User blog:Ameagle/A Couple Thoughts on "IT"

So last night I went to watch the It remake, and, truthfully, I had incredibly low expectations. As a certifiable film snob, I despise remakes and everything they stand for, and every time they announce a reboot of an 80's classic I scream NO NO NO at the top of my lungs as an automatic response.

So I was suprised by how... ok... the movie was. It wasn't special or groundbreaking, it certainly isn't going to win any awards, but it had its charming little moments, and one or two scenes actually creeped me out. I'm not going to spoil anything, but here's a list of my thoughts, having marinated on it for about a day:

-There's nothing resembling nuance in this movie, just to get that out of the way. It's not a psychologcal thriller. It's very much a something pops out and goes 'boo' kind of movie.

-It's leagues better than the old made-for-TV version with Tim Curry as Pennywise. Trust me, I rewatched it today. It does not hold up at all.

-The movie started doing this annoying thing where it'd have something sad or scary happen, something sincere, and then a character would say a funny line to break the tension. It was fine at first, but then it got near constant and pissed me off so much by the end. Despite all the jumpscares and the spooky imagery, the movie wouldn't let itself go much deeper than that. It had to use these dumb one-liners as a safety net and it got really frustrating.

-The movie has a surprising amount of heart, specifically regarding the main character Bill's releationship with his little brother, Georgie. And aside from that, just the scenes with the kids getting to know each other and becoming friends are great. It reminds me a lot of Stand By Me in that sense. However, in some scenes it delved into the area of becoming too mushy, especially towards the end with one scene being downright cheesy.

-The CGI in this movie sucks ass. No one else seems to be talking about this, so I don't know if I'm going fucking crazy or what, but I swear some scenes look like they came out of an episode of Goosebumps. I don't mind CG when it looks good, but this movie has the weirdest usage of it that I've seen in a while.

It was fine. I didn't feel anything from it, and I really have no urge to see ''Chapter 2. ''But I was wondering what you guys thought about it, you being horror fiends and so on.