Movie Review IT
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Movie Review - IT
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The horror thriller “IT,” directed by Andrés Muschietti (“Mama”), is
based on the hugely popular Stephen King novel of the same name, which
has been terrifying readers for decades. When children begin to
disappear in the town of Derry, Maine, a group of young kids is faced
with their biggest fears when they square off against an evil clown
named Pennywise, whose history of murder and violence dates back for
centuries.
Reviews :
I have
never been a huge Stephen King fan, or a even a consumer of horror
films. But, when I heard that a new movie was coming out based on the
book by Stephen King, I decided to read the book itself. I found that I
really enjoyed it and got into the story to the point that it was hard
to put down! At over 1,000 pages, it took me a couple of weeks to finish
it. I rarely go to the theater to see a movie anymore, but wait until
the movie is available to stream before I watch it.
I watched it a
couple of days ago and I am very pleased with the adaptation. Of course
due to the length of the book, not everything can be put into a movie
like this, thus some things are missing like the Losers Club House in
the Barrens, and the dam that Ben helped the kids rebuild after the
bullies destroyed the first one, and the incident with Stan Uris at the
Standpipe where the door opens, he enters and Stan hears voices claiming
that they were "The Dead Ones", the children that had drowned there,
etc.
But these are less important parts of the story compared to the
more powerful horror of confronting IT. Most of the scenes in the movie
were as I had visualized them myself while reading the book. All in all I
really enjoyed this movie and will likely watch it again very soon as
there is so much detail. This version of IT definitely deserves a five
star rating from me.
IT is a supernatural
horror is almost always cheesy by definition but usually acceptable
when rooted in something we can relate to, like going crazy in isolation
(The Shining) or what happens when we dream (Nightmare on Elm Street).
'It' doesn't have the same element for us to relate to and is initially
off-putting by the barely connected series of gory vignettes that strike
individual characters one by one for the first 50 minutes.
These set
pieces, while random and nonsensical, are however generally well done
enough to keep our interest - in addition to our interest being held by
the underlying mystery provided by master story teller Stephen King.
Indeed, what ultimately wins us over is the way in which this remake is
done.
The recreation of the period, the casting, the thoughtful
background (and foreground) details and just the way the story moves -
this is the kind of homage to 1980s movies that Netflix's 'Stranger Things' wish it was. Somehow ST gets a lot of accolades but 'It' shows
you how you to reference Gremlins, Spielberg, Freddy Krueger et al while
also telling a thumping good yarn of your own. Stick with 'It' through
the first half ... There's a reason why this is the highest grossing
horror movie of all time (dethroning 'The Exorcist' which was #1 with
inflation-adjusted numbers).
Depending
on your horror/thriller movie expectations, I give this a definite
thumbs up!! And I have never liked clowns so it gets my senses on edge
instantly!
IT
- Genres : Horror, Thriller
- Director : Andy Muschietti
- Actors : Bill Skarsgard, Jaeden Lieberher, Wyatt Oleff, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis
- Writers : Chase Palmer, Cary Fukunaga, Gary Dauberman
- Producers : Walter Hamada, Roy Lee, David Neustadter, Dan Lin, Marty P. Ewing
- Subtitles : English, Portuguese, French, Spanish
Description
: Movie Review IT
Rating
: 4.5
Reviewer
: Bey Alhamdi
ItemReviewed
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