IT - Pennywise is back
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I thought it was great, I remember Tim Curry's IT scaring me as a youngster and this remake has not let me down. Quite a few laughs from the kids' characters too. Genuinely disturbing and terrifying at times, although I've spoken to others who said they didn't find it scary at all...granted I'm a wuss when it comes to scary movies.
I actually thought the "flute woman painting" from the Jewish Dad's Office was worse than Pennywise!
I actually thought the "flute woman painting" from the Jewish Dad's Office was worse than Pennywise!
Saw it last night
Ahhhh, the tension and creepyness of it!
Liked how they kept that up without making it overly gory with unnecessary violence.
I'd give it an 8.5/10, glad I saw it!
Couple next to me in the cinema left halfway through! I heard the female whimpering through the first half!
Ahhhh, the tension and creepyness of it!
Liked how they kept that up without making it overly gory with unnecessary violence.
I'd give it an 8.5/10, glad I saw it!
Couple next to me in the cinema left halfway through! I heard the female whimpering through the first half!
adam85 said:
I thought it was great, I remember Tim Curry's IT scaring me as a youngster and this remake has not let me down. Quite a few laughs from the kids' characters too. Genuinely disturbing and terrifying at times, although I've spoken to others who said they didn't find it scary at all...granted I'm a wuss when it comes to scary movies.
I actually thought the "flute woman painting" from the Jewish Dad's Office was worse than Pennywise!
I thought the woman in the painting was a nod to the ghost in the film Mama which was by the same Director as the new IT. I actually thought the "flute woman painting" from the Jewish Dad's Office was worse than Pennywise!
ks, ya'll must have seen a different film.JonChalk said:
Can anyone name any decent Stephen King adaptation, other than The Shining?
I can't think of a single one.
Depends on your tastes but:I can't think of a single one.
Carrie
Christine
Misery
Apt Pupil
Stand By Me
The Green Mile
Shawshank Redemption
are all OK.
Actually looking at the lists there are loads I like. I don't know that they're always close adaptations but there have been lots of films that I've liked one way or another. And there are a *lot* of them.
Lawnmower Man is shocking though.
JonChalk said:
Can anyone name any decent Stephen King adaptation, other than The Shining?
I can't think of a single one.
Objectively there are quite a few, looking at the consensus of critical and user reviews:I can't think of a single one.
Shawshank, Carrie, Misery, Stand by Me and The Green Mile are obvious ones and all some way above 'decent' by any measure.
ukaskew said:
Objectively there are quite a few, looking at the consensus of critical and user reviews:
Shawshank, Carrie, Misery, Stand by Me and The Green Mile are obvious ones and all some way above 'decent' by any measure.
The Mist which is based on a King short story was a pretty good effort too (bar the ending).Shawshank, Carrie, Misery, Stand by Me and The Green Mile are obvious ones and all some way above 'decent' by any measure.
Watched it last night, will admit that I'm not a horror fan (not that I find horror scary; I don't, I just don't particularly enjoy them), the wife is, she enjoyed I didn't particularly and just found it to be like any other horror movie that I've ever seen.
I thought it was filmed well and I enjoyed the 80's setting as that was my era as a kid, (I'm currently trying to find an Air Wolf t-shirt), I enjoyed the kids being kids and exploring and having fun, they were my favourite bits of the film.
I'll suggest to the wife wife that when the second one comes out, she can go with someone else.
I thought it was filmed well and I enjoyed the 80's setting as that was my era as a kid, (I'm currently trying to find an Air Wolf t-shirt), I enjoyed the kids being kids and exploring and having fun, they were my favourite bits of the film.
I'll suggest to the wife wife that when the second one comes out, she can go with someone else.
I probably just don't get modern horror films, it felt like some sort of rom com horror with gratuitous violence and set jump scares as well as some scenes i guess for Jimmy Saville. Got bored towards end just wanted it to finish. Nothing really like the original as a physiological thriller/horror.
5/10 Wait until it is out on 'video'
5/10 Wait until it is out on 'video'
I liked it - it wasn't exceptional but it was a decent watch IMO, not a particularly scary film, creepy in parts but that's about it, it seemed like more of a comedy in parts with the children's comments
It cost me a massive ice cream and a large glass of wine at cinema prices, to convince my girlfriend to go and see it, the bill for that was scarier than the movie
No child orgy either - I want my money back
It cost me a massive ice cream and a large glass of wine at cinema prices, to convince my girlfriend to go and see it, the bill for that was scarier than the movie
No child orgy either - I want my money back
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