from now. Strike while iron is hot.


Thinking of this movie, i really enjoyed the capturing of youth and the fun it includes. When theyre at the cliffs, seeing them having fun, thar displayed joys of being a kid. Nicely done.

Im not sure about the music choices now. I know i did NOT like the music choice for the bathroom cleanup. (by the way, how the fuck did Bev get cleaned up prior to the cleaning?)

The other musiv choice was the Dear God song during the summer montage. Again, wished they went with another 80s song. Hell, i didnt know that was an 80s song.

I think they were waiting to see how it would perform before giving the green light. Doesn't seem like it now, but it was seen as a risk. That's probably why it feels like it could be a self contained story. No real cliff hanger, but at the same time lots of seeds for the possible chapter 2.

 

[bandicoot]

why did they leave out the sex scene?

 

[Peteyandjia]

Ended up seeing this tonight with some friends, they wanted to see it. My expectations were low, and I had never seen the original. I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would, well-put together movie. Not a scary moment in the whole thing, it's more like some kind of adventure-horror rather than a true horror movie. Some good stuff though. The non-monster stuff was my favorite, just the interactions between the actual characters. The end dragged a bit, could have easily been 25 minutes shorter, and better off for it. Still, not bad. Gave it a 7.

 

[Pittie Petey]

Ended up seeing this tonight with some friends, they wanted to see it. My expectations were low, and I had never seen the original. I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would, well-put together movie. Not a scary moment in the whole thing, it's more like some kind of adventure-horror rather than a true horror movie. Some good stuff though. The non-monster stuff was my favorite, just the interactions between the actual characters. The end dragged a bit, could have easily been 25 minutes shorter, and better off for it. Still, not bad. Gave it a 7.

Told ya so
Now arent you glad you took my advice and didnt go see that horseshit Tom Cruise movie

 

[Zer]

Ended up seeing this tonight with some friends, they wanted to see it. My expectations were low, and I had never seen the original. I actually enjoyed it more than I thought I would, well-put together movie. Not a scary moment in the whole thing, it's more like some kind of adventure-horror rather than a true horror movie. Some good stuff though. The non-monster stuff was my favorite, just the interactions between the actual characters. The end dragged a bit, could have easily been 25 minutes shorter, and better off for it. Still, not bad. Gave it a 7.

I felt that way about the book. That Pennywise was kinda lame and I just wanted to read about the kids. Bowers > Pennywise

 

[wonderbread]

Update: September 7, 2017

Dragonlord's Review of IT (No Spoilers)

Bottom Line: A pretty faithful adaptation of the classic Stephen King novel and that might be what's holding it back.

After traumatizing kids and adults in the 1990 miniseries, Pennywise the Clown is back to frighten a whole new generation of moviegoers in Andy Muschietti's It. Set in the late 1980s, a string of child disappearances have plagued the town of Derry, Maine. A group of kids, referring themselves as "The Losers Club," discover that an evil shapeshifting entity is responsible for the mysterious deaths in the town dating back for centuries.

It opens with a tragic and horrifying scene in which six year old Georgie meets Pennywise inside a street gutter. The rest of the film fails to achieve the same devastation of the exceptional intro because of the plot armor given to its main characters. Jump scares aside, most of the individual haunting for the Losers - in which Pennywise manifest itself in what the kid fears the most - are pretty ho-hum. The only remarkable frightening manifestation was the distorted woman painting come to life.

The film does a good job of alienating the kids from the rest of the world as the adults are often depicted unfavorably, whether it be a lecherous pharmacist, an overbearing mother, or a predatory father.

The Losers are a mixed bag. Half of them are just defined by their quirks and characteristics (hypochondriac, germophobe, etc.) and not much else. Richie (Stranger Things' Finn Wolfhard) is the joker of the group but most of his lines aren't that memorable or funny. The notables among the group are Bill (Jaeden Lieberher), the stuttering leader, Ben (Jeremy Ray Taylor), the endearing chubby kid, and Beverly (Sophia Lillis), the only female in the Club.

Similar to Stranger Things' Millie Bobby Brown, I feel Sophia Lillis is poised to become the breakout star of the film thanks to her wonderfully nuanced performance as Beverly, the only character that truly feels mutli-dimensional and complex. Beverly is a magnetic and tragic figure as not only does she have to deal with a demon clown trying to eat her, she has to contend with her burgeoning womanhood, nasty rumors about her being spread around town, mean girls at school, and a molesting dad.

And no, that infamous book scene is not in here.

The new Pennywise is played by Bill Skarsgard (brother of True Blood's Alexander and Viking's Gustaf - who is like the oldest looking 36-year-old man ever). Sporting a Victorian era clown get-up and a sinister buck-tooth smile, Bill did a superb job bringing the terrifying clown to life. But honestly, with the same make-up and prosthetic, any competent actor could pull off the role.

Muschietti evokes some pretty nightmarish visuals, particularly the gutter scene, the woman in the painting, the projector surprise, and the room filled with clown dolls. But nothing elicits pure terror than Pennywise snarling with his fangs, claws extended and charging at you.

Maybe it's because I've read the book and I've seen the miniseries or maybe this type of horror plot has been copied and rehashed with different variations so many times over the decades, It's story doesn't feel fresh. Again jump scares aside, it's not as bone-chillingly frightening as I would have hoped. Though this would pissed off Stephen King's fans, a few alterations would have greatly improved the story for me (see spoiler box below).

A solid effort by the new film but for the best It horror film out there, It Follows is still king.

Rating: 7/10

Spoiler: spoiler thoughts and musings

The film fails to achieve the same impact as the magnificent intro because none of the Losers die. Sure they're constantly tormented and almost killed but for the stakes and gravity of the situation to truly feel real, one or two of the Losers should have died.

Think Freddy Krueger. If he shows up in a person's dream, that person is likely going to die. So every time Freddy appears, there's always that terror and uncertainty if this character will survive or not. In It, Pennywise haunts the main kids but nothing happens and he just lets them go.

I want Amy Adams to play the grown-up version of Beverly.

I'll add more when I think about it some more.

We went last night to see it. We left half way through. It was fucking terrible.

 

[Peteyandjia]

Told ya so
Now arent you glad you took my advice and didnt go see that horseshit Tom Cruise movie

Nah we're probly gonna go see that one next week

I love me some Cruise

 

[Peteyandjia]

I felt that way about the book. That Pennywise was kinda lame and I just wanted to read about the kids. Bowers > Pennywise

Yes! A simple Stand By Me (also written by S. King) style movie with just the kids vs. that scumbag, would have been a far better / more interesting movie

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

The end dragged a bit, could have easily been 25 minutes shorter, and better off for it. Still, not bad. Gave it a 7.

Felt the same way about cutting 20 minutes from the movie.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

I must admit I can't get past Pennywise looking like some dumbass modern Halloween costume of a clown.

 

[Badger67]

This was the first thing I noticed the moment i saw the hair cut. It's creepy nearly.

 

[Lubaolong]

I thought it was fantastic. I'd give it a 9/10.

My gf lovesss King so she has already seen it 3 times lol and she got me the book for my B-Day last week, so I've been reading it over the past few days.

I just finished reading the novel again this morning.

I think the part with Mrs. Kersh in the abandoned house was probably the scariest part of the book for me. That has to be in the upcoming second part of the movie.

 

[Badger67]

Currently Re-reading IT as I haven't sine i was about 10 (about 200 pages in in two days with the new publishing cover). I find the new film follows it more closely than the original screen adaptation, especially adding in Patrick and Ripsom disappearing. I don't get scared by much in movies or in real life so asking e if i find something terrifying is a bad MO, i agree there were a lot of jump scares, and when Pennywise runs at Bill in his basement, they should have just shown him running through the water and making it splash with no background noise, it would have been more effective imo.

Overall i give it an 8. Saw it twice, once to enjoy the other to critique. I definitely think they can do a good job with the sequel but they need to give Mike his role time, they cut it quite short in this one.

 

[JinKazama]

thought it was a well done horror flick

most horror flicks are pretty crappy but this wasn't bad at all