Never Saw Original Or Read Book
But I enjoyed this movie. Didn't make a ton of sense but that was to be expected. I guess they're going to make Chapter Two for when the kids are all 40 years old.
What did you think didn't make sense? I've always been interested in how people see adaptations of novels without having read the original works or anything. Since I have, I gloss over/full in anything that didn't make sense from what I know from the book, so it's hard to get that point-of-view.
shareI have no comparison point from novel to book, just judging off what I saw. My confusion is what exactly was the demon? A demon? Spirit? Imagined? Strictly a product of "fear"? A product of the wild imagination of children? For me the movie offered little backstory as to what exactly Pennywise was. Maybe the book delved more into this? Probably did. And why were there so many accusations about the young girl being a whore when she wasn't? I'm gonna guess maybe she was one in the book?
shareThat's why I was asking, since I only have a book-reader impression of It.
According to the director, the second part will more go into the origins and backstory of what It actually was. I realize that doesn't exactly help you for this part, but the director did foresee this issue. In fact, there was going to be a scene that went into more detail about it, but it was apparently too costly to film, so the producers (or whoever makes the money decisions) had it cut. In the book, basically, It was a quasi-immortal being from outside the universe that feasts on fear and belief.
As for the Beverly/whore thing, she wasn't in the books, and it seems that she was accused of it just because she was a poor but good looking girl. Kids and teens can be awful that way, accusing people of things like that, which is what I'd guess it was going for.
I'm a huge fan of the book and just got out of my show. Diddy you're just the person I was hoping to get a review from. I find find it interesting that you say it didn't make much sense because there was no spelt out origin story for pennywise.
This story is not about the monster, it's about the kids. I thought the movie did a great job at keeping the narrative really focused on the central cast. Nearly every shot is from the point of view of a child.
There never really is a great back story in the book either and the one King gives is actually kinda lame. There is a lot more history of Derry provided though. Although King uses both time lines to do this.
I'm a guy that needs proper backstory in everything I watch, or else it's just a B-movie for me. Was just hoping for more on that end. Especially with all the build up this got. I guess you can only expect so much from the horror genre tho in that respect. That said, I liked it enough to watch the sequel. So it definitely didn't totally miss the mark for me.
shareThat's good to hear. Splitting the movies the way they did actually should make for an interesting viewing experience. It sorta tells the same story from a whole different perspective. There's also a great marketing opportunity for an edited together mega cut of both films.