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09-11-2017, 09:30 AM | #2 |
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Finn Wolfhard, Sophia Lillis, Jack Dylan, and Jeremy Ray Taylor were awesome in this. They made the movie what it was.
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09-11-2017, 11:14 AM | #3 | |
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I took my 13 year old son and his friend last night. We enjoyed it. Not real scary, not real deep, but an enjoyable watch. They could have made the thing PG13 if they cut back on all of the superfluous F bombs. |
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09-11-2017, 11:36 AM | #4 | |
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A couple f-bombs here and there... fine... but too many unnecessary instances made this script. I suppose we live in an era where F-bombs being dropped as common filler in kids sentence formation is the norm, but I still can't help thinking it sounds super trashy and reflects on a tad of ill parenting. |
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09-11-2017, 12:02 PM | #5 | |
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King isn't about jump scares - he's all about the slow build. Making you think about the room, make the decision on going in the room or not, and then explaining it as you enter the room. It's not about being scared watching it - it's about conquering childhood fears... |
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09-11-2017, 01:09 PM | #6 |
In Search of a Life
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I enjoyed the movie, but the slow build was not there at all, except maybe the first scene with Georgie at the sewer. In the book when the Bowers gang first grabs Ben there is a slow build as to how far he will go. His friends all start to freak out when he pulls out the knife and starts to cut him. In the movie the scene is extremely rushed with no foreboding or anxiety inducing build up.
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09-11-2017, 03:27 PM | #7 | |
Mahomes Fanboi
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This is why full blown TV shows are far superior to movies when it comes to detail. Think of Breaking Bad being forced into 2 hours. Yikes! I'm so glad they remade this film... but think of how awesome it could have been as a Netflix series (Stranger Things) |
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09-11-2017, 04:59 PM | #8 | |
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09-10-2017, 11:53 AM | #9 |
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holy crap , did any of you see how much this made opening weekend??! 117 million dollars. Shattering expectations and the word of mouth should be pretty good too. Looking forward to Chapter Two in 2019
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09-10-2017, 02:24 PM | #10 |
In Search of a Life
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You can search around the net and find the original script.
A few big differences. The main one being the original focused more on the town of Derry basically making it a character and showing the violent past that was in the book. Mike also hD a much more prominent role. Dialogue was much worse In the original. |
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09-10-2017, 06:00 PM | #11 |
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I can believe it. Took my daughter to go watch it this weekend and every show was sold out. We ended up watching the new Spiderman movie which was pretty good itself.
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09-10-2017, 02:56 PM | #12 |
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Amazing movie. I hadn't watched the original IT since it came out so I didn't remember much nor have I read the book.
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09-11-2017, 12:22 PM | #13 |
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It's a thriller with great story telling. 8.3/10
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09-11-2017, 12:23 PM | #14 |
Mahomes Fanboi
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We are adults, numbed by everything that has already been done. Very rarely (if ever) is a movie going to "scare" adults anymore...
I'm pretty sure this movie was "scary" for kids though. When I saw the original mini series on TV, it scared the shit out of me as my parents probably laughed through it. Tim Curry's version was pretty damn funny and playful. The new Pennywise is evil. I've seen some people on facebook (land of idiots) say "It wasn't scary... the movie sucked." -lol |
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09-11-2017, 12:29 PM | #15 |
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