09-08-2017, 11:45 PM | #41 |
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The 80's/being a kid nostalgia hit the right bones. The frights not as much. Put Tim Curry's IT in this movie, would have been right balance.
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09-09-2017, 05:17 AM | #42 |
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Eddie's Mom and Bev's Dad are kind of important to the overall story that includes the adult chapter. They're the lynchpin of those kids' fears.
As for Bill's Dad, I saw that as him just wanting to move on and not dwell on the fact that his son is gone. It had been a year. Seemed like a pretty normal reaction to me. |
09-09-2017, 11:58 AM | #43 |
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Your son supposedly vanishes into a drain with the strong likelihood of foul play, no body is recovered and your reaction is "Fuck it, hes gone. Forget it." That's not a normal reaction for a parent.
The dad is in one scene for 10 seconds, so whatever. The parents are all cartoons in an otherwise grounded world. |
09-09-2017, 02:13 PM | #44 |
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In the book, It forms the geography of the town and influences the minds of the adults in it.
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09-09-2017, 08:10 PM | #45 |
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I absolutely loved it. It reminded me of Stand By Me. I thought Bill Skarsgard was good as Pennywise, apples to oranges with his and Tim Curry's version though. However -- the real stand-outs were the kids. They all gave great performances, especially the girl playing Barbara, the kid from Stranger Things (he was absolutely hysterical) and the fat kid.
I give this movie four clowns out of four. |
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09-10-2017, 03:34 PM | #47 |
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Either this is going to he the most front loaded film of all time OR this is going to smash a lot of records.., (its all ready broke many)
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09-10-2017, 04:21 PM | #48 |
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$117 million opening weekend
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4323&p=.htm 2nd largest opening for an R-Rated movie ever, just behind Deadpool (132 million) and definitely the largest for a horror film ever. I think it will have legs, I'm not sure for how long -- but good word of mouth + lack of good cinema options lately are likely to help IT. With a budget of $35 million (and assuming marketing costs were also around that), this film is a big hit for WB, however much it further makes. |
09-10-2017, 08:14 PM | #49 |
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I think it'll have legs. The people I know that have seen it loved the movie. It'll last for a while. Nothing of note is coming out unless you think the upcoming Lego movie or the Tom Cruise "American Made" have strong openings. I think It will own the month.
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09-10-2017, 09:26 PM | #50 |
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It should be noted that the horror genre typically has are larger portion of their sales front loaded than other genres. Still i think ot will do well for the weeks leading into Halloween
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09-10-2017, 10:00 PM | #51 |
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I enjoyed this movie a lot. I don't see a lot of horror films but I thought this was really good
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09-11-2017, 12:48 PM | #52 |
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I'm hearing mostly great things about this.
I can't wait. |
09-12-2017, 09:11 AM | #53 |
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I thought it was good, more creepy than out right scary.
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09-12-2017, 03:44 PM | #54 |
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Did anyone else feel like you were watching Stranger Things half the time? I did.
5/5 - creepy, funny, great characters, good jump scares...and the NKOTB stuff. |
09-12-2017, 03:58 PM | #55 |
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I haven't been able to go yet because of that bitch Irma. She was making people float down here instead of IT. But once the theater reopens I am THURRRRRRRRR.
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09-15-2017, 09:59 PM | #56 |
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Going on a movie tonight to see this. Pretty excited even tho I'm secretly scared of horror movies
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09-16-2017, 10:04 AM | #57 |
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Wouldn't that be ironic given that Stranger Things is itself a massive homage to all of those 80's/90's supernatural/adventurous coming-of-age movies, including IT?
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09-16-2017, 11:29 AM | #58 |
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Saw this. Pretty good with some very minor gripes. The projector scene in the garage is my favorite
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09-16-2017, 02:15 PM | #59 |
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Who sets up a projector in their garage anyway?
Some sort of arsehole, that's who. |
09-17-2017, 01:13 AM | #60 |
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Just realized it's been 27 years since the original mini series.
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09-17-2017, 01:54 AM | #62 |
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So hard to use the word "it" in a post when talking about the movie "It".
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09-17-2017, 06:57 AM | #63 |
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" Look at this motherfucker! He's bleeding Hamburger Helper! "
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09-17-2017, 08:37 AM | #64 |
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HAPPY 49,000 POSTS, RP!!!
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09-17-2017, 09:20 AM | #65 |
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not even close to that
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