Post by wvengineer on Oct 16, 2017 15:02:36 GMT
I'm not a big horror movie buff. I enjoy a good scare, but I don't get super excited about it. I look at more of the film quality and ability to actually unsettle me.
Disclaimer: I have seen the original It miniseries, and while I have read some Steven King, I have not read the novel.
It: Chapter One*
The story follows a group of 7 kids who have to face their worst fears to overcome a monster who feeds off fear and kills people every 27 years.
Things I liked:
1. The kids actually look and act like teenagers. The actors for the main characters are all under 18 and they play the parts as teenagers. They react in a way that is understandable for a teenager in their position. For the most part, they are also unknowns, so you don't have baggage of other stuff that they have been in.
2. Minimal jump scares. I find that the jump scare is a lazy filmmakers method to build tension. Many "horror" movies today over rely on them. This film has a few, but they make sense with respect to the story and work well enough.
3. Overall, the film relies on the kids viewing and addressing the situation to build tension. This give it a much creepier feel than you get with many horror movies today.
I wouldn't classify this as a scary movie, but it defiantly has a creepy-ness factor to it.
My biggest criticism is that one of the sub-villians looks just like Kevin Bacon from Footloose. So I keep expecting him to start a dance number. I just can't take him seriously.
I liked it. I don't know if I would rank it up with the Halloween (1979), Psycho (1965), or Friday the 13th (1980), but it stands on it own both as a story and a movie.
* Apparently it was originally titled just "It" when they were not sure how it would perform. When a sequel to complete the story was green lit, they updated the title.
Disclaimer: I have seen the original It miniseries, and while I have read some Steven King, I have not read the novel.
It: Chapter One*
The story follows a group of 7 kids who have to face their worst fears to overcome a monster who feeds off fear and kills people every 27 years.
Things I liked:
1. The kids actually look and act like teenagers. The actors for the main characters are all under 18 and they play the parts as teenagers. They react in a way that is understandable for a teenager in their position. For the most part, they are also unknowns, so you don't have baggage of other stuff that they have been in.
2. Minimal jump scares. I find that the jump scare is a lazy filmmakers method to build tension. Many "horror" movies today over rely on them. This film has a few, but they make sense with respect to the story and work well enough.
3. Overall, the film relies on the kids viewing and addressing the situation to build tension. This give it a much creepier feel than you get with many horror movies today.
I wouldn't classify this as a scary movie, but it defiantly has a creepy-ness factor to it.
My biggest criticism is that one of the sub-villians looks just like Kevin Bacon from Footloose. So I keep expecting him to start a dance number. I just can't take him seriously.
I liked it. I don't know if I would rank it up with the Halloween (1979), Psycho (1965), or Friday the 13th (1980), but it stands on it own both as a story and a movie.
* Apparently it was originally titled just "It" when they were not sure how it would perform. When a sequel to complete the story was green lit, they updated the title.
