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petty-crush · 7 years

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"It" 2017 -this film had me exhausted and pumped with adrenaline at the end. It was visceral, terrifying, sweet, and so damn satisfying -what I also liked about it was how tender and thoughtful it was towards its child characters; it really made us care for them via patience and watched behaviors, which made their fear and tensions ours to share -the first scene with pennywise and Georgie might be the most disturbing +put aside the clown make up, and the dialogue ("now we know each other, and aren't strangers, right? So we can play together") and actions sounds like how a predator would court a child. Unnerving -the moment where Georgie realizes his mistake and the film hangs in the air had the audience in stunned silence -Mike Hanlon's experience with his grandfather and how "there are two choices; the sheep in there or the decider out here" is presented "a sad but necessary" to grasp way. It is perfectly underscored by him being black in a predominately white US town +personally, even if one has to accept it, I still find it upsetting and would do anything to change it -I don't think there is a single appearance of a healthy, happy parent couple. All of the adults are alone and miserable(do we ever see Georgie's mom?), which certainly adds to the deeply buried bitterness the town seems to exude -the moments with the initial members of the losers club being themselves and bickering about summer time off etc is so endearing and goofy -so if pennywise comes ever 27 years, and the film predominately takes place in 1989 U.S., does that mean when he comes back in 2016 he's going to scare everyone -create bitterness by running for president? -Sophia Lillis does an outstanding job as Beverley. Bev's determination to survive and outwit rumors, bullying, and a frighteningly abusive dad makes her the most relatable and compelling character to me. Lillis nails it in every scene. -the scene where Ben is reading about Derry and keeps flipping the pages to reveal a decapitated child's head blown into a tree is so damn creepy -note also how the librarian who brought the book is by herself in the background, looking intently at Ben, as if to rush him at any minute. Then we see the librarian ask Ben a question from the other side of the room... -nice touch with the smoldering Easter eggs leading him down a path to a trap -really effective stuff like the headless body stumbling and dropping eggs -it's been a really, really long time since I've seen a muscularity publicized horror film that is willing to cheat reality via film techniques to create truly spooky and creepy imagery (as opposed to jump scares); +its immensely satisfying to just see a film like this go to the (fear) jugular -among those who have read the book, one thing they mentioned was the part with the adults was cosmically weird, and the mini series couldn't touch it, budget wise. This film is teasing and rubber banding reality, and it might well shatter it in the future -the motormouth kid character is actually pretty funny, and the film goes to create length to craft the lines and leave space for the audience to digest them -"if someone comes, do what you do best. Talk. +"hey, it's a gift!" -all of Beverley's dad ultra disgusting obsession with her sexuality reminds me so much of those U.S. Christian dads who ask their daughters to pledge their virginity to them until marriage (and then symbolic dancing) +This is something so very controlling and sexist about that mentality, and it says something about it that it seems at home with an adult sexually abusing a child -speaking of Bev, the scene with the hair dragging her face to the sink and then exploding it with blood is amazing in its willingness to go far -this film has so many musical interludes that come like leaves in the wind; some linger, some whisp in and out -I don't know why it took this film for me to realize it, but the cure is one of those bands that everyone thinks of when they think the eighties (whether that is the early not quite prime eighties, or capital E Eighties) -backing up a bit, I like the part of the young Jewish boy who is completely disinterested in the religious aspect of the culture, much to the chagrin of the rabbi father -one of the best moments is all the boys in their underwear, scared to jump into the lake (20 feet below) but Beverley showing them up -Henry must be one demented motherfucker if he wants to bully a kid then carve his entire name via knife on the stomach of said kid -I get that we later see his dad as abusive monster, but people come out of those situations without turning to sadists. To a certain extent, perhaps Henry can only turn to what he knows -I don't think it's a coincidence that later with blood in his face, he looks just like pennywise -speaking of which, when that older couple drives by Henry carving Ben, they don't even slow down, but a red balloon shows up in the back window -how much does pennywise control? Where does the illusion for fear begin and reality end? That blurring is one of the strongest reasons this film gets under the skin -did anyone else think that the film was going to end after they escaped the house when they said they gotta life? (The "dear god" musical segment)? I sure did -the part where Beverly beats the shit out of her dad and kills him is so satisfying - almost as good is when Edfie tells his mom to stop trying to control him, stop feeding him pulls he doesn't need +"I know these are gazebos! They're bullshit!" -nice touch with the cast saying loser, but trying to v it to lover -the sight of all the children floating in air took my breath away -I can't think of any other word than jaw dropping to describe the scene when Bill knows that his brother Georgie is dead and summons all his courage to shoot pennywise in the head -by the time we get to the losers club beating up pennywise, I was so emotionally exhausted from him terrorizing them, that it felt like I just finished a marathon; burning victory -the visual pleasure of seeing the clown get beaten and speared is so beautiful; +the representational reality like a Jackson pollack for the heart -this film had me utterly entranced from the first scene to the last. I for once eagerly await the second installment , because it more than delivered the goods here (rather than hold back to tease us for sequels) -this is a horror film proud to play with that world and tradition, and works great at the primal instincts that the genre taps so well into. A monumental viewing experience and film I had a blast with

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