Trailer
Cast
Jaeden Lieberher - Bill Denbrough
Jeremy Ray Taylor - Ben Hanscom
Sophia Lillis - Beverly Marsh
Finn Wolfhard - Richie Tozier
Chosen Jacobs - Mike Hanlon
Jack Dylan Grazer - Eddie Kaspbrak
Wyatt Oleff - Stanley Uris
Bill Skarsgård - Pennywise
Plot
In the town of Derry, Maine, there is a problem with people going missing. The children are the worst, disappearing more and more often. A group of kids (naming themselves "The Losers Club") ban together to figure out why the kids are disappearing. They find out that it is a clown named Pennywise, living in the sewers, that is attacking and taking the children. Are they alive? That is yet to be determined. Can they survive and defeat the clown?
Rating Criteria
0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.
1/5 – Barely worth any time.
2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.
3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.
4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.
5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around. – characters, music, theme, story line, etc.
3/5 - As a stand alone movie, this movie needed help. The characters were not developed through the movie. The friendship between the friends was not improved; it seemed more like a neutral alliance "to survive". The fear of the kids, which was what Pennywise was supposed to feed off of, was lame and laughable (especially for the zombies.... wtf?!).
As an adaption of the Stephen King's tv series, this is PATHETIC. If you enjoyed the tv series, do not expect anything high of this movie. The fears are lame/laughable, like I said, and the friendships are pathetic. The creature Pennywise was not as terrifying as the tv series. The fears were scary but just not as scary, IN MY OPINION, as those from the 1990 version. From a horror film opinion, the clown coming out after you from the dark, contorting in inhuman ways, zooming at you in speeds that humans don't normally move, etc., was just not as thrilling as a psychological thriller. The clown in the 1990 series appeared more "normal" but could change deadly easily whereas the clown in the 2017 version was scary looking already, with the red lines coming up from the edge of the mouth. I think that the psychological scare is better than the physical (like seeing zombies that are laughable examples of zombies?), so I prefer the 1990 version.
Leper "zombie" scene from 2017:
Here's a short comparison. Judge for yourself. I still say that psychological thrillers/horrors are better than jump-out-to-scare-you thrillers/horrors, but that's my opinion. ;-)
Also, I have decided to count my movie reviews and book reviews as "words written" for this year, so kudos to me for writing up a review! New word count for the year, which is just this review so far: 394 words! #1WordAtATime
3/5 - As a stand alone movie, this movie needed help. The characters were not developed through the movie. The friendship between the friends was not improved; it seemed more like a neutral alliance "to survive". The fear of the kids, which was what Pennywise was supposed to feed off of, was lame and laughable (especially for the zombies.... wtf?!).
As an adaption of the Stephen King's tv series, this is PATHETIC. If you enjoyed the tv series, do not expect anything high of this movie. The fears are lame/laughable, like I said, and the friendships are pathetic. The creature Pennywise was not as terrifying as the tv series. The fears were scary but just not as scary, IN MY OPINION, as those from the 1990 version. From a horror film opinion, the clown coming out after you from the dark, contorting in inhuman ways, zooming at you in speeds that humans don't normally move, etc., was just not as thrilling as a psychological thriller. The clown in the 1990 series appeared more "normal" but could change deadly easily whereas the clown in the 2017 version was scary looking already, with the red lines coming up from the edge of the mouth. I think that the psychological scare is better than the physical (like seeing zombies that are laughable examples of zombies?), so I prefer the 1990 version.
Leper "zombie" scene from 2017:
Here's a short comparison. Judge for yourself. I still say that psychological thrillers/horrors are better than jump-out-to-scare-you thrillers/horrors, but that's my opinion. ;-)
Also, I have decided to count my movie reviews and book reviews as "words written" for this year, so kudos to me for writing up a review! New word count for the year, which is just this review so far: 394 words! #1WordAtATime
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