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IT Sets Box Office Record - Highest Previews for R-Rated film (heading for $100m OW)
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It's funny, there was no internet when I was little (at least not enough for me to be researching this kind of stuff out properly) and I had always heard how classic the movie was, so when this came to broadcast TV I sat down to watch. I had no idea it was the tv series. I keep waiting for jack Nicholson to show up.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
A lot of trailer view counts are bullshit because the view counts being promoted in studio PR include social media autoplays of 3 seconds or less.
Looking at YouTube is a decent indicator of awareness/interest, because you know people HAVE to actually search it out and hit play to watch it. But it's still not a one-to-one where those trailer views are going to extrapolate to a specific box-office range, either.
It's a good indicator that your film has legitimate buzz, but the larger "175mil views across social media" shit is just empty hype. It doesn't really mean shit. Not as much as views where you know the people viewing it are people that specifically sought the video out and pressed play themselves.
Galactic Specter
Member
As shameless as a Nightmare on Elm St reboot in the vein of IT with a younger cast sounds, I would be more intrigued to watch it than the Platinum Dunes one.
It would be worth it to see Freddy Krueger get curb stomped by a bunch of 12 year-olds.
It would be worth it to see Freddy Krueger get curb stomped by a bunch of 12 year-olds.
Only if he uses PlayStation VR st one point.
Mortimer Brewster
Member
Time for New Line to dust off the old Dream Lover script. Give a solid budget and maybe the prospect of doing Old Man Freddy might even get Englund to come back for a true swan song.
Just got out. Lives up to the hype, feeling seemed mutual as a lot of people were clapping at the end. been awhile since I seen a good mainstream monster movie like this.
People for some reason brought their kids who could be heard screaming every time Pennywise showed up.
After awhile, it got hard to tell whether it was coming from the kids in the film or the audience.
Guess if they were traumatized by Tim Curry as a kid, it only felt right that they pass it on with Bill Skarsgard.
People for some reason brought their kids who could be heard screaming every time Pennywise showed up.
Especially as the headless phantom and the giant projection.
After awhile, it got hard to tell whether it was coming from the kids in the film or the audience.
Guess if they were traumatized by Tim Curry as a kid, it only felt right that they pass it on with Bill Skarsgard.
No. Halloween is too far away. Even if it was this Tuesday, IT made too much money yesterday for that to be feasible.
excelsiorlef
Member
No What finished 3rd. It finished first.
TheSkullPrince
Member
Tim Curry deserves a chunk of that change.
Why?
It scared the fuck out of me as a kid. Can't say many '80s horror movies did.
There was some pretty fucked up imagery too -- being of the supernatural variety probably classifies it.
Then again, Silence of the Lambs is considered horror.
TheSkullPrince
Member
Why not?
Er what. He wasn't involved in this movie.
While I love the man and his take on Pennywise is iconic, he had literally nothing to do with this film. In fact, I'd wager that if this movie didn't rate well and have good WOM it would have been compared to the rose-tinted tv movie and probably bombed because a lot of millennials think "Curry's clown is better...".
TheSkullPrince
Member
The movie doesn't hold up at all, but his performance as Pennywise certainly does. Curry is responsible for making an entire generation afraid of clowns.
And let's be honest, Curry's Pennywise is the main reason we even care about the remake and watching it in the first place (which I'm actually about to go watch right now).
I care about this version because I read the book six times as kid. I saw the mini series once.
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
I really don't think this is true at all. There's some nostalgia for the miniseries, but the movie is based on a hugely popular book and was marketed very well. The idea that Curry has anything to do with its success just seems silly.
No he doesn't.
Cosmonaut X
Member
Which, given that ST riffs off King's work (among other things), is entirely appropriate
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
That's like saying Mark Hamill deserves some change for every Joker interpretation in TV, movies, comics, games, etc.
TheSkullPrince
Member
Not really, and Cesar Romero or even Jack Nicholson would have been a better comparison in your example rather than Hamill.
Not really fair comparison either, since there's only been the book and the mini series for It instead of the vast pantheon of Batman media.
More_Badass
Member
You must have never read the book
The miniseries is just plain bad, and Curry's Pennywise was never good. Seriously, I can't understand how someone can watch his scenes today and think his Pennywise is remotely scary. It really seems like a case of rose tinted glasses; Curry stood out because he was the relatively best thing in the miniseries, and thus the best adaptation of Pennywise by virtue of being the only adaptation until now.
And he sure ain't scary to modern teens; my 15 year old brother watched Curry's scenes on Youtube a few weeks before seeing the new movie and asked me if it was meant to be a comedy
TheSkullPrince
Member
Never read the book, was about to but then I heard about that one chapter and found it off-putting so I never did.
And yeah I stated that the mini series doesn't hold up.
When you're a kid plenty of dumb shit scares you and when you look back you can't believe it ever did. But it still did.
That's the thing about fear, it's not logical.
Regarding your edit: well yeah a teenager is going to think it's funny and campy, but a child?
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Curry gets money every time his version of IT is played on TV. The movie's version is nowhere near based off of Curry's version.
A lot of people saw IT when they were younger, I did, and that's why I always thought it was scary. Re watching it as an adult definitely shattered that illusion and even his performance hasn't held up very well.
I remember the sewer scene messing me up as a kid and watching it now it was pretty silly.
TheExhaustedWalrus
Member
Edit: Sorry, meant to post that in the general thread. But yeah, this movie's gonna make a lot of money.
I_D
Member
I haven't seen the movie yet, but my girlfriend did.
She's a complete pansy when it comes to movies. She wouldn't talk to me for DAYS after watching Oldboy, and she screamed audibly multiple times while watching [REC].
She said this new IT movie is "Absolutely hilarious" and "Eh, I guess it could be scary for children."
Tell me she's wrong, and just wasn't paying attention. Is the movie more of a comedy? Is it scary at all?
She's a complete pansy when it comes to movies. She wouldn't talk to me for DAYS after watching Oldboy, and she screamed audibly multiple times while watching [REC].
She said this new IT movie is "Absolutely hilarious" and "Eh, I guess it could be scary for children."
Tell me she's wrong, and just wasn't paying attention. Is the movie more of a comedy? Is it scary at all?
DriftingSpirit
Member
It has comedy throughout but it isn't a comedy. What is scary will vary from person to person. I already go the crap scared out of me as kid when I watched IT so this didn't scare me at all. I just watched for nostalgia reasons and to see how they would present IT to a new era. With that being said, it is pretty creepy and I can understand why someone would be scared of what was shown.
As a huge fan of the 90s IT, how does this new one fair in comparison?
Lord of Castamere
Member
The clapping and screaming really elevated the film, imo. Loved every second of it.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
It is better by pretty much every possible metric
Acting
Writing
Editing
Cinematography
Score
It probably has a better Key Grip and Best Boy too
Better Gaffer
The Broken Ska Record
Member
And I'm the bestest Gaffer.
Holy shit. Well deserved
And sometimes at the same time.
Georgie's dead eyes filling with water as he lays on his back in the rain.
Yeah I just ordered it on amazon
Mister Wilhelm
Member
Bit of a weird question, but how gory is this movie? I'm more into psychological horror than gory horror (like TWD, for example), so would I enjoy this?
The hype is getting to me.
There's a few scenes of extreme gore but they go by really fast. It's pretty tastefully done.
I'd say the psychological aspect is far more prominent than the blood and guts.
Bit of a weird question, but how gory is this movie? I'm more into psychological horror than gory horror (like TWD, for example), so would I enjoy this?
The hype is getting to me.
The "goriest" thing for me is one instance of orthopedic injury. I didn't think the blood and guts was extreme at all.