OT: It

Glad to hear that is was a good movie.  Loved the book, it's my favorite.  I identified with the kids too... while I was a bit older 3-5 years, the memories were still fresh. 

Good to hear it was a decent movie, I don't think that Steven King's books translate well on the big screen. 
There have been a few good ones, but not very many.

"Stand By Me with a Clown That's Creepy AF" is the best way to describe this haha Clanzo.

I saw IT today and I almost never see horror movies. Not because I don't like them but because I only like the really good ones (The Shining, Alien, Halloween, some others). The good ones freak me out and IT did just that. Fun movie and I'd definitely recommend. The first 30-45 mins I was thinking "this is okay but if this is a supposed 'great' scary movie, I'd hate to see an average one."

But it just kept getting better, funnier, and scarier. By the end I was very into it. Cool stuff.

Last note- I'm a big Stephen King book fan so when one of his adaptations gets good reviews (unfortunately it's kind of rare), I try to see it. Great writer.

@"pattersaur" said: "Stand By Me with a Clown That's Creepy AF" is the best way to describe this haha Clanzo.

I saw IT today and I almost never see horror movies. Not because I don't like them but because I only like the really good ones (The Shining, Alien, Halloween, some others). The good ones freak me out and IT did just that. Fun movie and I'd definitely recommend. The first 30-45 mins I was thinking "this is okay but if this is a supposed 'great' scary movie, I'd hate to see an average one."

But it just kept getting better, funnier, and scarier. By the end I was very into it. Cool stuff.

Last note- I'm a big Stephen King book fan so when one of his adaptations gets good reviews (unfortunately it's kind of rare), I try to see it. Great writer.

Great to hear you liked it! I actually avoid modern horror nowadays, but I love the movies you mentioned... Watching the movie actually has me wanting to read the book... Is it worth the time it'll take me to read it?

@"Riphawkins" said: Good to hear it was a decent movie, I don't think that Steven King's books translate well on the big screen.  There have been a few good ones, but not very many.

Agree. Oddly, his best movies have been the non-scary ones: Shawshank, Stand by Me, Green Mile. Of course a few scary ones have been good too: Shining, Misery. Sounds like this version of IT is worth seeing. 

@"pattersaur" said: Last note- I'm a big Stephen King book fan so when one of his adaptations gets good reviews (unfortunately it's kind of rare), I try to see it. Great writer.

My degree is in English Lit so I've read a lot of Chaucer, Shakespeare, etc. You can appreciate that stuff on another level, but I was always the guy who had his Shakespeare book open, with a Stephen King book open on the inside. One thing that has always struck me about SK is the "goodness" in his central characters. Stu in The Stand, Paul and Brutal in Green Mile, Andy and Red in Shawshank, Chris Chambers in The Body (or Stand by Me), etc., etc. Remarkably good and moral characters. 

@"Clanzomaelan" said: Wow. 

That's the easiest reaction to it, but I can go a bit more in-depth...

First movie I've seen in a long time that was equal parts creepy, scary, heart-warming, and funny. These boys are my exact age I was during the time period, and they couldn't have nailed a group of dorky boys better. The banter was perfect. I was one of these kids...

Bill Skarsgård was great as Pennywise! Not sure he could have been any creepier if he tried. Again, given my age, I typically think of Tim Curry when I think of Pennywise... Not any more. Skarsgård took the role and made it fresh and unique.

Slight spoilers...
The only negative is that it finds itself caught in familiar horror movie tropes. The biggest being that the kids get separated way too easily... If I were in that situation, my pals and I would be clutched together. Now... That's what Pennywise does... Isolates them and feeds off their fear... But still. Happened way too easily.

Overall... I'm not much of a modern horror fan (Annabelle, The Conjuring were "meh" to me). But this was a new twist. It's nostalgic, funny, AND scary. Think Stand By Me with a clown that's creepy as f**k.

I loved it, and Mrs. Clanzomaelan wants to go see it again...

Good to hear....I've been waiting what seems like forever for a movie thats not comic-book based, aimed at adolescents and is worthy of my hard earned $.

That and a scary movie that isn't just slashing and gore. 

I was starting to fear that King's films had lost a connection with the modern audience, which saddened me on a personal level, as my Mom's bookshelf was filled with King books growing up.

I didn't read it, as I'm more of a sci fi/ fantasy nut... But in a weird way, I have nostalgia over King's works.

going this afternoon. Can't wait!

@"Riphawkins" said: Good to hear it was a decent movie, I don't think that Steven King's books translate well on the big screen.  There have been a few good ones, but not very many.

He had 3 out of the 4 novellas in different seasons made into movies...one of which Rita Hayworth and the Shaw Shank redemption is arguably the best movie ever made...my Fave! Stand by me. Misery, Christine....on and on. They basically are written to be screenplayed.

I am glad to hear that it was well done. I am looking forward to seeing it. I love his writing and few of the movies live up to the books. The ones that translate well are definitely more psychological in nature as opposed to simply scary. To me, the best scary movies are psychological thrillers. Movies that are complete mind fucks are more intense than a bunch of blood and gore. 

@"Clanzomaelan" said:

@"pattersaur" said: "Stand By Me with a Clown That's Creepy AF" is the best way to describe this haha Clanzo.

I saw IT today and I almost never see horror movies. Not because I don't like them but because I only like the really good ones (The Shining, Alien, Halloween, some others). The good ones freak me out and IT did just that. Fun movie and I'd definitely recommend. The first 30-45 mins I was thinking "this is okay but if this is a supposed 'great' scary movie, I'd hate to see an average one."

But it just kept getting better, funnier, and scarier. By the end I was very into it. Cool stuff.

Last note- I'm a big Stephen King book fan so when one of his adaptations gets good reviews (unfortunately it's kind of rare), I try to see it. Great writer.

Great to hear you liked it! I actually avoid modern horror nowadays, but I love the movies you mentioned... Watching the movie actually has me wanting to read the book... Is it worth the time it'll take me to read it?

Really well done flick.  The whole monster thing takes a back seat to the kids and their relationships, while the whole town just ignores the fact there's something very wrong.

very much like the book, and much better than the TV mini series.

hope they don't F up part two

@"pattersaur" said:

I mean... it's reeeally long but a really great book. One of my fav's by him. I think it's worth it to read but I'm not a very fast reader so it took me awhile to get through for sure. Now that you've seen the movie it may actually be a quicker read since you already have a good idea who the characters are.

I'm a legendarily slow reader! Game of Thrones took me forever (and that was a series I loved). 

After my current read (The Broken Earth series of you are a fantasy dork like myself...), I may give it a shot...

@"Vanguard83" said: very much like the book, and much better than the TV mini series.

While I haven't read the book, I've heard that the book gets pretty wild in regards to the the origin of It... How do you feel that will translate to the big screen?

I haven't talked to a single person locally that's really liked the movie.  It's been labeled as OK, to boring, to a gigantic waste of their time and money.  Only 2 people have said it's OK, out of probably 20 I've talked to.  That puts me squarely in the "I'll wait for the HBO showing" camp.

@"AllBS" said: I haven't talked to a single person locally that's really liked the movie.  It's been labeled as OK, to boring, to a gigantic waste of their time and money.  Only 2 people have said it's OK, out of probably 20 I've talked to.  That puts me squarely in the "I'll wait for the HBO showing" camp.

That's interesting. Not saying this is the case with you or the folks you've queried, but I've noticed that because of the positive publicity it's getting, there are people almost purposely going out of their way to discuss how much they disliked it.

Go to the IGN article that asks, "Is Pennywise Truly Terrifying?" And read the comments section, and you've got a bunch of folks saying, "I wasn't scared at all." And "I was bored to tears."

It reminds me of when young men ask the other how much the other can bench press... If you are asked first, no matter what the answer is, the 2nd guy will say he benches more (Boogie Nights played this out perfectly).

I'm honestly having a hard time fathoming how someone would be bored to tears... If the clown isn't scary enough, then I would think that the childhood banter would resonate.

Anyhow... Thanks for relaying the additional thoughts!

Another opinion... My Brother just saw It last night, and absolutely loved it. Took his 16 year old, and noted that she had to walk out a couple of times.

@"Clanzomaelan" said:

While I haven't read the book, I've heard that the book gets pretty wild in regards to the the origin of It... How do you feel that will translate to the big screen?