John Marston Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Uh these reactions seem pretty weak for early reactions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGAR4LIFE Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 No comment on James McAcavoy ? Hes the one I’m most interested in terms of the cast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnale101 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 2 hours ago, ViewerAnon said: SAY IT TO MY FACE YOU RUDDY COWARD. I'm also seeing this tonight but it doesn't start for a bit. Sorry but Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnale101 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 (edited) Damn the reviews aren’t that good Well atleast the 3rd act is good but yeah should have trimmed fat out of the fun time.... Edited August 21, 2019 by Minnale101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyneOh1040 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 (edited) Alright I don't want to post any spoilers so I'll try to just keep it simple... First off, the film FLIES by with the run time. I never found myself bored or even thinking of how far along we were, and anytime I'm not deconstructing a film in the moment I always feel it's a small win. The first act is pretty messy. Pacing problems, too much thread tying to the childhood storylines that feels unnecessary and repetitive. But about an hour in it really starts to hit its stride and the last 30-45 minutes is really, really good. Definitely sticks the landing in terms of bridging the two parts and giving a satisfying conclusion. There is some weird CGI choices throughout the film, much moreso than the first and I found the technology they used to make the kids appear the same age as the first film really distracting at times. Overall much less scary than the first film (nothing in this comes close to the sense of dread in say the garage film from the first) but it does have some really good jump moments. On the same hand it's also much funnier than the first (at times maybe too funny) and much, much more dramatic (in a good way). Bill Hader really is the king of the film. There are one are two storylines that are genuinely bizarre, I haven't read the book and I'd be interested to know if they read that way plot wise. I'm betting this winds up in the low to mid 60's range on RT. Solid and worth seeing but for me Part 1 is damn near the gold standard. Edited August 21, 2019 by RyneOh1040 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyneOh1040 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 That being said I think this will probably make 75 million less or so than the first. Legs and WOM shouldn't be bad but I just can't see most people liking this more than Part 1, and some will say it's way too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyneOh1040 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 46 minutes ago, JGAR4LIFE said: No comment on James McAcavoy ? Hes the one I’m most interested in terms of the cast He and Chastain are fine. I just don't think they're who you walk away thinking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minnale101 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 20 minutes ago, RyneOh1040 said: Alright I don't want to post any spoilers so I'll try to just keep it simple... First off, the film FLIES by with the run time. I never found myself bored or even thinking of how far along we were, and anytime I'm not deconstructing a film in the moment I always feel it's a small win. The first act is pretty messy. Pacing problems, too much thread tying to the childhood storylines that feels unnecessary and repetitive. But about an hour in it really starts to hit its stride and the last 30-45 minutes is really, really good. Definitely sticks the landing in terms of bridging the two parts and giving a satisfying conclusion. There is some weird CGI choices throughout the film, much moreso than the first and I found the technology they used to make the kids appear the same age as the first film really distracting at times. Overall much less scary than the first film (nothing in this comes close to the sense of dread in say the garage film from the first) but it does have some really good jump moments. On the same hand it's also much funnier than the first (at times maybe too funny) and much, much more dramatic (in a good way). Bill Hader really is the king of the film. There are one are two storylines that are genuinely bizarre, I haven't read the book and I'd be interested to know if they read that way plot wise. I'm betting this winds up in the low to mid 60's range on RT. Solid and worth seeing but for me Part 1 is damn near the gold standard. Too me this sounds like IT 1 is like get out IT 2 is like US people expecting some crazy ass scary movie are gonna be disappointed but ones want thrill in story shall find it here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxOfficeZ Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 13 minutes ago, RyneOh1040 said: He and Chastain are fine. I just don't think they're who you walk away thinking about. Hader! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyneOh1040 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 9 minutes ago, Minnale101 said: Too me this sounds like IT 1 is like get out IT 2 is like US people expecting some crazy ass scary movie are gonna be disappointed but ones want thrill in story shall find it here yeah having seen both of those I dont think the divide is THAT large, this just tries more things than the first did and some works and some doesn't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMP Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Probably gonna be a rotten. Sad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porthos Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Looks to be rotten on RT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMP Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Why did WB let this film get so long? Everyone's complaining about the pacing and it's gonna hurt ticket sales too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorddemaxus Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 4 minutes ago, John Marston said: Looks to be rotten on RT Nah it's not. These reviews aren't even so bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViewerAnon Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 (edited) The structure from the novel, where the adults don't remember events, is frustrating in this - in the book the adults and kids cross-cut, so the adults remembering would naturally spoil the kids bits. But here, we've seen everything, and so much of the movie (especially that choppy choppy choppy first hour) is made up of "I don't remember ... wait, I kinda remember..." bits. Ryne is right about the distracting CG used to de-age the kids - Finn Wolfhard has a CGI sheen through the whole movie. It hits Eddie and Ben the most after that, but the effect is at its worst in their first full new scene. Edited August 21, 2019 by ViewerAnon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealLyre Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 the length is going to hurt the movie now? but I thought epic 3 hour saga finales do well at the box office 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbui8743 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 The book is long, and the adult bit is structured in the book to be complemented by the kid bit (like Viewer said). Here the kid stuff was separated out and made into part one, so it will always be difficult to make part 2 coherent as part 1, since the kids did not need to be reminded of anything, things just happened. From the reactions, part 2 seems to try to fill in the void by more scares and if people enjoy horror, just decent scares and love part 1, i think this should do well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarkmachine Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 (edited) why did they even need to de-age the kids? they’re going from, what, 15 to 13? just dig a ditch for finn wolfhard to stand in Edited August 21, 2019 by snarkmachine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMP Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 sub-$300m i think... jeez. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...