It Film Review

Rating: 9/10 (22 January 2020)

Everything's a lot tougher when it's for real. That's when you choke. When it's for real." - Stephen King, It
Stephan King, known best for being a novelist, made his name in horror and
fantasy genres with books like The Shining, Carrie. Horror movies have been
around for a long time, but is approached differently from the man, Stephan King.
King became a famous writer in film history. Movies he made became classics such
as The Shawshank Redemption, and The Dark Tower. In the film IT, by King,
viewers of the film enjoy horror and humor being presented by the cast. He
automatically hooks the attention of viewers by using kids as the cast, changing what
others have done in the past. He uses a clown as the main villain named penny wise
to draw out the phobia many have for clowns during Halloween. In the movie
characters Bill and his little brother Georgie are first introduced. Living in Maine, not
thinking anything out of the ordinary would happen on a gloomy and rainy day,
Georgie makes a paper boat, and follows it down the stream to the gutter. This scene
is where we meet the famous Penny wise. King uses weather to help set the mood
that something terrible is about to come and incorporates it with music which leads
the audience to infer that something important is going to happen. Georgie is the first
of many kids to be a victim taken by penny wise. The scene transitions over to next
summer of Bill meeting up with his friends still morning about his brothers
disappearance and wanting to know what had happened to little Georgie. In Bills
friend group the Losers, we have a boy named Eddie who is very cautious and
overprotective. Stan the man the guy who is a huge germaphobe. The new kid Ben
who loves Beverly. Richie who thinks he knows everything and Mike the
homeschooled farm kid. Beverly is new to the town of Derry, Maine. She meets Ben
and Bill after encountering with the bully's who have been falsely spreading rumors
about her over town. She feels a connection with the group and becomes a "loser".
The kids begin to have these scary hallucinations of their fears, making them
question why, and figuring out how it's connected to Georgie. They go after penny
wise and are always interrupted by Henry Bowers the bully who wants blood.

This movie set in the 80s, brings the same vibe seen in Strangers things that I enjoy.
One thing that makes me enjoy this movie is because it reminds me of times my
friends and I wanted to discover things in the summer, always traveling from one
place to another on bikes. Making me feel I was unstoppable, like the kids at the end
of the movie. Also 80s seemed like a cool time to be around as a kid not having as
many restrictions kids nowadays have during that time. One thing that does upset me
about the film is how they weren't able to kill Pennywise in the first movie. Even
though the 2nd IT film is entertaining, it doesn't compare to the original. Also I think
the reason why IT the original is better that the 2nd is because, he captures the
scenes with different angles. One thing that makes me not get bored from watching
this film are the angles used in different scenes. He makes every scene always
look different, by using using low angle lighting, high angle shots and tilts high helps
make the scenes of the kids visioning their fears from pennywise more dramatic.