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re: IT(2017) ***SPOILER THREAD***
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:26 pm to ipodking
Posted on 9/10/17 at 9:26 pm to ipodking
saw it this weekend. it was okay, but nothing great. the kids were all awesome, especially Beverly and the "gazebo" kid 
well-made in most areas. loved the setting. the only bad actor was Bill's dad, that garage scene was horrible "He's DEAD, ALRIGHT? DEAD"
it just really didn't deliver on the scares. they were all predictable jump scares and they all whiffed. the georgie scene was easily the most horrifying given the armless writhing in the water.
did anyone else think the CGI sucked arse? like wtf. and there were a few things that were CGI that couldve easily been practical, like the balloon floating through teh library.
i wanted to cry when the fat kid had no signatures in his yearbook
Fukunaga's version would've been infinitely better.
From reddit:
just not sure muschietti was the guy for this. good camerawork and atmosphere, but 0 scares. the climax was terrible too. they take turns beating the clown, seriously?
3/5
well-made in most areas. loved the setting. the only bad actor was Bill's dad, that garage scene was horrible "He's DEAD, ALRIGHT? DEAD" it just really didn't deliver on the scares. they were all predictable jump scares and they all whiffed. the georgie scene was easily the most horrifying given the armless writhing in the water.
did anyone else think the CGI sucked arse? like wtf. and there were a few things that were CGI that couldve easily been practical, like the balloon floating through teh library.
i wanted to cry when the fat kid had no signatures in his yearbook
Fukunaga's version would've been infinitely better.
From reddit:
quote:
"I'm working on making the horror more about suspense than visualization of any creatures. I just don't think that's scary. What could be there, and the sounds and how it interacts with things, is scarier than actual monsters."
then later when he dropped: "I was trying to make an unconventional horror film. It didn't fit into the algorithm of what they knew they could spend and make money back on based on not offending their standard genre audience". Sounds way more interesting.
just not sure muschietti was the guy for this. good camerawork and atmosphere, but 0 scares. the climax was terrible too. they take turns beating the clown, seriously?
3/5
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Posted on 9/10/17 at 10:01 pm to Carson123987
quote:The climax was the kids overcoming their individual fears.
they take turns beating the clown, seriously?
Posted on 9/11/17 at 9:37 pm to Carson123987
quote:
he climax was terrible too. they take turns beating the clown, seriously?
this is the only thing about your post I agree with. I was scratching my head a litte bit myself seeing how easily they took him out
Otherwise this is the closest thing to an excellent horror movie that I've seen in awhile
Posted on 9/12/17 at 9:29 am to Carson123987
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d. the georgie scene was easily the most horrifying given the armless writhing in the water.
The Georgie scene was the best part of the movie but at the same time sort of ruined the rest of it for me. I enjoyed it but I couldn't help but wonder why Pennywise just didn't kill them in 1000x he had the chance too.
Posted on 9/17/17 at 1:14 pm to Carson123987
For everyone bagging on the way the leper looked, the CGI, etc., you're completely missing the point.
Other than Pennywise, which is IT's go-to because clowns scare a shite-ton of people, it doesn't just appear to people as random things. IT delves into their minds and pulls out whatever terrifies them most to show them because fear makes them taste better, and it's limited to doing that; IT is a mind-reading mimic and really does nothing novel in its illusions. So, for Eddie, it pulled out the creepy looking leper as it existed IN EDDIE'S TWELVE YEAR OLD IMAGINATION, not as the platonic ideal for lepers. IT pulled out the weird woman in the painting for Stan because that's what was in his mind. The headless boy in the library was something from a movie that Ben had seen. CG in the 80's was shite, so of course, IT would mimic the scene from the movie that Ben remembered, bad 80's effects and all. The blood in Fran's bathroom? All how she imagined fountains of blood would be (Because she was terrified of getting her period and making the transition to womanhood on her own with no mother. Remember the tampons in the drugstore?), not like real blood would be.
They're not trying to show you a "gee-whiz" special effects tour-de-force and the best, most realistic version of a monster ever seen on the screen when they're showing you IT's visions. They're simply trying to show you what IT was showing the 12 year old Losers in the manner that they were shown.
Other than Pennywise, which is IT's go-to because clowns scare a shite-ton of people, it doesn't just appear to people as random things. IT delves into their minds and pulls out whatever terrifies them most to show them because fear makes them taste better, and it's limited to doing that; IT is a mind-reading mimic and really does nothing novel in its illusions. So, for Eddie, it pulled out the creepy looking leper as it existed IN EDDIE'S TWELVE YEAR OLD IMAGINATION, not as the platonic ideal for lepers. IT pulled out the weird woman in the painting for Stan because that's what was in his mind. The headless boy in the library was something from a movie that Ben had seen. CG in the 80's was shite, so of course, IT would mimic the scene from the movie that Ben remembered, bad 80's effects and all. The blood in Fran's bathroom? All how she imagined fountains of blood would be (Because she was terrified of getting her period and making the transition to womanhood on her own with no mother. Remember the tampons in the drugstore?), not like real blood would be.
They're not trying to show you a "gee-whiz" special effects tour-de-force and the best, most realistic version of a monster ever seen on the screen when they're showing you IT's visions. They're simply trying to show you what IT was showing the 12 year old Losers in the manner that they were shown.
This post was edited on 9/17/17 at 2:53 pm
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