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Brandon An amazing Horror movie!! Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 05/05/23 Full Review Guto G What an atmosphere Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/10/24 Full Review James E A film that balances horror and heartfelt moments well. The child actors are almost all amazing, and do a great job. Bill Skarsgard is amazing. This is an easy to watch but still deep and emotional movie. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/09/24 Full Review Allan C A group of outcast kids in the summer of 1989 battle an evil entity killing the children of Derry, ME in this newest remake of the Stephen King novel. I didn’t watch this film when it originally came out, mostly because I figured it would be a big, loud, bombastic version of what I consider King’s best novel (though I have to admit I haven’t read any of his books since “Cell”). This adaptation is in fact big, loud, and bombastic, but it also had more heart than I was expecting and it did capture King’s themes of childhood trauma and the cyclical nature of trauma. Changing King’s original setting from the 1950s to the 1980s works well and gives the film a STRANGER THINGS-vibe that worked and I will commend this film for not knocking the audience over the head with 80s pop culture the way STRANGER THINGS does. Whether set in the 50s or 80s, setting the story in the past gives the film a hint of wistful nostalgia which adds a STAND BY ME-feeling, which is the film’s strongest element. This group of outsider kids finds friendship and helping one another through their various traumas when no one else will, not to mention battling otherworldly demonic forces. It’s the CGI-heavy Pennywise stuff where the film loses its way, with an overreliance on jump scares and loud bombastic music, though the score is quite good in the non-horror parts of the film, which is indicative of the film overall. Anytime the film was grounded in the kids' earthbound struggles, it’s a very compelling story, but too often the film becomes a CGI Marvel movie spectacular with loud generic monster action sequences. It made me appreciate the more understated horror elements in the original TV mini-series adaptation, which as corny as they were at times, I think is still a superior adaptation. I’m also not sure how I feel about the filmmaker's choice of splitting the film into two parts, one film telling the IT story as kids and the sequel telling the story of the characters as adults, as opposed to Stephen King’s original novel which flashed back and forth between the main characters as kids and adults. There’s no way to capture that in a 2-3-hour movie, so I suppose it’s a novel solution. Bill Skarsgård has the showiest role as Pennywise (FYI - Tim Curry is way creepier in the TV mini-series), but it’s Sophia Lillis as the tragically abused Beverly Marsh who gives the standout performance of the film. The other kids are all good, but Lillis is the only part I cannot imagine being played by anyone else. Overall, IT excels when it’s focused on the kids' real-life struggles and their love and support of one another versus when it drifts into ANNABELLE, CONJURING horror bombastic, but it is still very much a cut above most horror films and definitely worth watching, even for non-horror fans.  Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 07/30/24 Full Review Belize M "IT" tries to revive Stephen King's horror classic but falters miserably. The writing is painfully mediocre, laden with corny dialogue that kills any chance of genuine scares. The acting is uniformly poor, with the young cast delivering forced and unconvincing performances that make it difficult to care about their characters or their fates. The film's pacing is erratic, dragging in places where it should build tension. The narrative feels disjointed, failing to blend the horror and coming-of-age elements in a coherent manner. For fans of Stephen King's novel or horror enthusiasts in general, "IT" is a painful sit-through, failing to deliver on its promise. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 07/27/24 Full Review Audience Member Eu simplesmente adorei, os personagens são cativantes, não consigo escolher o meu preferido, teve algumas cenas que me deu gatilho, por exemplo na parte que escrevem na barriga de Ben com uma faca. Eu amo filmes de terror e esse com certeza está no meu coração. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/24/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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