Stephen King's It

Zombienosh

His body shape looks creepy, I can imagine his dangley legs dancing around In the dark.

Billy86

The original scared me beyond belief when I was young (friends brother babysat me when I was about 5 or 6 when it was new to rent, and watched the fecking thing!), but we re-watched last summer and it's right near the top of the so-bad-it's-good list, absolutely fecking comical at times. All the lads perving on the one woman was just too much, especially the scene where (if I recall) they're basically wrestling each other to massage her. :pac:

That said, doubt anyone is going to top Tim Curry - the was fantastic in it.

MeatTwoVeg

Endaaaagh wrote:

Didn't the book end with an orgy of sorts?

It was more of a gangbang actually.

Billy86

Not a fan of the new look at all, it's pretty clear which is scarier if you ask me. Tim Curry's original was just flat out creepy, had a real demented touch of pedophile to it or something like that, that just made you feel... uneasy, watching him. The new one looks like a CGI'd version of Chucky.

Ben Gadot

As always with still images and even with trailers at times, I'm not going to get too worked up. Far too early to form an opinion.

One thing I have noticed though by following the film on social media is that the kids playing the Losers Club seem to be spending a lot of time together. Someone involved in the production actually used Stranger Things as a comparison (ironically both productions share an actor) so if they can get the camaraderie right among them then that's half the battle.

Bill Skarsgaard obviously has a lot resting on his shoulders. I'm familiar with his work so only time will tell on him.

smash

Dair76

Supposedly a set pic of the Leper (played by Javier Botet).

smash

smash wrote: »

I've never read the book and I've wondered this myself. It's like Stephen King had a time limit on his book deal and rushed through the ending with the first crap that popped in to his head.

As much as it pains me to say it, Stephen King can't consistently write good endings.

Endaaaagh wrote: »

Didn't the book end with an orgy of sorts?

Nah, that was more or less the exact middle ... let's have sex and swear a blood oath to come back to Derry if It comes back

ps3lover

The clown isn't even in the book that much. It mostly takes on other forums.

Rothko

Deleted User wrote: »

Nah, that was more or less the exact middle ... let's have sex and swear a blood oath to come back to Derry if It comes back

It's been a few years since I read it but I'm pretty sure that it does happen at the end.

Bacchus

ps3lover wrote: »

The clown isn't even in the book that much. It mostly takes on other forums.

After Hours would crush It.

Ben Gadot

Bacchus wrote: »

After Hours would crush It.

Pennywise to AH: kiss me fatboy(s).

Suas11

Suas11 wrote: »

It's been a few years since I read it but I'm pretty sure that it does happen at the end.

Well it happened when they were kids but the way the timeline jumps back and forth it could have been mentioned near the end.

Stealthfins

I hope this movie won't be a disappointment.
I seen the remake of The Fog recently and it was really bad.

The original It movie was really good.

Some modern movies are so generic and lack imagination.

RDM_83 again

RDM_83 again wrote: »

Been years since I read the book but as far as I remember it really falls to bits towards the end and has some just weird bits (and not creepy weird, how much blow had king put up his nose to write it weird)

King often can't write an ending: IT (film) sucked, The Stand's

hand of god

rubbish, Dark Tower

asking the reader to stop 3 pages before the end and make up their own

Bacchus

Deleted User wrote: »

King often can't write an ending: IT (film) sucked, The Stand's

hand of god

rubbish, Dark Tower

asking the reader to stop 3 pages before the end and make up their own

Under the Dome is another perfect example. Turns out

the dome was just some alien playground toy and the human were like ants to them, just watching them suffer. So the resolution was to share some sob-story and beg to be let free.

homerun_homer

Stealthfins wrote: »

I hope this movie won't be a disappointment.
I seen the remake of The Fog recently and it was really bad.

The original It movie was really good.

Some modern movies are so generic and lack imagination.

I think this is going to be the generic and lacking in imagination type of horror you don't want it to be. Cary Fukunaga dropped out because that is what the studio wanted and he was trying to do different things with it. They want the usual jump scares and horror set pieces so I'm not going to have high expectations for this yet.

ScottScott

I didn't read IT yet, but I read 11/22/63 in which there was a couple of the IT kids. I really looking forward to see how the new film portrays them!

Santan

I never read this book, at what age does it portray the kids, and do they talk of derry and IT

Tony EH

1. They won't beat Tim Curry

2. They won't have the er...guts? to keep King's (frankly fucked up) "ending" in 1958.

3. They'll screw it up and make Pennywise not scary by trying to hard to make him scary. He's supposed to be a "cross between Bozo and Clarabell".

ScottScott

Santan wrote: »

I never read this book, at what age does it portray the kids, and do they talk of derry and IT

A substantial part of 11/22/63 is set in Derry and the main character, Jack/George, meet Richie Tozier and Bev Marsh after the facts narrated in IT. They only touched on the issue.

cowboyBuilder

ScottScott wrote: »

I didn't read IT yet, but I read 11/22/63 in which there was a couple of the IT kids. I really looking forward to see how the new film portrays them!

I envy you, it's all ahead of you - no book gives a better character development then It.

It's like you personally know each character in that book, I have read that book 4 times and always feel so sad at the end.

cowboyBuilder

I saw some pictures with a poster

MISSING: RICHIE TOZIER

Sorry what ???

Book readers will know this never happened, he is a huge character I really hope they don't go too astray here ...

Ben Gadot

Fack I was hoping for a trailer.

Some footage was shown at a convention recently. There's descriptions of the footage out there for those interested.

R P McMurphy

Not quite related to the movie but a nice visual interpretation of Derry

ps3lover

Scary new image!
https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/219527/new-image-stephen-kings-emerges-sewers/

homerun_homer

ps3lover wrote: »

Scary new image!
https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/219527/new-image-stephen-kings-emerges-sewers/

Is it me or is that sewer opening awful big?

donnacha

I've never read the book but I have been listening to the audible audio book over the last while. It's pretty epic. I'd highly recommend checking it out.

Considering the length of the story and character development I'd question how a single movie couod do it justice. It lends itself more to a mini series.

Tony EH

They'll have to cut the heart and soul out of it to fit it into even a 3 hour film.

Wheeliebin30

Just don't think that new clown face is scary.

Too forced and predictable.