Stephen King's "It" remake - First trailer

The first trailer is here and it's fucking scary. Can't wait to see this.

 

I'm in.

 

I didn't realize they are splitting the film into two parts, with the first one focusing on the Losers as kids and the second covering the adult portion of the book. It makes sense because the book was so huge, it would have been difficult to cram it all into a 2-hour film. The first film, I think, will be really good. There's an awesome story just of the kids and their battle with Pennywise.

I'm more skeptical of the second one because the main thrust of the book is how these adults, who have been blocking out the horrifying memories of Pennywise, must confront their fears and remember what they did to stop him. So both stories kind of arrive at the end simultaneously as we learn how they were able to defeat him once (as kids) and for all (as adults).

What will the second film really do for the story if we already know the entirety of the kids' side of the tale? I suspect it will simply become a jump-at-you, loud-noise montage with a scary clown, because the mystery of what happened to them as kids is now gone.

 

oh fucking absolutely.

 

One of the few King books I've only read once. Incredible book but boy did it freak me out as a teenager.

 

Your hair is winter fire
January embers
My heart burns there too

 

Odds that the pre-teen orgy in the sewers makes the movie?

Just reread the book few months ago and it remains as terrifying as when I first read it, which was shortly after the TV show aired.

As far as King movies that scar, Salem's Lot was mine. Was 4 when my folks let me, for some reason they still regret, watch the miniseries. Danny Glick rising from his casket, Danny Glick at the window, Mike Ryerson in his rocking chair at the boardinghouse. Agh. Struggled sleeping for months. And that book too, read years later, terrified.

 

Maybe the first movie ends on a cliffhanger and the second opens with them as adults. Then we find out how both battles with Pennywise end at the same time?

 

Maybe. That would piss me off, but maybe. I'm not a huge believer in cliffhangers in film. Good screenwriters can make each film in a series a self-contained story that make you want to see what happens next without leaving the story unresolved.

 

Holy shit. That got my blood pressure up. Fuck yeah, I'm in (if we can find a babysitter).

 

You could also stop the first confrontation right before the kids find a way to survive, then cut to them as adults. You resolve their fate without giving away how they did it.