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thecganosisMay 10, 2019

This movie was so predictable, quite impressive but eh not that much! And in the end IT began yaks

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annoyed_parrotDec 10, 2017

What a terrible movie, holy **** Honestly did not expect this from the highest grossing horror ever. Hardly ever remotely scary, all-round disgusting to watch, retarded cliches, **** camera work, wooden acting, retarded generic scenes... TheWhat a terrible movie, holy **** Honestly did not expect this from the highest grossing horror ever. Hardly ever remotely scary, all-round disgusting to watch, retarded cliches, **** camera work, wooden acting, retarded generic scenes... The best description of how I felt when watching this movie was 'like covered in a steaming pile of ****… Expand

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Sorry_I_SuckJul 26, 2018

In the book there was a giant space turtle that was the clown's arch nemesis. This movie contained one turtle and it was made of legos. I've been let down.

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ThememesterApr 10, 2019

Unfortunately, this ‘horror’ movie was actually hilariously, painfully terrible and was shockingly worse than King’s horrible novel

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SwedishcriticOct 23, 2017

Before watching this I watched the 1990 version, this might have tainted my view, but as I am a fan of well-made movies I do not believe this is the case. With high hopes for this remake, I was stunned by the lack of quality, characterBefore watching this I watched the 1990 version, this might have tainted my view, but as I am a fan of well-made movies I do not believe this is the case. With high hopes for this remake, I was stunned by the lack of quality, character development, the overuse of digital effects, the overuse of retro gadgets, the bad tempo, the horrible jokes, just everything about this movies was poor and unintriguing. For every time the suspense was building up, it got released by a cheap jump scare, for every time the actors had a moment that could leave some impact it got quickly destroyed, even when the clown was in frame it was just, meh. And yes Bill Skarsgård was behind the layers of 3D, but it did not make a difference. The only positive thing was Pennywise's ”Home", it was impressive and a better reveal than in the original 1990 version.

Conclusion: As the movie doesn't care about it'self you shouldn't care about IT. Watch IT from 1990, not fantastic but quite good in its own way.… Expand

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Davidsco27Apr 3, 2019

Bored beyond tears. This was just awful. Go and find the original TV movie. Couldn't keep my interest. The characters weren't well developed, and were uninteresting. An unnecessary remake

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moviemitch96Sep 9, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a review from someone who's never read any of Stephen King's novels, as I've never really been a huge fan of him or his works. I also never got around to checking out the old TV adaptation from the 80s. With that out of the way, I decided to check this out based on the hype and rave reviews surrounding it. And I must say that I'm probably in the minority when I say that I did not care for this film very much at all. I didn't find it very scary at all, with all of the scare attempts coming off as ridiculously over-the-top to me, most of the child actors were all annoying as hell and almost never shut up, and the film felt too much like a Spielberg film, which isn't a compliment. Besides the music style among other things that made it feel like a Spielberg film, there so many times in this film where it felt like a remake of the film 'Super 8' (which Spielberg executive produced, but he had nothing to do with this film btw,) only as more of a horror film instead. Think about it. This film was EXACTLY like Super 8 in so many ways: In both films, kids are the main focus, with school getting out for summer, a girl hanging out with a group of boys, with the hero kid and the fat kid both having a crush on her, an unknown creature or thing killing people or causing people to disappear, the girl having an abusive or alcoholic dad, the girl stands up to the dad, but then gets abducted by the unknown creature/thing, the boys have to go rescue the girl underground/in the sewer, etc. Sounds almost exactly like the movie 'Super 8' doesn't it!? Really the only thing I can think of to say that's positive is that Bill Skarsgard gave a pretty crazy and dedicated performance as Pennywise. Other than that, this was a weakly executed, borderline carbon horror copy of 'Super 8', which was a much superior film with much less annoying child actors as well. When part 2 of this comes out, hopefully the story will be better told and have better acting to go with it.… Expand

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UncreativeNameSep 16, 2017

It is just a bad combination of Screamers, some kind of Gore and vulgar bad jokes; I really don't get what's the "Scary" or the "Creepy" thing about this movie, you will just get scared if you are afraid of your own shadow, and some CGIIt is just a bad combination of Screamers, some kind of Gore and vulgar bad jokes; I really don't get what's the "Scary" or the "Creepy" thing about this movie, you will just get scared if you are afraid of your own shadow, and some CGI effecs are good and some not bad.… Expand

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luiboyDec 30, 2017

Worst film i've seen all year. What a surprise that literally all of the actors are trash. 0/10

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DestrathSep 8, 2017

Had the movie been based off of any other source material, I could consider it to be at least a decent movie.
With the exception of Beverly, the main characters never develop much depth, making it hard to care about any of them. Instead youHad the movie been based off of any other source material, I could consider it to be at least a decent movie.
With the exception of Beverly, the main characters never develop much depth, making it hard to care about any of them. Instead you find yourself thinking of them as the fat kid, the hypochondriac, the curser and so on. The tension the movie builds comes in temporary bursts and never builds up throughout the movie like you'd hope to see in a horror thriller. Even the characters seem to notice this as they can witness things that should scar them for life then practically act like nothing happened by the next day.
And possibly the worst sin that a horror movie can commit, Pennywise transitions from a moderately scary antagonist I was actually excited about into a cruel parody of himself. So much so that I was honestly more bored than scared of his cackling hijinks by the end.

Now for the good stuff: Whoever plays Bev is awesome and it feels like you get the privilege of seeing a hopefully great career take off. There were a couple truly good jump scares. It was a fun and funny movie about the power of friendship and sets a far better kid vs. creepy town adult feel than kid vs. fear-feeding monster. It feels like it's halfway to a decent underdog kids coming of age movie, but overall, it feels like a lighthearted attempt at horror designed to scare kids under the age of 13.

The best example I can think of is this movie is The Sandlot if the characters had less dimension and a clown hidden behind the old man's fence instead of the dog. A fun idea, to be sure, but it sure ain't It.… Expand

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HorrorseekerAug 28, 2019

Very disappointing adaption of Kings Epic Novel the film starts off promising but almost immediately jumps into both genre and sticking to the spirit rather the heart of the author the problems with it is the films over use of jump-scaresVery disappointing adaption of Kings Epic Novel the film starts off promising but almost immediately jumps into both genre and sticking to the spirit rather the heart of the author the problems with it is the films over use of jump-scares terrifying imagery the film has one goal cheap scare everyone with providing real scares suspense tension and Dread And slience ass well surprise over suspense the director Andy will never be the master of Horror be desperately wants to be this film will fail to impress serious movie as well as Horror movie goers this adaption should be avoided plan and simple… Expand

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cingettySep 8, 2017

Ill give the movie this, its better than the dark tower, with that said in order to remake this film the right way HBO should have done it. I dont feel cheated seeing it in the theater but this is not in any way a horror movie, best way toIll give the movie this, its better than the dark tower, with that said in order to remake this film the right way HBO should have done it. I dont feel cheated seeing it in the theater but this is not in any way a horror movie, best way to describe it is a knock off to stranger things… Expand

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akukulSep 12, 2017

This movie was absolutely boring. Scary things wasn't scary at all - sometimes disgusting, sometimes hillarious - there were "scary" scenes during which whole audience bursted with laughter. Jumpscares were the only things that kept me awakeThis movie was absolutely boring. Scary things wasn't scary at all - sometimes disgusting, sometimes hillarious - there were "scary" scenes during which whole audience bursted with laughter. Jumpscares were the only things that kept me awake in theatre (because of loud noises, not because they were scary). The only good thing about this film was acting - these kids were brilliant. Wasted time, wasted money. Should have watched Apple Keynote instead.… Expand

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ugoSep 8, 2017

I am shocked. This is the first time ever I have seen a film with critical acclaim and I genuinely cannot understand why. I really wish I could but I can't. I'm sorry to upset 'IT's many fans, but this film absolutely does not deserve theI am shocked. This is the first time ever I have seen a film with critical acclaim and I genuinely cannot understand why. I really wish I could but I can't. I'm sorry to upset 'IT's many fans, but this film absolutely does not deserve the rating it has. It is just one big horror movie cliche. I thought Hollywood was beyond this. There is nothing new here. The plot is full of holes that break the immersion. The main characters don't act realistically nor rationally, even for kids. They go through the most horrific/traumatic events then act like nothing happened the next day or do things that left me shouting at the screen in disbelief, questioning the writing/storytelling the whole time. A good thriller for me has to at least have some kind of believability to it if it is based in the real world but there is none here.

Perhaps, maybe these reviews are because you need the context of the original IT movie/series to like this movie. I'm still trying to make sense of/justify the praise and high scores I am seeing for this movie across the web, but I can't. It failed massively to convince me to like it as someone who is new to the story. And the worst thing is it looks like there may be a sequel.

I have lost faith in movie reviews, in hollywood and in some ways, people. This movie was so bad. I don't usually do movie reviews but this one forced my hand.… Expand

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Ikstarni16Sep 14, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Huge disappointment. I think whoever edited the trailer should've directed the film because it got me super excited thinking this would *actually* be a scary movie. Long story short, this movie is littered with cliches, and I only got one good jump scare out of it. Definitely not the worst horror film I've seen (that trophy goes to the Pyramid), but quite disappointing. Long story long, I was honestly more afraid of the humans than the "demon" in this film. There were some insane bullies, an emotionally abusive dad, a dad who yelled at his kid about his dead brother, a sexually abusive dad, an overprotective mom who slut shamed a child...the list goes on. And when I say 'cliche', I mean a group of 'losers' form a group (amazingly easy for them), face their fears, and defeat the beast through teamwork and believing in themselves. The graphics were fricking awful. I couldn't get into it/believe it all all because it was so bad. That, paired with the totally unoriginal horror tropes (someone walking behind, a hand coming behind a door, doors opening and closing without explanation). With a good film, I won't need to ask "Why" because it'll take over my senses and horrify me. But there was no scare or originality for this film. It's too bad.… Expand

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GinaKSep 19, 2017

I hereby nominate this as the dullest film I have seen this year – or maybe ever. It seemed to go on forever. And I saw this with a Stephen King fan who thought about asking me halfway through if I wanted to leave! The direction wasI hereby nominate this as the dullest film I have seen this year – or maybe ever. It seemed to go on forever. And I saw this with a Stephen King fan who thought about asking me halfway through if I wanted to leave! The direction was pedestrian, the kids (with a few exceptions) were not interesting, the set design was okay (but if you’ve seen one small town, you’ve seen them all, at least if you go by this picture), and even the old haunted house looked cliché (likewise, every “scary” hole in the ground – and there were dozens of those). I guess this only made money because there was almost no blockbuster competition this summer. A real snore.… Expand

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KingDeathMetalSep 20, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There was so much wrong with this movie. The chief complaint I have is the plot pacing. This film felt like a rush job, and a decent editor good have salvaged it. Everything happens too fast - whereas the original IT Part 1 explores the children's story through flashbacks where you have to wait long periods of time between Pennywise scenes (always a sense of unease and dread, so you can identify with how the kids feel), the new movie takes you from one Pennywise scare scene to the next almost within minutes of each other. When one kid sees Pennywise, the next kid sees him, and the next down the line, with no time to breathe or be terrified in between. After being intoxicated with Pennywise jump scares oversaturated by CGI and incessant music/Sound FX that guide your feelings rather than enhance them, we're stuck with drawn out scenes between the kids, most of whom are bad actors (save for Richie and Bev), and have no on-screen chemistry. There was little-to-no exposition on Henry, save for a quick scene with his father. The relationships between the children and their parents came off as boilerplate, and between each other, cliched and over-the-top. This was a hackneyed director's imitation of what he thinks childhood interaction in Stand By Me and Stranger Things looks like, minus the chemistry, plus some Pennywise and gore-porn scenes. That's another problem: this film does too much show and tell, no subtlety whatsoever. Georgie isn't just victimized by Pennywise - you have to watch him get his arm ripped off as he writhes and screams in a puddle, before a cheesy CGI hand reaches out to pull him into the sewer. Bev doesn't just see blood pour out of her sink, the whole bathroom has to rain blood. We can't just figure out on our own that only the kids can see the blood, there has to be an entire scene where it's explained. The children don't just defeat Pennywise with a timely sling shot, they give him a gang-style beatdown like he's being initiated into the Crips.

Was there some good? Yes. I thought Skarsgard's Pennywise was interesting and a different type of performance than Tim Curry gave, not just a cheap impression. I just wish we got to see more of his acting instead of CGI and SFX doing his job for him 90% of the time. I loved the design of Pennywise's lair, with the pile of childhood items and floating kids. Hated the plotholes involving the dead lights - why is it that Bev can stare in the dead lights and be salvageable, but Stan can't? (presuming the rest of the plot follows along with the book) Because Ben loves her? If Ben kisses another floating kid, can he save them too? Come on. And in what world are heavy metal fans the bad guys, and New Kids fans are good guys? Who among us hasn't wanted to stab a boy band fan at one time? Can you blame Eddie for wanting to kill Ben? COME ON!… Expand

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gayretard2340Feb 15, 2018

this movie is terrible my friend fell asleep halfway through it and i didnt even get scared through out the entire movie this is bad

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kingofkoopasSep 26, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I had hopes for this film, I walked out of the theater when the film was halfway finished. This is insulting on many levels. First of all, changing the setting of the film from the 50's to the very late 80's was clearly done to avoid the use of the word **** This alone is the key reason for this entire mess of a film. Pennywise uses the word in the book and I am pretty sure Henry Bowers also calls Mike a **** in a small budget made for tv movie. So instead of a badass looking greaser from the 50's we get Joe Dirt during his teenage years. The boys look really small too, especially Ben, he looks about eight years old. Beverly is ridiculously over-sexualized. We first get introduced to her in some restroom scene where all the girls in the restroom do a mean "prank" on her, they dump trash on her while she is sitting down smoking a cigarette. The whole thing felt silly, I thought I was watching The Parent Trap for a small while, not a rater R film. In the original film we get two girls who pass by Ben and Bev and one says something along the lines of "must suck to be the daughter of the janitor" which clearly offends Bev and Ben is right there with her feeling bad for her. Much more simple and actually effective. None of this film was scary there was nothing mildly creepy here. Just bad CGI and awful actors. When a made for TV movie from the 90s can spank a silver screen film from 2017 you have a problem.… Expand

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currer_bellFeb 15, 2018

If you're looking for a typical Stephen King movie adaptation, look no further ; this is as blend, unoriginal and unscarry as it gets. I've never enjoy a single Stephen King movie in my entire life, except maybe for "Stand by me", for theIf you're looking for a typical Stephen King movie adaptation, look no further ; this is as blend, unoriginal and unscarry as it gets. I've never enjoy a single Stephen King movie in my entire life, except maybe for "Stand by me", for the touching friendship moments. As a matter of fact that's the only points I'm willing to give to "It" ; the characters are good enough, the girl especially is very good, they are charming kids friends. But those "Stand by me" moments can't carry a movie this cliché for 130 minutes...And be aware that it isn't scary at all, litterally, there is ZERO scary moment in It.… Expand

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EludiumQ36Dec 26, 2017

Oh god, if you loved the Goonies - and Stranger Things - and "The Breakfast Club" because yes, there's a Molly Ringwald reference then you'll dig this. If you're any of the other 90% then you'll be like WTF through most of it. Seriously, makeOh god, if you loved the Goonies - and Stranger Things - and "The Breakfast Club" because yes, there's a Molly Ringwald reference then you'll dig this. If you're any of the other 90% then you'll be like WTF through most of it. Seriously, make a drinking game of how many times someone in your watching group will cry "that makes no sense!" and you'll all be drunk by it's halfway point. There are so many things wrong with this adaptation that I haven't the time to write it all, nor would you the time to read it. Finally, the demographic for this film seems to be early teen boys who just discovered curse words and their first pube, so if you're not in that revered group, then this film is a solid Skip on my Buy/Netflix/Skip scale.… Expand

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AxeTSep 29, 2017

Stephen King is probably the name more associated with successful modern horror than any other with the movies based on his books being decisively hit or miss. Some are truly great classics, but this is certainly among the worst with itsStephen King is probably the name more associated with successful modern horror than any other with the movies based on his books being decisively hit or miss. Some are truly great classics, but this is certainly among the worst with its infantile makers having no understanding whatsoever of all important suspense and instead going for nonsensical unexplained implausible shock gimmick thinly disguised by decent cinematic craft, which unfortunately is now the norm for the mishandled genre in the hands of today's geeks.… Expand

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dredstimpsonSep 25, 2017

ok for children, not for adults; no plot, no story, no attempt at resolution in the end. the film loses any kind of momentum approximately 10 minutes into it. sort of like 10 or 16 somewhat related stories stitched together. (not sure howok for children, not for adults; no plot, no story, no attempt at resolution in the end. the film loses any kind of momentum approximately 10 minutes into it. sort of like 10 or 16 somewhat related stories stitched together. (not sure how many exactly, I fell asleep). would not see again.… Expand

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Mikibruno02Nov 8, 2020

And this would be the horror masterpiece? Precisely, I'm not a lover of horror, but I recognize masterpieces in all genres, lulled by a soundtrack that keeps everything suspended. NOT HERE! Abominable film and devoid of any logic. The plot isAnd this would be the horror masterpiece? Precisely, I'm not a lover of horror, but I recognize masterpieces in all genres, lulled by a soundtrack that keeps everything suspended. NOT HERE! Abominable film and devoid of any logic. The plot is senseless and very badly staged, the vulgar taste turns out to be too much and I must admit, it made me "stupid" while I was watching it. It is certainly among the 10 worst films I have seen. Rating: 0.… Expand

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prabhuDec 27, 2017

IT 2017
Andy Muschietti's mama had a strange ghost. He introduced a new appearance of ghost. I appreciated his invention to scare us although it wasn't a big hit like "it". "It" is a movie based on Stephen King's Novel and also there hasIT 2017
Andy Muschietti's mama had a strange ghost. He introduced a new appearance of ghost. I appreciated his invention to scare us although it wasn't a big hit like "it". "It" is a movie based on Stephen King's Novel and also there has already been a movie in 1990. I like big movies, it is difficult to make especially when it comes to horror. Nothing is more shameful for a director to make a boring film especially if it is horror that's because your imagination sucks which means your screenplay is absurd, so the story as well as the music. I found "it" to lack a quality story. It is a movie about child's arm being eaten, a father seducing her daughter, a mother lies her son about a serious disease he doesn't have, a teenager's cowardice to kill a sheep. We see the same boring lights flickering, stupid disturbing soundtracks especially when something spooky is expected. Absurd nasty characters walk on streets and our teenage heroes find them real and very surprising than being scared of. Everyone reacts in a very curious manner than being scared of in the same way and the other day they hardly share their paranormal experiences among the group. I could not find although I tried my best to discover something new in the movie but every single scene is nothing more than what we have already seen even in cheap movies. I couldn not understand the philosophy of the two psychopaths in the film neither could enjoy. One is a senior kid with his bizarre mind to harm helpless weak students. And the other one is the pennywise. The floating phenomenon does not have a good explanation. I had failed every way to enjoy the film yet I failed because it felt like an adaptation of certain scenes in other horror movies. The photography and cinematography could not make me focus on the characters. There is a scene when Ben was scratched by Pennywise and we could see the bloody deep cut and he doesn't have enough reaction to it while in the next cut we see him keeping his hands on the wound. I tried my best to still keep watching such an imbalanced, distraction-full movie. I haven't read the book but if the movie is completely based on the book and of the ending is all same, then I would say it needs a better story. Better characters. I was thinking how could they hurt or kill a dead being and how or why God was silent for the evil to prevail! It would have much better to modify the story with God to contact our hero as he is going to die, as he mentions in the beginning, and to tell what's blocking him to save the floating beings, so to guide him a world between evil and good.… Expand