tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post2180322277979966507..comments2024-03-29T10:20:53.267-04:00Comments on my new plaid pants: It Isn't Just a State of MindJason Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18254334131909339157noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-58680345390837706262019-10-07T14:21:39.340-04:002019-10-07T14:21:39.340-04:00Just saw it this weekend-like you, I was disappoin...Just saw it this weekend-like you, I was disappointed by how little the film did with Derry the town. I have a slightly different take on that-I agree with all you said about Derry's effect on the Loser's. But to me, what they really missed was the idea that Derry itself was SICK. That is the major theme of It to me, or at least part of it. It's made expressly clear in the book that everyone in this town KNOWS, on some level, of It's existence, the child murders, the 27 year cycle, etc. and turns a blind eye to the stinking rot at the center of their town because the town itself is sick. There's that key scene where I think it's Bev that the bullies are closing in on-three brutal teen boys going after a girl alone, and a neighbor sees it and just turns around and goes inside. That's what I think It is about-or at least one thing It is about-the ability of society to ignore blatant evil in the name of maintaining a status quo. And given current events, let's just say that's on my mind, a LOT. <br /><br />They also could have done SO much more with the gay bashing scene-brutal and well acted as it was, they skipped all the aftermath in the book with the homophobic cops who don't give a shit that this fag just watched his lover violently murdered, that other people heard the attack and didn't try to help...they missed all of that in the name of showing some scary writing and balloons.<br /><br />Still, I'm much more positive overall about the film than you are. I thought the performances-Bill Hader and Bill Skarsgard especially-were outstanding and the movie delivered on both the horror and the emotion. I believed in these people and their reactions, and I was sold on the relationships and the power of their friendship. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-58912508479024134282019-09-06T17:15:07.315-04:002019-09-06T17:15:07.315-04:00In the last 30 pages the book crashes and burns......In the last 30 pages the book crashes and burns... badly, so I'd have to disagree with you about IT being his best book...Dave Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10429379083970699093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-23323933842158718942019-09-06T11:59:43.753-04:002019-09-06T11:59:43.753-04:00There are more things I liked than I got across in...There are more things I liked than I got across in this review -- Bill Hader and James Ransone were actually very good -- but it just felt SO empty and devoid of what makes IT King's best book. And it actually seemed like the film had very little interest in being about any of that too, which was the most offensive thing about it to me. It paid no attention to the townspeople -- there were all these generic shots of Prescription Advertisement People walking around Derry happily in town shots, like wtf? Jason Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18254334131909339157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-28169502124869634622019-09-06T11:42:51.976-04:002019-09-06T11:42:51.976-04:00I think I liked it more than you, but there were a...I think I liked it more than you, but there were a lot of things from the book that I missed, like Bill’s triumphant bike ride with Bevvat the end. IT 2 was hollow, but a pretty hollow? I guess?Uncle Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04579861730666088507noreply@blogger.com