Look below and you’ll lay eyes on the first look at Pennywise the Dancing Clown from next year’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s It, with Bill Skarsgård taking on the role of the most fearsome creature to ever clutch a bouquet of balloons. “It’s such an extreme character. Inhumane,” Skarsgård says. “It’s beyond even a sociopath, because he’s not even human. He’s not even a clown. I’m playing just one of the beings It creates.”
DrPhilG wrote: » I'm the most spoiler sensitive person out there but I have to agree that this isn't an issue. It's essentially shown in the trailer for goodness sake. Spoilered for the sensitive... They show Georgie being grabbed by Pennywise in the drain, then show him later appearing in the flooded basement saying spooky stuff like "you'll float too". It's pretty clear that IT killed him. The thing I'm not clear about, and I haven't seen the film yet but the impression I get is that: They show Georgie as missing (at least initially) rather than dead. The synopsis says that they go looking for Bill's missing brother, whereas in the book and the miniseries Georgie is killed instantly and the body left in the street.
Pelvis wrote: It's very simple. If it doesn't mention spoilers in the thread title, then don't ****in post spoilers.
Yamanoto wrote: If folks aren't au fait with even the most basic elements of the story, they're probably best avoiding a thread where the movie's being discussed in detail.
Alondra Savory Stew wrote: » It's not a spoiler... Everyone knows it.
arch_stanton wrote: » If that’s a spoiler please hide and tag it
Alondra Savory Stew wrote: » Saw a clip on YT of xxxxxxx... Bit uncomfortable tbh...Certainly more graphic then the original
Pelvis wrote: » I would have thought 30 years ago it would have been an even bigger deal? No, it's not graphic or titillating, but there's some places you just don't go.
Business Cat wrote: » Saw something on FB where he addressed that particular scene. He basically said that it was written over 30 years ago and that the world was a very different place then. It's been many years since i read the book but I don't recall it being particularly graphic or in anyway titillating and I read it was when I was a teenager so could get turned on by a strong breeze.
Tony EH wrote: » As said, it won't be in the film. They wouldn't dare. As to "how bad" it is, I was more confused as to what was going on when I first read it at school. I had to read it again, because I wasn't sure that King went there, as it were. The enduring bit is that the girl wasn't sure if she bleeding or if one of the boys had "finished". As an adult, I find that sort of shocking. As a lad in school, when I first read it, it didn't really bother me. But, I was still left wondering why it was in the book. Probably King had a coke induced spurt of writing on evening and thought it was a great idea at the time. I wonder if he has since regretted it.
skylight1987 wrote: » first I declare I have never read the book but I loved the tv mini series. scary when I first saw it but just a good classic now .I have been planning to read the book in expectation of this new movie but now I hear there is an orgy in the book of an innappropriate age ????I cant read this ....how bad is it and why oh why did king put it in the book . if they put this in the movie i'll walk out .
Snake Plisken wrote: » Yep that remake was rubbish. Sad to see the director(Tobe Hooper) of the 1979 version died at the weekend. When I saw that as a kid in the 70's that got me into reading King's works. I really hope IT is a decent adaptation that does well at the box office.
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