I got a few books, including King's own Needful Things and American Gods, I wanna read before I get to It. But, at over 1100 pages long, it's a daunting task to tackle. I haven't read the book, though I do have it around and I mean to read it before Chapter Two. I'll be honest, my only real knowledge of It comes from my aunt (who's a Stephen King nerd) and, I believe, considers it her favorite King book and seeing bits and pieces of the miniseries. Anyway, I have been looking forward to see this for a long time. It's not just three good King movies in a year, it's three good King movies in the span of SIX weeks. I feel that's a little bit unprecedented. All films, as I understand since I've only seen this one, have received very positive reviews. Gerald's Game, a Netflix original movie, came out three weeks after this one and 1922 (another Netflix original) came out a month later on October 20th. Well, really, it was good September and October. In fact, from what I can say, it was a great year for fans of good King adaptations. There's been plenty of bad years to be a Stephen King fan in relation to film adaptation of his works, but 2017 was not one of those years. Dreamcatcher, Children of the Corn, Maximum Overdrive, Thinner, Carrie (the 20 version), Cat's Eye, Sometimes They Come Back, Needful Things blah, blah, blah, blah. But, again, there are plenty of adaptations that don't match up to the source material. I liked Silver Bullet and find it underrated among King adaptations.
Carrie, Misery and The Shining also come to mind, though King himself wasn't satisfied with the latter.
MOVIES FROM 2017 MOVIE
Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption are both excellent, with Stand By Me being my personal favorite movie based on a King story (even if Shawshank is the overall better film). Adaptations of Stephen King's books have always been known, for the most part, for not being of very good quality. And this is with merchandising and DVD (and book) sales. It is also the most profitable horror movie of all time (this made $700 million world wide on a $35 million budget, so the returns on this were absolutely fucking bonkers) and, if Chapter Two is as successful as the original, it will probably be the most commercially successful horror franchise of all time. Both Deadpool movies are ahead of this as is the Matrix Reloaded, which is the other film in that list. It is, unadjusted for inflation, it is the highest grossing horror film of all time and the fourth-highest grossing R-rated film of all time (three of which have come out since 2016, both Deadpool movies and this one).
Here we go, a movie that, at the time of its release, broke all sorts of box-office records. Hey, Iâ(TM)m just a guy who thinks of the earlier â~Itâ(TM) movie â" and no, not the 1990 version of the same Stephen King story, the 1927 lighthearted film starring Clara Bow. If youâ(TM)re into the genre, Iâ(TM)m sure youâ(TM)ll like it better. I also wasnâ(TM)t a fan of the unabashed reference to a sequel at the end. I think if it had been tightened up â" edited down, less haphazard, less jump scenes, shorter â" I think it would have been more powerful. Standing up to oneâ(TM)s fears and sticking together is the only hope of overcoming them, and it felt like it echoed some of the themes of â~Stand By Meâ(TM) in that way. Itâ(TM)s clearly written through the lens of the adolescent and the hell of growing up. Adults are rarely to be seen, and when they are, itâ(TM)s certainly not to bring order to the chaos. We see evil in the form of sadistic bullying, incestual rape, and in the apathy to kids who simply disappear â" all of which are real life things. Everyone has their demons while growing up, their fears, their nightmares. Itâ(TM)s unleashed every 27 years, which I took to represent each new generation that comes along. I wasnâ(TM)t wild about the canned moments to induce shock, the CGI, and the gratuitous violence, and wish some restraint had been exercised (but I know Iâ(TM)m in the minority, and what the hell did I expect?-) I did like the underlying symbolism of the evil that besets this town and these kids. A film that needed some subtlety, but then again Iâ(TM)m not into modern horror so take whatever I say with a grain of salt (or ignore this review entirely).
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