Re: IT: Chapter 2 (September 6th, 2019)
Where did you hear that?
Supposedly it?s very boring lol
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Where did you hear that?
Supposedly it?s very boring lol
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Spoiler:Loosing most of the "bike" and the "hideout" alone would go a long way to tightening this up.
and I really enjoyed what almost felt like an unreleased Pennywise highlights reel as each member of the Loser's Club recalls previously unseen encounters with It from their childhood, before meeting It once again as adults. I liked that a lot, even when not every scare sequence quite flowed into the overall narrative as seamlessly as the scares did in the first film.
Interesting that you put it that way... As that is how I felt.. It felt like deleted scenes from the first film.. Add to that that we know nothing is going to happen since they are just flashbacks and we know our characters survive.. You end up with just what you said. A deleted scene highlight real.
But what are deleted scenes most of the time? Scenes that were not good enough to make the final cut..
Don't get me wrong they weren't bad by any means... Just kinda "Been here done that"
The whole film just felt like a retread of the first film..
(Spoilers.. Kind of... For those who never saw the original movie or read the book... )
Pennywise is stalking main characters.. Main characters decide they have to stop him, Main characters go to haunted house.... Main Characters fight him in the pit.... Main characters win
It felt like what so many inferior sequels feels like, Bigger but not better.
Again not a bad film... I blame the source material more then anything. But the film makers could have made a much better film by editing down to a more digestible 2 hours and 10 min film like the first movie.
I just saw the film.
The Good
It was smart to leave him as a clown while retaining the spider motif. I like how the clown and spider shapes were almost like a puppet that the lights...or that big v a g i n a looking thing was using as a weapon.
I really like James Ransone. Thought he was good in this. Loved him in the Sinister movies also. He was the villain in a Western film and did that part well also. He and Hader were the best part for sure.Bill Hader as Ritchie was good and so was James Ransone as Eddie. He was actually perfect.
The mullet kid's friend driving the car was also cool, but I wish they had done more with those two characters. Other than Penny, every time they would show up, things got interesting and gave the movie a shot of adrenaline.
The Bad
The Brokeback Mountain opening with the same sex couple. Completely pointless, other than I guess showing that Pennywise doesn't discriminate and he's "progressive."
The black guy was kind of given the Winston role, except he was overacting a bit. Also, how the hell did he find all those phone numbers? He had not seen these guys in 27 years, and he's got their cellphone numbers. Some of those guys were even famous. I could buy if he found them using social media or something, but he was calling them at home and at work like he never lost contact. They didn't even remember his ass. That was dumb.
The lack of Pennywise was noticeable, but even more obvious by the fact that he didn't have any truly memorable or iconic moments like in the firt film. His final form might be the most memorable thing. I can see Neca toys and Funko making that toy when it's no longer consider a spoiler. In addition, they cut some Pennywise scenes that were in the trailer like the one where he's on the side of a building. Hopefully they include those in the DVD. His body count was once again small for an iconic movie horror villain.
What was Ritchie's "big" secret? Pennywise said he knew his secret. Was Ritchie gay too? That scene happened right after he was called gay by mullet kid, so that was confusing.
Overall
For a horror film, it's not bad when compared to most mediocre 80's and 90's horror movies or those Blumhouse movies.
I like it enough to watch it from time to time when the film is on tv. It's a good background film to play because it's so long and you can always leave it on until the cool scenes come on. It's much better than the 1990 movie. I can't recommend the film to anyone, unless they really like the first film or love Pennywise
Even with knowing that the characters were going to survive their childhood encounters with It, I still found these scenes thoroughly enjoyable. When I watch horror or thrillers, having a good spooky scenario set up is part of the fun, rather than simply death or risk of death.
I think they were a tad too campy for me at times.. Much of the film was. The film started to have a Nightmare on Elm Street feel (the sequels) which I just was not in love with.To me, the setting of each scenario, the circumstances for each character, and the build up to and eventual encounter with It were what I enjoyed, rather than the threat of death. That is, after all, part of It's character; to scare and inspire fear and feast upon it, rather than always going for a quick kill. He's taunts and torments our characters. I think they are superb little campy horror sequences, particularly Ben's childhood encounter with It at the school, Eddie's childhood encounter with It at the Pharmacy, and Bev's adult encounter with It at her father's old apartment.
I certainly wouldn't say I viewed these as "deleted scenes" per se; rather very good sequences that just happen to have not been shot for the first film. I think these scenes would have fit right into "It" had they been part of original shooting for the first film
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