Redwarmin
This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place
Maidexpl
Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast
Suman Roberson
It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.
creatureofthereel
I am writing this without any comparisons to the original series as straight off everyone know this was going to get people hating on it "waah, only Tim Curry is Pennywise", "the original was more scary". I'll admit I was not getting my hopes up for this but honestly, the director and cast have done a bang up job. Pennywise is excellently portrayed, although for me, somewhat ruined due to a friend mentioning he sounds a little like Yoda. "Float down here, you will, mmmm"I digress, the losers club brings me back to how the Goonies felt, the small collection of different kids finding friendship with each other and coming together to fight a higher power. Although IT isn't scary to me, I can see people that have coulrophobia will be cowering behind their seats. Heres to the 2nd film and I do hope the same lines are followed, also looking forward to the directors cut coming out.Given a 6/10 purely on the fact I wanted to be given an unnerving feeling but was left with just, oh look a clown.
juliafinley-72658
This mai is was fantabulous, the directing, casting, everything was GREAT
dr-41539
This film keeps you on edge and also makes you laugh it's absolutely amazing,you have to watch IT
jonahcybarra-82318
Books have been the basis for films for decades as filmmaking has advanced in technology and have become better able to take the stories from page to screen. Stephen King's dark original tale of a shape-shifting alien that feeds upon the fear of its victims was first turned into a two episode TV miniseries. Although the first part of the series is decent and the portrayal of Pennywise the Dancing Clown by Tim Curry is truly terrifying, the climax that takes place 27 years after the first part of the story is not only acted poorly but also is severely anti-climactic. Despite this lack of horror from the original, it scared me so much when I first saw it at the age of 10 it gave me a phobia of clowns. When I heard that they were remaking It into an actual full-length film, my roommate insisted that it was time to get over my fear of clowns by going to see this film. After first watching the miniseries we went and watched It in theaters. Not only was I able to successfully get over my fear of clowns over a decade after it had been instilled in me, I thoroughly enjoyed this film. Oftentimes when a film is centered around child actors, I go into it with a healthy dose of skepticism as more often than not the child actors are either bad actors or simply annoying. My skepticism was misplaced however for this film. Each actor and actress slipped into their characters easily and did so not only naturally, they stayed in character the whole time. The beating heart of this movie is the Losers Club, a ragtag team of preteens facing not only the pressures of growing up and bullies, but also the hungry appetite of an evil presence that changes into their worst fears. On a technical level, this film does a great job of creating a whole world for the audience to be sucked into, from the set design to the costuming to the even the smallest details such as which movies are playing in the town's movie theater, the production designer and director worked together in obvious lockstep on this production to give an authentic 1980's feel to the film. There are a few shots that slip out of focus around the edges for a few seconds that were distracting and some of the interactions with Henry Bowers, the town bully, were unbelievably over-the-top, but all in all these nitpicks did little to take away from the film as a whole. Finding that seemingly elusive balance of both humor and horror, this full-length film adaption of It does not only the source material justice but also stands solidly upon its own two feet, or rather, floats easily on its own two feet.
