I love Simone's coping mechanism with being scared is to just laugh until she can't breathe lmao
@MadcapMatt2 жыл бұрын
The best thing about this movie is it came out 27 years after the original made for TV movie. Perfectly continuing the timeline
@leahbro Жыл бұрын
that's actually so cool!
@TSIRKLAND10 ай бұрын
Yup. 1990 and 2017. Considering how much goes into getting a film made, the fact that that timing happened is actually amazing. If it was on purpose, good on them for putting this together so perfectly on that specific timeline. If it was a coincidence, it's one helluva coincidence!
@ReelToScreen10 ай бұрын
@@TSIRKLAND Just looked it up and unfortunately the timelines don't match, The originals being set in 1960s and 90s, while these being set in the 80s and 2010s, and pennywise only returns every 30 (27?) years
@TSIRKLAND10 ай бұрын
@@ReelToScreen But the release dates are 27 years apart. The in-movie timelines don't match up- but that doesn't matter, because they're telling the same story, not a continuation. But the release dates of the TV miniseries (1990) and the first part of the two-film set (2017) are 27 years apart, which is a fun coincidence (or possibly on purpose).
@timhibbard42262 жыл бұрын
Pennywise is essentially a Lovecraftian parasitic psychic entity of immense age and power. In the books it’s explained or at least implied that he actually effects the town everyday and at all times. He preys on the children every 27 years, but he kind of slowly feeds on the town everyday. His presence and power is essentially effecting and enhancing ever negative feeling and instinct felt by everyone within Derry. So all of the variations of bad parents, creepy adults, and nearly psychotic youths are all made worse and nurtured by Pennywise’s presence. He usually doesn’t cause the initial issue or push people as directly as he does Bower in this part of the story, he just basically makes everyone feel worse to the point of hopelessness and despair.
@breakwoodhopper67392 жыл бұрын
That's really interesting I wish there was more of stuff like that in the movie or like some maturin stuff I get why they didn't but it would be cool
@williamrosmer83812 жыл бұрын
it's also not going for kills when it can because fear adds flavor
@tedbaker38462 жыл бұрын
@@williamrosmer8381 Lol
@Needler132 жыл бұрын
@@tedbaker3846 lol he isn't even joking either. He uses fear to get flavor and that's why he goes after children. Their fears are more simple than an adults, which is more abstract. Like...you're going to take the form of taxes? Yeah, nope
@tedbaker38462 жыл бұрын
@@Needler13 lol dude, chill I know he isn't joking I'm not a native english speaker, and i just find the phrase "fear adds flavour" kinda funny in a weird way. And thats "It" ;)
@Wurzelknecht2 жыл бұрын
"All adults in this movie are terrible" Yep. That's Derry, Maine. Whenever I read a Stephen King novel and this town is mentioned, a cold shiver runs down my spine.
@angelurioste49522 жыл бұрын
its the influence of the clown thats very clear
@TupocalypseShakur Жыл бұрын
All of Maine is cursed in Stephen King stories
@lifesajoke69652 жыл бұрын
The kids did amazing in this. Its usually hard to watch a movie where most of the cast are young kids early in their careers but this group couldn't have done a better job.
@mellertid2 жыл бұрын
King writes kids very well, and crazy adults. This holds most of his books together imo. Authentic non-Disney kids and disgustingly believable grown ups.
@shanewillis3162 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Bill Skarsgard the actor playing Pennywise actually does the eye and lips stuff. It's not CGI. He can just do it. And a second fun fact: the kid playing Ritchie is Fin Wolfhard aka Mike from Stranger Things.
@ILikeCHEEZ92 жыл бұрын
The lip thing is pretty unique to facial muscle but anyone can train the eyes. You just have to look beyond whats in focus so if your hand was in your face just have the hand in view but look though it at the wall so the hand is blurry . It's called divergent movement and it can be trained in a few fun ways
@themourningstar3382 жыл бұрын
Also, the gross way Pennywise does his running thing is actually something Bill Skarsgard has been doing since he was a little kid to mess with his siblings LOL. There are a few different interviews when he and his brothers talk about it, I definitely remember one with Alexander.
@toxidermist26972 жыл бұрын
Rewatching this movie in th reaction, made me want watch their reaction to stranger things.
@ericlayton88882 жыл бұрын
@@chrisferguson1911 nah he’s been unofficially drafted to appear in every ‘80s nostalgia thing forever
@Pennywise-hn5qw2 жыл бұрын
Yes we know that.. ..hes a phenomenal actor
@magicbrownie13572 жыл бұрын
The director really captured lightning in a bottle in this movie. Very well done. He captures all the fears and concerns and vulnerabilities of a being a middle school kid being menaced by a multi-dimensional fear eating clown. Something we can all relate to at that age.
@johnwolfe7596 Жыл бұрын
Agreed on this. Even with the narrative being held together with the thinnest of threads the movie is still fantastic. Pennywise shows up and does scary stuff to all of the kids over and over and we see a few kills, but when looking at it objectively it is just a series of scary situations and sets mashed together. The great acting, the dynamic between all of the Losers Club, and Bowers being so frightening is really the glue that sticks this movie together up until the final act.
@anthonydean17432 жыл бұрын
Nice catch with the old lady at the library. That was Pennywise looking at him, you can see him placed in a lot of scenes if you really look, like he is part of the wall painting when they try to patch Ben's cut, and he's the clown on stage when they ask Richie what he fears.
@Jumpyman_thegamerYT2 жыл бұрын
IT also appears in the first scene. IT appears on the wallpaper in the cellar, and the lights that look like eyes that Georgie sees in the cellar are actually Pennywise’s eyes.
@AleksPizana Жыл бұрын
The wall is a representation of the gang that was gunned down and Pennywise was present at that moment. It's Derry's History.
@natecloe85352 жыл бұрын
"Derry used to be a beaver trapping colony." "It still is. Am I right boys?!" 🤣🤣🤣 My favorite line in the whole movie
@sandpiperr2 жыл бұрын
My favorite was Stan's "That's not saying much" Because when I was in the theater I thought that in response to Richie's "the list is longer than my wang" comment...and then it happened! I was so happy.
@bradybimson91062 жыл бұрын
I always told people that the book isn't a "horror book" it's a story about fear. And necessarily, to tell a story about fear, it has to be scary at some points. But the heart of this movie/book is the group of kids and that's why it works. And don't worry guys, in the book everyone gets the girl.
@dougallen96892 жыл бұрын
Oof
@tomgrant292 жыл бұрын
Your final sentence wins the internet today
@deadbynightupbylunch2 жыл бұрын
In the book everyone gets the girl… I saw what you did there!
@MidnightHowling2 жыл бұрын
oh maaan! You were quicker than me, I tip my hat to you ;)
@kampfkeks66192 жыл бұрын
Still very much weird but yes.
@DKSean2 жыл бұрын
IT in the books is my favourite villain in fiction. The way King shows how it's just an Eldritch infection permeating the whole town is so great. Can't say everything as you've Part 2 to go, but it's very hard to adapt to film, though this film does a decent job of it. I love the image of each missing child poster getting pasted on top of the last one, as if there's a numbing, amnesia-like uncaring by the town that IT foments. Those parts of the film I think it does really well. My only criticism is around it's overreliance on loud-noise jumpscares, as if it wasn't comfortable to sit in the creep factor for too long in any scene, but I think that creeping wrong-ness is where IT's strength truly lies. (e.g. the old librarian in the background is great, but that's not enough, we also need a big loud scare, so let's chase him screaming through the basement) The kids are great though, they did a really good job in the casting.
@pete_lind2 жыл бұрын
Tim Curry original Pennywise had only round 20 min screen time , everyone remembers him from 1990 IT , rest of actors input is easy to forget .
@DKSean2 жыл бұрын
@@pete_lind he was great, but the films focus very hard on the Pennywise aspect of IT, where it's really just one form it takes. I'm not knocking the films nor across for doing so, I just mean it's hard to portray the extent that IT has its tendrils infecting the entire town of Derry that's shown in the book.
@MarcosElMalo22 жыл бұрын
Some of King’s novels are loosely connected by settings. Some of his novels are set in the town of Derry (the town in It), others are in Castlerock.
@DKSean2 жыл бұрын
@@mynameisnotearl4383 IT is not the same as Krueger, other than the fear element. There's a lot more to the entity.
@cixelsyd402 жыл бұрын
@@MarcosElMalo2 it's more than just setting. The Dark Tower series ties everything together with characters from other books, such as Randall Flagg, playing big parts
@mikelor842 жыл бұрын
38:21 "I'm glad there was a duality of the dangers in the real world with the parents and the bullies and in the supernatural sense" that's Stephen King for you. The real horror is facing the evil of people. I strongly recommend reading his novels. IT above all. and The Stand
@TheBlueDragon862 жыл бұрын
I knew Simone would be freaking out! I just didn’t think it would be in the title card. Love the reaction as always you two!
@richieb76922 жыл бұрын
I would love to see them react to a proper 80's horror like Hellraiser. But I think Simone would actually have a heart attack....
@aaronroibeard Жыл бұрын
Hey it’s time for Chapter 2 🎈
@RicoRaynn2 жыл бұрын
Was almost two decades since a horror film gave me the chills. This one did it. Such a great film in its pacing and build up.
@joshuacampbell74932 жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Finn WolfHard as Richie Tozier is also in Ghostbusters Afterlife as well.
@Billinois782 жыл бұрын
He's much less annoying in Afterlife, I think. I didn't like the way Richie was portrayed in this version. He didn't come off like an aspiring comedian like in the book or the tv movie. He was just your run-of-the-mill jerk.
@aelere77022 жыл бұрын
I will always remember the original mini series with Tim Curry as the first movie the traumatized me as a kid. Now I just love the new ones too. I definitely have to read the book.
@sumonjamal16532 жыл бұрын
When Stephen King's novel 'It' came out, a TV movie was made for it in 2 parts back in 1990 - the kids were depicted as living in the 60's. The premise of the story was the same, the kids in the past and the adults in the present... fighting the threat of 'Pennywise the clown'. But the setup was better in the TV movie and actor Tim Curry ('Rocky Horror picture show') played 'Pennywise' ... It starts w/ the death of a little girl in Derry, Maine and Mike Hanlon, the town librarian, finds a picture at the crime scene that he recognizes from childhood - an old photo of George Denbrough. Suspecting that his past has come back, Mike starts calling his friends... each adult was traumatized and start remembering their encounters w/ Pennywise the clown in Derry... That was the first part. The second part brought the adults back to Derry, and each encounter Pennywise once again...
@WolfHreda2 жыл бұрын
It's required watching for sure.
@jean-paulaudette92462 жыл бұрын
Side note: Want to see a fun, little-known movie with Tim Curry & Bill Paxton? Check out "Pass The Ammo" (1987).
@mcgfn2 жыл бұрын
@@WolfHreda Definitely not a required watch, the portrayals of each film's respective Pennywise make them entirely different viewing experiences. The IT miniseries isn't even that good in its own right, it is easy to see that it hasn't aged well outside of Curry's performance. This is obviously due to being limited by strict TV censorship and a very low budget but nontheless, it is full of cheesy b-horror movie camp and an avalanche of amateur actors. It has some good creepy moments but it is almost a completely different tone from 2017's IT.
@DCComicsGamer2 жыл бұрын
Great reaction as always. I love both of the IT movies. As for the "is that coincidental or intentional" question regarding the old lady standing there watching Ben, 100% intentional. There are loads of hidden scary bits. For example, that graffiti mural down the side of the alleyway at around 13:40 when they're helping Ben? Pennywise appears in it in some shots.
@BillTheScribe2 жыл бұрын
Years ago, I worked a graveyard shift as a security guard at a condo complex on one edge of a "swamp." In the middle of the swamp, on a little peninsula sort of thing, was an AM radio station that had few listeners, I was caller one and two for a contest one night. The calls were ten minutes apart. I sort of became friends with the DJ. He told me this story. In the winter the water in the swampy area would make a thick fog. The radio station was the only thing on that little jut of land for maybe half a mile, and the broadcast booth was on the second floor with no windows, while the bathroom was on the ground floor. He was reading IT. His boss knew this and slipped in one night and filled the lower side of the stairs with a bunch of white balloons and one red one. The red one had a note that read "Pennywise knows you're alone."
@michelegraham1181 Жыл бұрын
That's a great story. My dad got his coworker to read Salem's Lot when he worked at Morton Salt back in the 1980s. They worked the graveyard shift and the guy read the book alone on the second floor of the plant and got really scared. I had a feeling my dad was messing with his coworker and got him all freaked out.
@SilentBob73110 ай бұрын
When this reaction came out I said "Cool, they'll probably do the second half within a week or so, I'll just wait". Well, here we are...Finally. 🤨😁
@Liesmith4242 жыл бұрын
I agree with the critics who say that the music really undercuts a lot of the horror elements of the film by blaring "you should be scared now!" whenever anything happens. Probably the most effective scene for me was in the library, when the old woman is shown being increasingly creepy and menacing in the background, and there's *no* attention drawn to it.
@Patriiiiick2 жыл бұрын
Yeah it bums me out when the score tells you when to be scared.
@abc123tiktok2 жыл бұрын
Maybe because I am horror movie veteran but that old woman pic was as obvious as possible going to be creepy something happening. The upside is despite knowing this the cgi and movement stuff was still very unsettling to see. There was not much in movie that couldn't see coming. But projector was pretty good scare. It was homage to first movie that had similar thing but took it to next level so was not expecting the second part.
@christopherbrown60492 жыл бұрын
That bitch was pennywise
@Liesmith4242 жыл бұрын
@@abc123tiktok I might misunderstand you, but I wasn't referring to a picture, but the out of focus old woman in the background of the scene.
@abc123tiktok2 жыл бұрын
@@Liesmith424 my bad I misread what your wrote. But that is a pretty good scene as well.
@maisiesummers422 жыл бұрын
The dark basement would have made sense in the 50's, when that scene is set in the books. Really old houses had lighting added much later, and it was expensive. So they tacked a wire to the ceiling and hung a light for a room they didn't use much. I'd have thought by the 1980s they'd have upgraded it.
@jculver16742 жыл бұрын
"I want a non-horror movie of this." It exists, it's called The Goonies.
@HT00798 Жыл бұрын
But what sets those kids apart from the ones in It is their dialogue is way more realistic, kids in the ‘80s and even kids ever do not talk as they did in The Goonies
@nkfd46882 жыл бұрын
This movie was filmed in the city just next to my town. I traveled over to Oshawa to see the *IT* house they had set up there for filming. Visiting it in person, it isn't as creepy as the movie made it out to be, but it was creepy nonetheless. Can't wait for the Part 2 reaction 🎈😱
@jwesley2352 жыл бұрын
George asks if it's a haunted town and, yeah, that's pretty much it (heh). It has been there for a long time, feeding on death and disaster. Also, 'sewer clowns aren't real' might be the best line of the video.
@Tchika2 жыл бұрын
So you've never seen or heard anything about IT... that always turns out to be the best reactions, I already love it, let's go!
@FlickFreaks2 жыл бұрын
The lights in Pennywise’s mouth are called “The Deadlights”. TLDR is if you look into the deadlights they fill you with so much fear you either die or go insane. Something people don’t know is that almost all of Stephen King’s books are connected. So if you wish to know more read The Dark Tower series *aka, the greatest book series of all time*
@striderdavid2 жыл бұрын
Really loved y'alls reaction this! Felt like a ton of fun, great summertime popcorn flick to get all the spooks and laughs with a good friend! Thanks so much!
@YodatheHobbit2 жыл бұрын
I can't contain my love for this movie sometimes. It's just so good. I feel like in 20 years it will be thought of alongside film horror masterpieces.
@noahartis137710 ай бұрын
Simone’s reaction @ 12:46 KILLED me 😂😂😂😂
@coreyhendricks94902 жыл бұрын
I haven't seen this remake but I've seen the miniseries, you guys should check it out, cool reaction as always Simone & George, you both take care and have a great weekend
@brianwarren20422 жыл бұрын
The problem with this movie, and most modern horror movies, is that they're not meant to truly scare you. They're made to have jump scares so the overall experience is fun. Books like "IT" aren't fun. They make you afraid of being alone in your house at night and they make you genuinely sad like the death of Eddie Corcoran; an abused child who felt safer sleeping in a public park under a pile of leaves than in a house with his abusive father.
@3DJapan2 жыл бұрын
I find it more disturbing than scary.
@neon-rust2 жыл бұрын
Yep, "blockbuster horror" movies are basically designed like amusement park thrill rides. meant to get the adrenaline pumping but at the same time you know you're safe. It rakes in more money than emotional "scarring"...
@the-NightStar2 жыл бұрын
Agreed, this movie was just lame, and stupid. Wrote a comment above, but if you're not interested in finding it, it as basically just: "Honestly, I didn't find this movie scary at all.... rather I found Pennywise to be ridiculous and stupid, in this. To me, I felt like this movie was great build-up to lame reveals and hokey jumpscares that become absurd goofy crap when you really have a second to think about it. The only part of the movie that made me feel like this was any good at all were the main cast and how they were potrayed. The performances and the writing in the NON "scary" parts are what save this movie for me. But in terms of being actual horror, it's a real let down for me. That having been said, it's even worse with the even goofier and even dumber adaption done way back with the tv miniseries with Tim Curry. That was so stupid it's not even worth seeing, because the rest is awful. But I found this to be not very great. Flat out, I just don't think that "IT" works as anything other than a book. It's just un-adaptable, because the things that King writes and describes in the novel just can't help but come across as goofy and stupid when you see it cinematically." It's like.... people have always said that Lord Of The Rings was "un-adaptable" until Peter Jackson, the madman, actually did it and did it well. But I think "It" is TRULY the un-adaptable work. Because Steven King's writing particularly with this book just does not and cannot translate well to film, unless it's almost completely and entirely re-worked, and more of an "in name only" adaptation and only the premise is used, while literally everything else is re-worked from square one, like The Shining. King describes things with text that are creepy and scary because they are "the unknown" and "surreal and bizarre". But King's brand of "unknown, surreal and bizarre", when it's taken from your imagination and placed into a literal context for you to see, just looks and feels really REALLY stupid. Hence Pennywise and most of the kids's fears, when seen cinematically and divorced from your own interpretation and imagination look and feel REALLY STUPID. This movie is "trying" to take King's ideas and goose them up to 11 in order to do that..... but most of it is just conveyed with lazy jumpscares to introduce very stupid looking things. The only parts that work, are honestly the non-horror scenes and the relationship with the kids when they show their character. It's the only thing in this movie that feels like it works as a movie. But the real "money shots", and the horror aspect? What anyone would come to this for? It's just a corny, stupid, ridiculous, dumb let down.
@artvandelay38402 жыл бұрын
Modern horror movies are basically "startle movies". They exist to get the occasional jump out of you, but that's it.
@brianwarren20422 жыл бұрын
@@the-NightStar I think it could be adapted for the screen successfully but the problem is that the story gets dumbed down to "oOOOoooOoo scary clown". Pennywise isn't a clown. It takes the form of a clown to attract smaller children and remnants of this form can be seen in the other forms it takes on when terrifying older victims so that it can "salt the meat". Pennywise the clown isn't MEANT to be scary. It's what he DOES that makes him scary. The rest of the time he appears as a giant black bird, a werewolf, a leper, dead baseball players, flying leeches, etc. And the movies adaptations are so terrible because they leave out the scenes that really matter and are actually scary. Like Ben walking home in the snow when he sees IT on the frozen river holding balloons that float against the wind.
@nucularmechanic96232 жыл бұрын
Regarding how to grieve and whether adults would handle it better than a kid, everyone grieves differently and there are significant differences in grieving the loss of a son vs loss of a brother, especially when one involves some amount of guilt.
@briangus1822 жыл бұрын
The book is a long read but super worth reading. Also, you should check out the made for tv miniseries from the 90s, Tim Curry as Pennywise is iconic!
@dougallen96892 жыл бұрын
With a content warning for *that* scene in the book.
@Pennywise-hn5qw2 жыл бұрын
Not as comic as Billy Boy!!!
@Bob.L.Shirley2 жыл бұрын
First - great reaction! I barely saw any of the movie for switching between George’s expressions and Simone’s defensive giggle that would devolve into “No, no, no..." before ramping back up into the giggle. Good stuff.😂 Can't wait for you to hit Chapter Two. I'd recommend you read the book or catch the unabridged audiobook to see what did and didn't make it into the movies. Thanks for a sadistic bunch of much-needed laughs at your expense and please hit the next chapter soon!
@Billinois782 жыл бұрын
When the made-for-tv adaption aired in 1990, Pennywise terrified me. While some aspects of that version were tame in comparison to this one, Tim Curry's portrayal of the character was amazing, despite not having a big budget or CGI to rely upon. The term "nightmare fuel" is used a lot these days, but IT (1990) was for me at age 11. It gave full grown adults nightmares, too. I didn't like the Pennywise in this one as much, but the effects made for some cool visuals, like the scene in the basement with dead Georgie or in the garage with the film projector. Neither version holds true enough to the source material but that's ok. I'd still recommend reading the book. I found myself actually sorry to finish it. Kinda like the Lord of the Rings, I wanted the story to keep going, like I was gonna miss these people.
@@James_Loveless That's Hollywood. It's all a business. I'll admit, though, that I was excited about this one when I heard it was in the works. I had been reading for years about a big screen adaption possibly in the works, but plans kept falling through. At one point, they even wanted to get Tim Curry to reprise the role, but that was long ago. After reading the book (which, by the way, has more sexualization than this movie), I wanted to see an R rated adaption on the screen. I forgot they did another take on The Stand. I loved the tv version. All I know about the other version is that it's got Amber Heard in it, so that's a big NO from me.
@HeinzP1002 жыл бұрын
This version of IT was good and quite scary, but as far as I'm concerned, Tim Curry's portrayal of Pennywise was far better. Tim Curry owned that role. In my humble opinion of course :-) But unfortunately, the original version does seem a bit dated, but still my favorite IT.
@wolf9walker2 жыл бұрын
@@ThreadBomb I was going to say the same thing.
@jculver16742 жыл бұрын
I saw the original movie on TV when I was 10, and it scared me more than anything I've seen before or since. For months afterward I'd imagine Tim Curry's Pennywise hiding behind every tree and car I walked by.
@evanreid69172 жыл бұрын
Such a good movie, chapter 2 complements the first really really well.
@casperillionois158 Жыл бұрын
These kids acted their hearts out
@Tchika2 жыл бұрын
All the child actors are such great choices. I really loved Georgie, it broke my heart.
@zammmerjammer2 жыл бұрын
Still annoyed at this adaptation turning Mike into basically a sidekick. It's such B.S. and completely throws away a major opportunity for horror. IN A HORROR MOVIE. That decision by the filmmakers makes no sense.
@windandcloudshadow1582 жыл бұрын
I'd say the only character that wasn't depicted very well is Eddie the actor was fine just the way he was written.
@windandcloudshadow1582 жыл бұрын
@@zammmerjammer Agreed his scenes of him exploring and being told about the Black spot was among my favorite parts in the book.
@christoffesedao35792 жыл бұрын
Never saw a need to redo IT. The 1990 version was amazing and with an incredible cast. Just release that in theaters. I would go see IT. 🎈
@RichardMiller-t1g5 күн бұрын
George was enjoying the movie while Simone was freaking out. Loved the reactions
@brandonWilliams-yr4re3 ай бұрын
This intro and the one where you say “we’re not pumpkins we’re ladies” from friends with benefits movie with Natalie and Ashton are my favorite. 😂😂😂 thank you.
@A-small-amount-of-peas2 жыл бұрын
As a fan of the book I can safely say no adaptation has got it right. With the size of the source material I would have thought a series would be the better option to fully appreciate... It
@kkkk-tu5tr2 жыл бұрын
Really I've never read the book so can u tell me stuff that git cut out from I'm really curious
@A-small-amount-of-peas Жыл бұрын
@@kkkk-tu5tr it's a long book. I couldn't possibly condense it
@kkkk-tu5tr Жыл бұрын
@@A-small-amount-of-peas I forgot abt this comment lol
@jahrolo2 жыл бұрын
The original movie is one of my most beloved movies. And the "Pennywise pops out of the gutter" is still scary as hell to me... The book is also great :)
@jonathanmartin87162 жыл бұрын
So, I see some of the comments here, but let me share with you my tale. I was a sophomore in High School, reading this book. I'm a slow reader, I like to pace myself, only go as fast as I can speak, Anywho, I'm half way thru the book when they announce the mini-series. My dad did me the favor of recording all the episodes so I could watch them when I was done reading the book. The book was amazing and the feeling of disappointment from watching that original series, seeing only a third of the forms it takes playing out over 6 episodes. I was so excited when they announced this venture, with today's CGI there was so much they could do. Having said that, and having watched both movies. These are good action flicks, they do a good job of grasping the feeling from the book, but they can't replace the book. Until a movie takes the time to tell the whole story, and can find another enigmatic Pennywise, The book and my imagination are still the champs. 🏅
@BigMike2462 жыл бұрын
I'm still in the first ten minutes of your video and I can't tell you how happy I am that neither of you read the book or saw the original miniseries!
@Shawn-rq4py2 жыл бұрын
This is so fitting because I literally finished this movie last night and started the 2nd one. Great reaction!!
@TheJoeyKnoxville2 жыл бұрын
I'm sure this movie scared a whole new generation just like the old miniseries did in the 90s! I was absolutely mentally broken after seeing that miniseries as a kid.. The book is even better tho! Stephen King is the king!
@boxcarpope2 жыл бұрын
Simone: "I want the internet to know, this was my idea." Oh, you sweet summer child
@almitchell6342 жыл бұрын
Love you're channel! Been watching for a while. This is the first time I have been forsed to say something about what George just said! He just lost a child nothing more traumatic than losing a child! Love the show Keep on keepin on!
@noisyrhysling2 жыл бұрын
Let's all take a moment to appreciate the fact that the Loser's Club doesn't get out of the sewer the same way as in the book.
@hanskneesun1232 жыл бұрын
One of the rare instances where not staying true to the source material is a blessing.
@nonyabussiness69202 жыл бұрын
How do they get out of the sewer in the book? Is it a child orgy? Please tell me it's not a child orgy.
@harley42302 жыл бұрын
Yeah well, if it had that part of the story then the movie along with everyone involved with it would have been arrested.
@nonyabussiness69202 жыл бұрын
@@harley4230 Holy poop... I've never read the book and was being sarcastic. That's how they actually get out of the sewer in the book? TF?
@harley42302 жыл бұрын
@@nonyabussiness6920 They decide that they need to become "adults" to protect themselves and then Stephen King wrote a scene that should have had him investigated by the police. To repeat what another commenter said, in the book... they ALL get the girl. Completely ruined what was a great book to me up until that point.
@Lusciouslysorry Жыл бұрын
Are you guys ever gonna do Chapter 2? You do know you can do horror movies year round and still have enough left for October and Halloween, right?
@LiveHedgehog2 жыл бұрын
I'll just say that there's a certain scene in Chapter 2 that was really worth going to the theatre for. The bass was awesome, it shook the chairs we were sitting in lol.
@mangalegends2 жыл бұрын
The look of abject terror on Simone's face at the twitchy clown runs is great lol
@watsonsd12 жыл бұрын
I love how Simone is grimacing and creeped out literally three seconds into the film.
@VilleHalonen2 жыл бұрын
Urgh I can't, I just can't, can't, can't, but I'll like and let it roll in the background for support. And maybe read the book.
@VilleHalonen2 жыл бұрын
Here's my best Simone impression tho: What the f***, what the f***, f*** this, eewwww NOOOO, what the f***, f*** this movie.
@kevtb8742 жыл бұрын
The book is one of the only books to get under my skin and creep me out back when I read it as a teen. It's not easier going than the movie if that's what you're hoping on.
@VilleHalonen2 жыл бұрын
@@kevtb874 I can personally handle horror in books much better than in films. Thanks for the heads-up tho!
@muzedbymusic6662 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite movies, I’m so glad you reacted to it!! Love you two!
@mostaley50492 жыл бұрын
You’ll float too. 😂 love you guys reactions. It 2 is pretty good as well. Great older actors who resembles the younger characters.
@katrinaleebaldwin46602 жыл бұрын
The “school bully” were just like these in 70’s/80’s. They were brutal and mostly psychos and adults for the most part did nothing. Yes, I’ve had and seen multiple rock wars or snowball fights with rock in the middle.
@jessecortez94492 жыл бұрын
I always hate when current day folks try and say that bullying ain't so bad and there should be more of it going on cause everyone is so soft in their eyes. They always completely overlook that bullies are like that for a reason and it's not cause they want some quite nerdy kid to toughen up and be a cool kid. It's almost always because of some serious toxic issues that are going on beyond public eyes. I even spoke against the similar practice of hazing when I was in the military. I noticed that all the guys that hazed new guys were the ones that internally hated what they've seen or done and they refuse to truly face that so new guys are just soft in their eyes, their still clean and that spotlights that they aren't so clean. It was always my argument that if some one thinks someone isn't cutting it than it takes a leader/mentor to show them the path up and not a person rooted to pain in the past trying to equalize suffering.
@killersalmon43592 жыл бұрын
Yep - went through some rock wars when I was that age, plus some encounters with older kids where I thought I was going to die before my friends swooped into the rescue. The craziest thing I witnessed (in hindsight) were high-school kids waiting outside my school (some with switchblades) to ambush a classmate who had offended one of them. And this was in a small-town in Canada! I can't imagine anything like that happening nowadays without the police being called, but when I was a kid, it was handled by my teacher going outside and giving the high-school kids a good talking-to. As this teacher was a hippy-chick, back before the term hippy-chick was even coined.
@SpenglerExtreme2 жыл бұрын
I think you’ll be happy to know that Sophia Lillis portrayed Nancy Drew in the recent movie (maybe 3 year ago) So you can in fact watch one of these ‘kids’ solve a Scooby Doo like mystery ^_^
@ronpaul10822 жыл бұрын
stand by me ( 1983 ) and dreamcatcher ( 2003 ) are two other stephen king movies starring a group of kids . Both are good . in fact stand by me is one of the best movies I've ever seen .
@SB992REBORNКүн бұрын
The projector scene is the HORRIFYINGEST SCENE OF THE MOVIE IN THEATRES! EVERYONE SCREAMED AT THAT PART!
@TheBenperri2 жыл бұрын
Simone's "nononononono" dance was amazing
@williamrosmer83812 жыл бұрын
i think the movie added a lot of idiosyncrasies by changing the setting from the 50s to the 80s. like i get -why- they did it, but some of the social stuff i think reads better if you look at it being in the original time period
@Wurzelknecht2 жыл бұрын
Yeah they kinda made things a lot more difficult for themselves by changing the time period. I think a lot of the characters especially the townsfolk of Derry, work better in a 50s setting than an 80s one and in part 2 putting them in modern times also brings its problems with it, like modern technology getting in the way of writing a story for a society where not everyone had a smartphone for example, or the internet not existing.
@Lucas-ky7dc8 ай бұрын
"Friendship is the treasure that we learned along the way", I'll take that to my life. Cus is funny
@cyclopath2 жыл бұрын
Simone's expressions while watching IT : "Aww Ah! Aww Ah! Aww Ah!" What a masochist. 😄
@matthewganong17302 жыл бұрын
This is based on my favorite book of all time. The book is over 1000 pages long so even with a two-part film it would be impossible to translate everything over to the big screen, not to mention a lot of the book is just too strange or metaphysical to be adapted to the screen. This movie does a fair job adapting it. The book jumps time periods between 1958 and 1985. This film and its sequel advance the timeline about 30 years to the 1980s and the 2010s, but I think that still works. There is a made-for-TV version from 1990 that preserves the original timeline and stars Tim Curry as Pennywise. It hasn’t aged that well but is also worth a watch sometime. Some of it sticks a little closer to the novel while other parts veer off pretty significantly. It does preserve more of the back-and-forth time jumping that’s present in the novel.
@williamrosmer83812 жыл бұрын
it works in the sense that it's functional, however i think it works better in the original timeline with some of the minor social interactions making more sense
@demis32702 жыл бұрын
"Screaming in cosmic turtle"
@thelorax96222 жыл бұрын
After the second movie, you should read the book - it's basically similar but some key things are changed in the movies (at over 1000 pages, they couldn't film it all). I first read the book when it came out in the 80's and I agree they did a great job - the kids are the key to the movie - if they're not convincing, the movie wouldn't work. Beep Beep, Richie.
@Edd251646052 жыл бұрын
Based on my all time favourite book. In the book the battles with It are more psychological/metaphysical.
@karena27462 жыл бұрын
The reason why the mom is playing the piano in the dark is because the power went out in the book. It's a little wink and odd to the source material by keeping it consistent that the fact that the power was out but they don't represent in any dialect in the movie
@thegunslinger13632 жыл бұрын
Could you watch Bram Stokers Dracula by Francis Ford Coppola?
@susanlawens37762 жыл бұрын
I like Simone's review, "That movie is so good at what it does. It was a horror movie. And it did the things." I'd watch that. I mean, if I hadn't already. And the original is horrifying as well. Because Tim Curry. I'd also love to watch the edited reaction of just Simone's and George's noises and faces, because that was very entertaining.
@FLQueerLiberal19822 жыл бұрын
The little boy that plays the baby brother, Georgie, is such a GOOD actor. I highly recommend the Netflix series he's in, Locke & Key.
@epicmyth4572 жыл бұрын
I love this channel no commercials have told you what the movie is so the whole thing is a surprise. thank you for sharing this experience.
@robertstuart4802 жыл бұрын
The novel also has quite a bit of mystical stuff in it. It's really hard to explain without spoiling stuff. I think this film did about as good a job of adapting the work as could be done. But they cut lots of stuff out, because again, the novel is HUGE. Over 1,000 pages. Edit: Also, in the novel they are kids in the 1950s and adults in the 1980s. In the film they made them kids in the 1980s and adults in present day.
@30noir2 жыл бұрын
Well there's never gonna be an adaptation that includes... that.
@robertstuart4802 жыл бұрын
@@30noir Well yeah. But I meant lots of other bits as well. That one part shouldn't be included.
@TruthDojaShow2 жыл бұрын
This was such a fun reaction and I can't wait for Chapter 2. Also if you haven't seen, you should do The Shining and Doctor Sleep. Doctor Sleep is the sequel to The Shining and ties in to IT and what Pennywise/IT is.
@michelleroebuck68762 жыл бұрын
80s kids didn’t need doctors. We patched ourselves up and went back to playing. LOL
@unxprienced95482 жыл бұрын
Bonus Fun Fact: The girl who was cut in half is technically in both movies! Her top half is in Chapter 1 and her bottom half in Chapter 2!
@mauricecupido33252 жыл бұрын
You guys have the best movie reactions. The perfect duo. I'd like to watch your reaction to good boys (2019).
@fiore79392 жыл бұрын
You need to read the book. Only a series could cover the whole book, which is fantastic.
@SherlockGnomes0072 ай бұрын
35:02 it's called "The Deadlights," a recurring theme in Stephen King books.
@Krisishere2 жыл бұрын
Any chance you’ll watch the sequel anytime soon? Can’t wait to see your reaction
@GrayghostAlpha2 жыл бұрын
My one complaint about this movie, is that it loses something by moving the kid and adult timelines into separate movies. For me, the inter-cutting of past (kids) and present (adults) and how they complemented each other is what really elevated IT beyond a simple horror novel to something more.
@strogaa2 жыл бұрын
Exactly my thought about the movie. As a reader I developed the whole past of the story together with the main characters piece by piece, while at the same time in the present each one has to take his own journey home after the phone calls. And that's what made it so amazing to read.
@rHamUK2 жыл бұрын
Be realistic child There's too much in that book they did it perfectly stay quiet
@strogaa2 жыл бұрын
@@rHamUK Great speech. Anything objective to offer?
@rHamUK2 жыл бұрын
@@strogaa Who tf spoke to u child? Stay quiet cow
@Madly_Zen6 ай бұрын
It keeps retreating because it’s really really susceptible to one thing, willpower and belief. It doesn’t just love fear, it’s an essential part of its hunting strategy, if a child isn’t scared of it and instead believes in themselves (which friend groups do) then the monster will have endless weakness. In the book he also tried to make a lone child afraid until he truly believed that he would be completely safe as long as he got to a streetlight, then pennywise gave up the taunts and had to go for the kill before he reached the light.
@campagnollo2 жыл бұрын
He’s hard to recognize but Finn Wolfhard from Stranger Things is in this. He plays Richie and his glasses will throw you off.
@misterprickly2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: the clown room has a *Tim Curry* Pennywise in it! I have a fan theory that Pennywise is a minion of *Randall Flagg.* Randall Flagg has appeared in at least *nine* of King's novels. Described as "an accomplished sorcerer and a devoted servant of the Outer Dark". He uses children as projectiles against *the dark tower.* I think that the clown abducts kids and prepares them for his dark lord.
@bartonabrams34332 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, now watch part 2, THEN read the book, the movies aren’t bad but could only do about 75-80 of what’s in the book. There’s a lot that was cut, most notably the turtle, and the full ritual of chud. Again, read the book and it makes much more sense. A lot of the posts do a pretty good job describing IT so I’ll strip it to the basics. IT is THE destroyer, the turtle is the creator and in the story they’ve been battling it out since the turtle birthed the first galaxy. They mislead the age of IT/ Pennywise in the movie IT has been around since the very beginning of the universe. Again, where one creates the other destroys. After one such battle with the turtle IT crashed into earth “pre” dinosaurs and has been recovering ever since. Yes, IT is in a weakened state in the book and movies compared to just how insanely powerful IT truly is. To help with perspective of IT we’ll go comic books for a moment IT/ Pennywise/ the dead lights is a fundamental part of the universe. Think Galactus or the endless. IT and the turtle are opposite sides of the same coin so to say IT is supernatural is downplaying IT by practically infinity. IT is a fundamental aspect of the universe who just happens to be taking a sick day ( hundreds of millions of years) on earth. Again, read the book, King explains IT better than any of us ever could
@Rellj162 жыл бұрын
Simone's scared laughter is the best thing I've heard in a long time! LoL It was fantastic haha Can't wait for more scary movies to bring that out of her.
@timhibbard42262 жыл бұрын
Human balloons… 😳😬 Simone, I think you predicted that one a lot closer than you probably thought. lol
@ganjamcninja2 жыл бұрын
On the creepiness of children singing: I and 30 classmates in high school traveled from south Texas to Missouri for our orchestra field trip(no, I don't know why we went there). Imagine the amount of discomfort and unease when we awake one day to more than 2 dozen school children singing church hymns in the hotel lobby. There was apparently a choir competition happening and they were there as a part of it but still... It was seriously freaky.
@Arbo822 жыл бұрын
I've lost count of the times I've read this book. While it had questionable moments (if you know, you know), I just adore the characters, the setting, the nostalgia of it all. But when I was a kid, before I read it, I LOVED the 1990 mini series. It didn't scare me (I was a horror kid) but again, the characters and nostalgic feel got me. I did enjoy this film. And the sequel. I thought they did well even with all the changes, but jump scare horror is cheap as shit and it relied far too heavily on that for me. Great casting though and a valiant effort.
@jaymantisgaming2 жыл бұрын
i agree, the tim curry version wasnt terribly scary but if youre unlucky to get sick and have a delerious fever-dream with tim curry clown fresh in your mind youre gonna be in for a bad time. speaking from experience haha
@LastRenegade2 жыл бұрын
Watching George mentally process Simone's singing intro before laughing was hilarious. Never change, you guys, your intros are my favourite part.
@D0nut42 Жыл бұрын
The answer to your "whys" is: belief. They believed that the sunlight would make *It* go away, so it did.
@brycelamkin18292 жыл бұрын
Just fyi, when yall get the chance to watch "Tremors" it's nowhere near this scary
@VilleHalonen2 жыл бұрын
Tremors is amazing, seconded! And funny, too.
@danielmurgueytio40592 жыл бұрын
I second Tremors. It's a spectacular movie.
@stathissdz21252 жыл бұрын
Not the most popular thing to say, for many fans out there, but I think Bill Skarsgard really owned Tim Curry as Pennywise!
@Existential_Carousel2 жыл бұрын
@9:48 That wasn't no "lady" my friend... That's always been one of my favorite subtle moments in this movie. Pennywise in disguise as an old lady in the background out of focus and still the creepiest fucking smile you've ever seen.
@metmanjeff2 жыл бұрын
George, the correct answer to the question "What's Pogo?" (4:38) is "He's the clown stood behind you right now".
@CyberBeep_kenshi2 жыл бұрын
The 2nd one was not as good as this one imho, just like the originals. King's biggest issue, he was always bad at writing good endings. Also, soooo many hints and little extras of pw, like a drawing of him on the wall in an alley appearing.