Stephen King's "It" - 09/28/17 10:38 PM
Before all of the positive buzz came out, I wasn't so sure that I would go see this attempt to re-make one of King's classics for the silver screen. After all, most King film adaptations, particularly most with overt horror elements, tend to be pretty bad. But as positive word of mouth got out, from both professionals and from the younger folks at work, I decided to see it when I got the chance.
In a nutshell, I really enjoyed it, though the decision to split it into two films, each covering the separate eras, seemed an unusual choice. In fact, my brain was such a hodge-podge of the the book itself, TV miniseries and the current film, that I'm doing my first-ever re-read of the book to see for myself what the movie kept and what it changed or omitted for myself. It's a big time commitment for a fairly slow reader like myself but one I'm finding very rewarding so far.
I'm curious to see if anyone else has seen this new film and what they thought of it. Also curious what background, if any, you brought with you. Have you seen the TV miniseries? Read the book? Only seen the new movie?
I originally experienced the story as the miniseries and read the book years later as I started to get into King's books.
In a nutshell, I really enjoyed it, though the decision to split it into two films, each covering the separate eras, seemed an unusual choice. In fact, my brain was such a hodge-podge of the the book itself, TV miniseries and the current film, that I'm doing my first-ever re-read of the book to see for myself what the movie kept and what it changed or omitted for myself. It's a big time commitment for a fairly slow reader like myself but one I'm finding very rewarding so far.
I'm curious to see if anyone else has seen this new film and what they thought of it. Also curious what background, if any, you brought with you. Have you seen the TV miniseries? Read the book? Only seen the new movie?
I originally experienced the story as the miniseries and read the book years later as I started to get into King's books.