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In 2020 We'll All Be Appreciating This Movie
by Michael (movies profile)
Nov 15, 2007
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6 people found this review helpful
Ask: What will happen in 2020? Well, you're going to have to wait and see what, because you'll be dreading it after seeing this movie. His goal in life to devour innocent little kids and to play sick jokes on adults, "It" is a devastating force that takes the form of a clown and lives in the sewers near Derry, Maine, where he succeeds in making his needs satisfied.
At the beginning of the movie, Part 1, a part-time police detective, Michael, played by Tim Reid, investigates a disappearance near a residence, only to find a soggy picture of a young boy named Georgie resting on a tree. Having seen this picture, Mike's worst fears are confirmed, and he calls his childhood buddies to tell them that "It" is "back". The first person to be called, or is seen to be called in the movie, is a novelist named Billy, who was the brother of the boy, Georgie, until he was devoured by "It" at the age of around 7 or 8. As the story unfolds and the plot is laid out like the red carpet, each character remembers his or her experience with "It" as a child. From a spider in a bloody sink to living pictures, "It" did it all, until these 7 children fought back in the sewers, and thought they had defeated him once and for all.
Now, in Part 2, "It"'s back and stirring up a lot more than trouble, and these 6 adults (minus a Jewish boy, he was gone a long time ago) have to find why "It" is back, delve deeper into the sewers from which they had once been in and face their deepest personal fears.
In my opinion, that's basically what the whole movie is about: personal fear. For the whole movie, "It" is everything; he transforms into what ever the children fear the most: a monster movie werewolf that doesn't just stay on the screen, people that were not then alive, anything. That's why this movie will, without any single doubt, scare the living pants off of almost any under 18-year-old watching the movie for the first time. It makes you think that "It" is everywhere around you as well, so that by the time you finish watching the movie, you'll be looking over your shoulder more than once.
Be as that may, "It" was still made in 1990, so that visuals and acting quality may be a little below standard as to what we see in the theatre today.
But, still, even if you loathed the movie, even if "It" scared you so much that you feel more in your pants that your spilled drink, you can't help but appreciate the man at work. A lot of people (and you know who you are) have always said that Stephen King can't stop delivering what we have come to expect from him throughout the years: horror novels that give you goosebumps just by reading the title. And this guy wrote the book. And lived in Maine. Imagine that.
Tim Curry played an excellent Pennywise, the real name of the clown who terrorized those way before we were born. Mostly everyone else, though they pulled off a great show, could have done a little better on the acting. But, hey, watching a 1990 flick doesn't exactly awe you in every fiber of your body, but it still makes for an awesome Halloween costume if you're a "night prowler" (no pun intended).
Right now, I'm 13. I happened to watch this movie over a month ago. I still think "It" is waiting on my bed, ready to strangle me, or lurking in the sink, to force up blood and one heck of a giant spider. "It" gives you a reason for you to be afraid of the monster under your bed or in your closet. And while the comforting thought of 'There's no such things as monsters' might be true, they're out there. I send this message to all of the younger folk, who, incredibly, might still be reading this review. To the elder, you already knew that fact as much as I did. Maybe they don't wear white make-up or a smile that never comes off (or maybe they do, I'm not sure), they may lurk in the shadows in the streets, waiting for you to be their next victim. They're serial killers. Deal with them.
A bump in the night. A creak of your door. A soft chuckle. A noise outside of your room. Darkness. After watching "It" you too will be conscious of everything around you, and will not trust anything until it is seen with your own two eyes. The idea of perception strengthens as the scene grows darker and your hearing grows with every footstep. When you hear a scream, or a retch, or maybe even a laugh, your heart will jump as much as your imagination as to what's there. "It" will make you feel those things are closer and in more detail than ever before.
If you feel that scaring yourself is too much of a hassle, don't watch it, I'm fine with that. If you want an old-fashioned scare with not as much power as, say, "The Exorcist", but enough to stick in your mind forever, however, I suggest you rent, and just rent, this movie and give yourself a real reason to whimper.
So, go ahead. Make popcorn, don't wear your good trousers, put the tape in and plug your ears and your eyes for a good 2 or 3 hours. "It"'s coming for you. |
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