Stephen King's "IT"

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 11:36 pm

One of the best films I've seen (well in the 1990s) and it's re-released.... back in cinemas on the 8th September.

Will you watch it?

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 11:44 pm

They all float down here.... Georgie Boy!

Panthro · Post by **Panthro** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 11:44 pm

Great for an hour. Terrible conclusion

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 11:50 pm

Panthro wrote:Great for an hour. Terrible conclusion

Stephen King admitted he wasn't great at finishing stories. So yeah the ending could have been better. And you mean great for 3 hours.

cricketfieldclarets · Post by **cricketfieldclarets** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 11:57 pm

The only film that scared me as a kid!

But agree ending is rubbish having watched again.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Jul 30, 2017 11:58 pm

Yeah it is... but I've not read the book and been told this one is more like it.

fidelcastro · Post by **fidelcastro** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 12:00 am

Tim Currie was excellent as the clown... ablueclaret couldn't have played one any better!

What the bloody hell was that spider thing near the end though? Absolute rubbish!

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 12:10 am

fidelcastro wrote:Tim Currie was excellent as the clown... ablueclaret couldn't have played one any better!
What the bloody hell was that spider thing near the end though? Absolute rubbish!

Same thoughts buddy. He can turn into anything he wants to, but a spider.. I'd prefer Jason X

Still... the film as a whole I think is superb. The best I've seen.

Saxoman · Post by **Saxoman** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 12:14 am

fidelcastro wrote:Tim Currie was excellent as the clown...

In a wheelchair now in poor health. V sad. Great in rocky horror too.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 12:16 am

Want your boat, Georgie?

Blackrod · Post by **Blackrod** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 12:16 am

Remember this being scary when younger. What's the point of remaking it

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 12:24 am

Blackrod wrote:Remember this being scary when younger. What's the point of remaking it

Money, I imagine. I'm going to watch it as I love the storyline.

WestMidsClaret · Post by **WestMidsClaret** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 12:25 am

Had really good scope for a cracking film/mini series but ending was shat!

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 12:33 am

The ending was poor, but a film is much more than the ending. And like I've already said, King admitted he was lost when it came to ending his stories. Not done bad though... 8th September!

Chobulous · Post by **Chobulous** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:15 am

The book was tremendous, really evocative of the mindset of young kids, but the book's ending IMO was impossible to film, hence the disappointment for many at the end of the film.
On another note I saw that the Dark Tower series was being advertised on Sky1 last night. It will be interesting to see how that has been adapted for film.

Sidney1st · Post by **Sidney1st** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:17 am

I've never watch IT, nor read the book.

They've just never appealed to me if I'm honest and I've read most of Stephen King's stuff.

mikeS · Post by **mikeS** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:23 am

King is a great storyteller. IT is a good read, better than the TV adaptation I thought.

Pearcey · Post by **Pearcey** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:54 am

The book is fantastic. Haven't seen the film though.

joey13 · Post by **joey13** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 7:54 am

The remake is only the first half of the original film ,when the characters are kids , they say they will do the second half if it's a success .

Guitargeorge · Post by **Guitargeorge** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 8:54 am

I read Under the Dome and really enjoyed it but thought the ending to that was a bit weak. But what other explanation could he have come up with for the presence of the enclosure?

CFS · Post by **CFS** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 8:56 am

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HiroshimaClaret · Post by **HiroshimaClaret** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:11 am

FactualFrank wrote:One of the best films I've seen (well in the 1990s) and it's re-released.... back in cinemas on the 8th September.

Will you watch it?

No, I won`t. That clown absolutely terrified me down there in the gutter looking out. I imagine it`s the sort of look Neil Warnock would go for at a fancy dress.

p.s. loved most of King`s books. LOTS of people have no idea that he actually wrote `Shawshank Redemption`.

Chobulous · Post by **Chobulous** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:21 am

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption - one of his "short stories"

HiroshimaClaret · Post by **HiroshimaClaret** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:22 am

Chobulous wrote:Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption - one of his "short stories"

That`s the baby!

Jeremy_Bentham · Post by **Jeremy_Bentham** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:23 am

. agrees with those who say King struggles with writing and ending to his books. He also agrees that this shows in the made-for-tv movies like IT. He thinks The Langoliers was also quite good at the start but became a struggle to watch towards the end.

Claret-On-A-T-Rex · Post by **Claret-On-A-T-Rex** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 10:37 am

But some of his books have been brilliant, endings included, mainly the earlier ones like Salem's Lot, Carrie, Christine, Cujo, The Shining spring to mind.
His later books aren't as good and in some the endings are very weak; IT, Needful Things etc.

The original IT with Tim Curry was excellent until the last hour and it was only a made-for-tv movie, this new iteration looks incredible, even the trailer is massively scary, I'm very much looking forward to it

HiroshimaClaret · Post by **HiroshimaClaret** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 11:12 am

POSSIBLY a reason for the hit-n-miss endings in his latter books was the fact that he has/had a degenerative eye condition which I believe will blind him at some stage. The long nature of his books could have taken their toll. `Misery` was incredible.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 2:22 pm

Yeah it is a bit daft that they're only showing part one. Although I remember having it on DVD and I'd watched 20 minutes of part 2 before I realised I'd put the wrong one in, first!

Chobulous · Post by **Chobulous** » Mon Jul 31, 2017 2:28 pm

Some of his stuff was overly long I thought and I agree that his best work was his early stuff. The Stand was another great read in a similar vein to IT in as mush as it was really 2 stories in one. I also liked his habit of inter-weaving his novels so that characters from one would turn up in others. This worked much better in his mid-80s early 90s stuff, but got a bit out of hand. His attempt to bring it all together in the DArk Tower series, I thought was hard work.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 12:43 am

Tickets booked. Currently 10 of us going and then bouncing off into Leeds centre. It's expected to be a busy weekend at the cinema due to this release.

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:16 pm

Speaking of clownish monsters, I thought this thread was about Imploding Turtle. Apparently not. And a dead giveaway about a Stephen King novel is when they take place in Maine, like Shawshank Redemption, which is where he's from, and where he still lives.

COYC73 · Post by **COYC73** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:29 pm

Can't beat a good Computer hacking film! Didn't know Stephen King did these kinds of films though.....

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:30 pm

COYC73 wrote:Can't beat a good Computer hacking film! Didn't know Stephen King did these kinds of films though.....

No, go on?

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:33 pm

ontario claret wrote:And a dead giveaway about a Stephen King novel is when they take place in Maine, like Shawshank Redemption, which is where he's from, and where he still lives.

That's a nice fact OC and I admit, I didn't know that. Just looked it up - yep, from Portland, Maine.

cloughyclaret · Post by **cloughyclaret** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 11:30 pm

Sidney1st wrote:I've never watch IT, nor read the book.

They've just never appealed to me if I'm honest and I've read most of Stephen King's stuff.

Sid, Im a massive SK fan and he's written some ****. But this isn't. Read it.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Sun Sep 03, 2017 11:37 pm

cloughyclaret wrote:Sid, Im a massive SK fan and he's written some ****. But this isn't. Read it.

Would you say he's superb at writing stories but bad at ending them?

CharlieinNewMexico · Post by **CharlieinNewMexico** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 6:54 am

I'm confused. I thought it was a remake?

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 5:30 pm

It is. But they're only showing part 1 when they're kids. The second part will no doubt be released next year, when IT returns.

Spijed · Post by **Spijed** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 5:38 pm

Salem's Lot is by far the best story.

wickdkewlclaret · Post by **wickdkewlclaret** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 8:23 pm

Booked for Friday night Burnley cinema, the girlfriend hates clowns as well!

joey13 · Post by **joey13** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 8:37 pm

wickdkewlclaret wrote:Booked for Friday night Burnley cinema, the girlfriend hates clowns as well!

She's with you though

cloughyclaret · Post by **cloughyclaret** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 8:59 pm

FactualFrank wrote:Would you say he's superb at writing stories but bad at ending them?

I remember reading that he chose a spider as it was a lot of people's worst fear/phobia.

Hes written some bad endings,Liseys Tale and The Cell more recently, but For me, his short stories in the most part are indulgent crap (some exceptions of course). Its interesting he says one of his worst books is Tommyknockers but that's one of his most loved. He's an author that will admit where he went wrong and right and I like that about him.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:05 pm

cloughyclaret wrote:He's an author that will admit where he went wrong and right and I like that about him.

Yeah I remember reading about him admitting that his mind goes blank when it gets to the end of his stories.

I loved the Green Mile film as well - one of his best, I think.

cloughyclaret · Post by **cloughyclaret** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 9:18 pm

FactualFrank wrote:Yeah I remember reading about him admitting that his mind goes blank when it gets to the end of his stories.

I loved the Green Mile film as well - one of his best, I think.

The book went a bit silly about that bloody mouse. The film was another that was better than the book - Rita Hayworth being the best example though.

Stan Tastic · Post by **Stan Tastic** » Mon Sep 04, 2017 11:03 pm

He got told off by an old woman in a shop for writing too many scary stories.

She recommended that he should do more uplifting ones like Shawshank Redemption.

Didn't believe him when he said he wrote it.

ontario claret · Post by **ontario claret** » Tue Sep 05, 2017 8:16 pm

The list of major authors from Maine is a short one. In fact, he could be "IT". (Sorry, that was a groaner.)

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 12:20 pm

Just a few more hours to go before we set off. Cinema almost sold out, other than the ones so near the front, you'd get neck ache and be blinded.

wickdkewlclaret · Post by **wickdkewlclaret** » Fri Sep 08, 2017 11:13 pm

Just come back now, what a film! Far better than I expected. The kid actors were brilliant, I was concerned it would be a poor Stranger Things, but far from it. Off the wall horror fun, in a sell out Burnley cinema, good stuff!

whentheballmoves · Post by **whentheballmoves** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 12:01 am

King's novella, "The body", was turned into the film, "Stand by me", which is simply brilliant.

clive40golf · Post by **clive40golf** » Sat Sep 09, 2017 1:39 am

Did he not write under a pseudonym at some stage, seem to think it was something like Bachman or Buckman who was one of his characters in a short story?