Mixed feelings

Rating: 10/10 (20 September 2017)

I have mixed feelings about this movie. Being a fan of the first "IT" with Tim Curry, I was obviously not going to miss the reboot. But after seeing the new version, I am amazed, yet a little disappointed. On the plus side, I want to congratulate the whole cast, production team, and writers of the movie "IT" (2017). It has been a very long time since a movie gave me chills along my spine. I was very young when I saw the first movie, and it scared me a lot. This one made me remember why. The actors, were simply amazing. The kids are funny, inspiring, moving, and hateful. I mean every time pennywise would attack one of them, I could hear people go "oh no! Not him". My wife also cried at the end for little Georgie (Jackson Robert Scott), in his last scene. I thought he was very moving. You also get to hate the two bad guys, Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) and bully Henry Bowers (Nicholas Hamilton), the two make quite the pair of villains. Needless to say I had a laugh when the kids stood up to them both.
I am nevertheless disappointed! As much as I enjoy a great horror movie. You don't show a little kid get mutilated! The first movie was based on the suggestion only,and it was still terrifying, in the same way Jaws or Alien. You just don't show a kid get brutally murdered like little Georgie. Sorry I'm very touchy about kids being hurt in movies. Just shouldn't exist, it ought to be outlawed. So big "ugh" to the production for that one!
Let's get back on track here. Pennywise, the costume was a bit bland, clowns are very colorful, and in the first movie Tim Curry had a lot colors. So just a bit disappointed with that. The violence, I thought "IT" (2017) was very violent. I mean, the murders are one thing, but the violence of some characters like Beverlys dad (Stephen Bogaert) abusing his daughter, or Eddies mom (Molly Atkinson) who is a overprotective mom,and even the chemist who doesn't mind being led on by a very young girl... (there are too many violent scenes to enumerate them all). I thought it was a bit too much. Unlike the first movie that only suggested what happens in each other's lives, or the violence of the actions they go through.
To conclude I think it a good movie. Seeing the kids team up and showing a lot of courage against their bullies, their fears, and a freak a*s monster clown, it was worth the wait. So congratulations to everyone, I hear the movie skyrocketed, but please to all producers, writers... etc stop showing little children being hurt or killed in movies.