Brack

Brack

Decker

AH, okay. I didn't really get that, having not read the book. I was wondering how it tied to the characters we knew already.
It was made more confusing by Mike tying it in to a new rash of Pennywise killings. I mean it was pretty clear that Pennywise killed Georgie in the first movie and the skateboard kid in this one. If he can influence regular people to kill on his behalf, that didn't seem clear to me. I mean sure Henry Bowers was influenced, but that was obvious and by a zombie, not just a general malaise of the town.

Rival11

I loved it as much as the first.

Be warned, there is a lot of "Typical hollywood bullshit" in this movie (i.e. couple kissing underwater after almost being killed by a demonic spider clown) - a lot of really unnecessary hokey shit that weighed this flick down but I honestly don't give a fuck anymore as hollywood is never, ever, going to get it right - as long as there is enough meat to a film for me, I'll walk out happy.

I think people also need to understand that IT was not even really a great book, one of King's very average novels. It only gets so much attention because of the "Evil clown". Also, the group dynamic of "we have to stick together!!" is just as cheesy in the book and the mini-series - so damn cringe-worthy but I got through it.

The scares in this flick were a lot of fun and I'm glad they kept the head of pennywise normal instead of a full out giant spider.

I don't see how a horror fan can't really like this - get over the dumb hollywood shit that is thrown at you throughout and you have a great flick - I feel like we got spoiled with the amount of scares and even gore to an extent with these two films as well.

maxfisher

Abob Teff

Shannon Nutt

Just "Meh" for me, guys. Bill Hader is the best reason to see this - he outshines all of his co-stars by a country mile. The "scares" however, aren't scary at all - most of them involve some pretty shaky CGI, and the final "battle" goes on for twice as long as it needs to. Pennywise feels like he's co-starring in his own flick. The only times in the movie he feels menacing at all is in the opening scene and a scene later in the movie involving a little girl under the bleachers at a baseball game - other than those two scenes, the movie tries to go for cheap thrills/scares, and almost all of them fail to work.

The best reason to see Chapter 2 is for the character acting, but the grown ups (again, aside from Hader) aren't nearly as interesting as their younger kid counterparts.

If you're on the borderline about seeing this one, wait and rent it. I'd give it a B-/C+

Rob V

I agree with you Shannon.... way too much CGI to not be distracted by some great acting and intense scenes. A puppy morphing into a CGI terror-dog isn't as scary as Pennywise lurking under the bleachers as he psychologically fucks with a little kids head. There was waaaaay too much of the former.
That said, the acting was top notch and matching adult actors to the kids was fantastic. I loved the Eddy character as an adult.

Troy Stiffler

Mabuse

Rival11

Has anyone seen this flick in the "Screen X" format where they image shoots down the entire sides of the theater at certain points in the film? I believe it's been in LA for a period of time and it was cool to see something like that hit my small town in western NY - it's not distracting at all and puts you in the film more - I dug it. during the film while I was looking at the walls I thought it was screen - after it was over I got up and touched and laughed because it was just fabric.

Osiris3657

Great casting choices. I thought Pennywise was pretty funny in this one. The Stephen King cameo was cool. Fun movie, I liked it, but at the same time I don't see myself revisiting it

Decker

I saw Black Panther like that. It was, at most, 10 minutes of footage - mostly Wakanda city-scapes and the waterfall scenes. How much was included for this one?

Shannon Nutt

The Peter Bogdanovich cameo was cooler. All I could think was, sheesh, I bet 95 percent of this audience doesn't even know who this guy IS.

DJariya

This is one of the movies that makes me glad I have A-List. Low risk investment as long as I make the time. I saw it and it's doubtful I'll ever re-visit it, let alone want to own it.

Of course there are going to be many (probably here) who blind buy this at $25-30, be unhappy with it and then it's going to go in their closet or shelf and collect dust. .

Giantrobo

Thanks for that info.

Giantrobo

We saw it over the weekend...WHY THE FUUUUCK DID SO MANY PEOPLE BRING BABIES,TODDLERS, AND YOUNG KIDS!!!!??!?!


Anwyay, we liked it. I though the scares were well done. Having them "in your face" like they did added to the effectiveness of the scares. The Old Woman scene and Paul Bunyan scene were particularly freaky for me. I also, thought Spider-Pennywise was well done. I didn't care for how they finally killed Pennywise though.

Rival11

A LOT, I'd say overall, had to be over a half hour of use

Shannon Nutt

Because young parents are irresponsible twits...where have you been, Rip Wan Winkle?

tonyc3742

Yeah, sort of perfunctory. Some cool effects and creatures, and some good jump scares. Young/Old characters were very good. I don't recall if the Richie subplot was in the book but I was glad to see that's where it went, I thought that's where it would go after seeing him on the wooden bridge. It really fleshed out a lot of things of his character.
Hader was great but yeah a lot of the other adults were more one-dimensional. Except for, oddly enough, Stan. Maybe Mike was 1 1/2 dimensional.
I liked the flashbacks. They helped remind me of the story, plus I liked the parallels with current day.
Glad I saw it for closure but not sure I need to see it again. There was a lot going on with them all splitting up and doing their quests. That said, though it was long, it didn't "feel" like a just-under-3-hour movie. (some movies I'm ready to end half hour before they do.)

- Was the office at the end the same office as in the beginning and end of Stand By Me? It sure looked familiar. A couple of the camera shots looked similar too.
- Was all the dialog about Bill and "didn't like the ending" of his book meta referencing of the reception of the ending of IT, especially considering one of the people who expressed that opinion? (I recall when I first read the book, "not liking the ending".)

Why So Blu?

I think it was reference to Stephen King books in general. They always say that Stephen King's books are great until the ending hits.

bluetoast

rbrown498

I'm an old-school horror fan and, color me crazy, but I like my horror films to be, you know, scary. This one wasn't. At all. So, yeah, I didn't like it very much. It was amusing in parts, but right at the two hour mark I started getting fidgety, ready for it to just END ALREADY.

I agree with all of this, Shannon. To me, it felt like "product," and "product" only. I never felt a moment of true passion for the material; instead, we were treated to a succession of jump scares because that's the easiest route for a film made by committee to take. I found it to be a big, long, soulless, and generally disappointing film. Even with all of my negativity, I still find it preferable to the TV movie (although Tim Curry beats Bill Skarsgard, hands down).

Giantrobo

I think some of you are just desensitized and It's getting harder to scare you. This especially applies if you see a lot of Horror.

Troy Stiffler