The main problem with It is that the non supernatural parts are so well realised and the horror elements end up just looking silly in comparison. Those horrors mostly come in the form of predictable jump scares and there's a LOT of them. I didn't find them that effective but the rest of the late night (liquored?) crowd certainly did. The effects aren't terrible but once again using so much CGI dates the film before it's even released so it will probably look terrible in 30 years time. Which is a shame because the rest of the film feels like it could have been made in the 80s (and I mean that in a good way). There are strong performances and relationships away from Pennywise, with the adults providing much more realistic and terrifying scares.
At 2hrs 15mins it's a long film but doesn't feel that way and it actually feels like there may have been many scenes cut. The story occasionally seems to jump around a bit too much. I did enjoy myself throughout and it would seem churlish to complain that the horror parts got in the way of a much better film. I'm looking forward to Chapter 2.
October 22, 2017 at 05:18PM
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