THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS.
With Summer setting a low record for films in the box office and now comes into the sweet, gentle Autumn in September, this version of It has proven to the audience that not everything can be so bad as it seems.
Starring several cast members including Bill Skarsgård who portrayed the antagonist being known as Pennywise the Clown, or what the children in the film called as ‘It’. The story began with a scene taken place in a rainy day of October 1988, where the audience were introduced to the two brothers in the house, doing what siblings usually do; the older brother, Bill helping his younger brother, George to fix up the boat for him to take out to play in the rain. Seemingly nostalgic as someone who grew up with an older sister, I was indeed in awe with the interaction and understood Bill’s regret which he holds throughout the story.
As the film progresses with lots of creeping-ly madhouse jump scare scenes and lots of fears brought to break down my vulnerability of watching such horror films, I was indeed engaged to the story which encourages people to not be afraid of your own fears. To me, ‘It’ represents the various incarnation of fear. Whether is it you are being afraid of heights, waters or clowns, there comes to a point where there must be an end to the nightmare you faced every night and day. ‘It’ is like a haunting ghost from your midnight endless dream, a recollection. It has every desire to obtained people of different ages and heightened fear, mostly attacking children because it knows that they are vulnerable and easier to gain their trust compared to authoritative figures.
I was amazed by how the visual effects were made in the film because that jump scare scenes were honestly terrifying. Even though I watched the film on iPad, I still find myself trying to breathe throughout the film. Call me a scaredy-cat if you want, but those scenes especially the one that happened in the garage got me some kind of almost exaggerated cardiac arrest (not literally). If I were those children, I would have freaked out too but I doubt I would be calm enough to find an escape route.
Skarsgård’s performance as Pennywise the Clown was rather entertaining in an odd way. His entrance into the film makes the character a mystery; puzzling, dazzling and yet a sociopath who did not care for anything but itself to continue surviving. Skarsgård literally owns every scene in the film with such perplexing twisted manner like a ringmaster in the circus, and not to mentioned this particular observation would be an insult to the film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel.
In conclusion, It manages to successfully capture the audience’s heart with such delicate and simple faithful storytelling along with the madhouse visual effects that could be terrifying and yet somehow beautifully horrifying. Topping with the outstanding performance of Pennywise the Clown and the cast’s togetherness from beginning to the end which leaves a potential gap to the next sequel, It is a film which I encourage you to give it a shot, sit with your loved ones and have a roller-coasty ride through the endless fears. Believe me, you might float too.
Ratings: 7/10
Starring several cast members including Bill Skarsgård who portrayed the antagonist being known as Pennywise the Clown, or what the children in the film called as ‘It’. The story began with a scene taken place in a rainy day of October 1988, where the audience were introduced to the two brothers in the house, doing what siblings usually do; the older brother, Bill helping his younger brother, George to fix up the boat for him to take out to play in the rain. Seemingly nostalgic as someone who grew up with an older sister, I was indeed in awe with the interaction and understood Bill’s regret which he holds throughout the story.
As the film progresses with lots of creeping-ly madhouse jump scare scenes and lots of fears brought to break down my vulnerability of watching such horror films, I was indeed engaged to the story which encourages people to not be afraid of your own fears. To me, ‘It’ represents the various incarnation of fear. Whether is it you are being afraid of heights, waters or clowns, there comes to a point where there must be an end to the nightmare you faced every night and day. ‘It’ is like a haunting ghost from your midnight endless dream, a recollection. It has every desire to obtained people of different ages and heightened fear, mostly attacking children because it knows that they are vulnerable and easier to gain their trust compared to authoritative figures.
I was amazed by how the visual effects were made in the film because that jump scare scenes were honestly terrifying. Even though I watched the film on iPad, I still find myself trying to breathe throughout the film. Call me a scaredy-cat if you want, but those scenes especially the one that happened in the garage got me some kind of almost exaggerated cardiac arrest (not literally). If I were those children, I would have freaked out too but I doubt I would be calm enough to find an escape route.
Skarsgård’s performance as Pennywise the Clown was rather entertaining in an odd way. His entrance into the film makes the character a mystery; puzzling, dazzling and yet a sociopath who did not care for anything but itself to continue surviving. Skarsgård literally owns every scene in the film with such perplexing twisted manner like a ringmaster in the circus, and not to mentioned this particular observation would be an insult to the film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel.
In conclusion, It manages to successfully capture the audience’s heart with such delicate and simple faithful storytelling along with the madhouse visual effects that could be terrifying and yet somehow beautifully horrifying. Topping with the outstanding performance of Pennywise the Clown and the cast’s togetherness from beginning to the end which leaves a potential gap to the next sequel, It is a film which I encourage you to give it a shot, sit with your loved ones and have a roller-coasty ride through the endless fears. Believe me, you might float too.
Ratings: 7/10
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