re: IT(2017) ***SPOILER THREAD***

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GeauxTigerTM

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Holy shite. I think yuo are more long-winded than me, and that is saying something.


Saw IT over the weekend, and really liked it. There were some things I didn't like about it, but overall I thought it was really good and did a great job of mixing legit horror with light/funny moments. I had heard it was mostly jump scares, but I found that it wasn't just that (though there were a lot of them). I thought the mood/setting was legit creepy/scary for most of the movie.

Does every single adult have to be such an a-hole? I don't remember that from the original (but haven't seen it in decades), but it seems like at least one could have been okay. All I kept thinking about at the end when Bev said she was leaving was what happened with her dad? She killed him, but where the hell are the cops (well, the other ones that weren't brutally murdered)..? And I didn't think the end in the sewer was that great either, at least the final "battle" part.

But all in all, I thought it was pretty great. The kids did a great job of acting for the most part. And I enjoyed BS's Pennywise.

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Holy shite. I think yuo are more long-winded than me, and that is saying something.

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I've had people tell me that when they see my name come up in their e-mail they cringe knowing it's going to be a fricking novel...

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Does every single adult have to be such an a-hole? I don't remember that from the original (but haven't seen it in decades), but it seems like at least one could have been okay. All I kept thinking about at the end when Bev said she was leaving was what happened with her dad? She killed him, but where the hell are the cops (well, the other ones that weren't brutally murdered)..? And I didn't think the end in the sewer was that great either, at least the final "battle" part.

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This is where so much of what they changed from the book is lost. They really did not give the best sense of adults in town simply giving no fricks at all for what the kids did. Occasionally an adult would step up to help or do something, and they'd back down or get backed down. Only one that was ever nice to them was the Irish cop, but since they were never seen fricking around being kids building shite down in The Barrens they left him out entirely. In the book, Henry Bowers was practically as much a real threat to them all summer long as was Pennywise. They spent their summer in fear of both, with no one giving a shite.

In the book, Bev didn't kill her dad. He was basically motivated by Pennywise to attack her toward the end, going so far as wanting to physically check to see if she had slept with all the buys she'd been hanging around with, and they end up running through the streets in this long chase where adults see it happen and just turn their backs on this little girl being chased by this man screaming at her. No idea if that's why she's leaving in the movieverse.

Maybe it's been mentioned already but one of the kids refers to a turtle when they're swimming.

I don't know if this has been mentioned, but I loved that the actor playing Pennywise is 6'4", it showed on camera. Made him seem more menacing

I'd like to see a real try on The Langolears. The ABC version in the 90s was a disappointment especially considering how good It was.

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Are kids the only one that can see it?

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yea I believe It only shows itself to kids

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Are kids the only one that can see it? I just thought to myself wtf aren't these kids trying to do this themselves call the fricking police.

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Essentially, yeah. They are the only ones that can see the result...like the blood splattered bathroom at Bev's. Bev's Dad walked in when he heard her scream in the book, but in there she was smart enough not to tell him she saw blood everywhere, since he was apt to beat her arse at the drop of a hat. Instead, she claimed to see a spider down int the drain realizing he couldn't see what she was seeing...referencing what they would eventually see down in the sewers.

But in the book, adults often times see Pennywise in various forms in various times in history. Sort of a background player when shite goes horribly wrong in town. Mike, as the person responsible for gathering up info on the town as they grew up, interviews many old folks and usually asks if they saw anyone else that stood out during these times. They usually matter-of-factly mention seeing a clown and dismiss it as someone in make-up who didn't want to be know or maybe the fair was in town, etc.

Mostly, adults don't pay attention to the kids at all.

I'm confused.

So he HAS read the book?

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Man, I don't want this to sound like I am being an a-hole (because I am not), but we get it...we know you've read the book. And we know that the movie isn't exactly the same as the book. There are differences; we get it. You are definitely "that guy" in this thread. Every post of yours, instead of talking about the movie, keeps trying to point out the differences from the book.

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No worries...I'm honestly boring myself with this topic.

I only brought it up there because of the question in regards to seeing the clown.

All kidding aside, I kind of wish I had waited to read the damned thing until after at this point, because I probably would have been able to watch the movie and see what was actually being put on screen rather than being startled by all the changes so much that I was missing what was happening in the movie they really shot.

Like I said...they got so many things right (story aside) that I hate bagging on it, because it sounds like I hate it all. Love the casting, Pennywise was great, setting was awesome, etc. Wish they had just done the story and characters as written...that's all. Maybe one day.

Promise...I'm done now.