It ( Andy Muschietti, 2017)

 

In order to write about It and be precise, we must think about the Stephen King's book that is based upon. And if we think about the book and remember it, its structure and plot, we'll come to the conclusion that no matter nicely shot this film is, it didn't respect the book. The movie gave so much to the horror and scary part of the book that it forgot all the other elements. And by all means, I don't insinuate that this is a lousy movie, but I think that it could be much better than it is. The book by Stephen King has so many things inside that you, at times, forget that you are reading a horror book. The movie, on the other hand, is a straightforward collection of highly scary moments. The characters and the atmosphere of the book were left behind in order to make a horror movie that will answer to the needs of today. Today that we have come to need so much... horror from horror movies that all the fun and the intrigue of the horror film is finally lost. 

I do think that It is a decent movie and one that you can enjoy watching, but I can't forget that it's based upon a masterpiece that could make the movie be a brilliant masterpiece also. And I don't forget that the laws of today's filmography are completely pathetic. We want so eagerly to be shocked by the film we are watching that we forget all the truly important elements of a movie. And no matter the good work in the casting and in the direction the film looks incredibly low on expectations. We tend to forget that a good horror movie is for starters a good movie and not a waffling collection of horrific moments. I'm not interested to see the clown of the movie attacking once more the children as I'm interested to see the children's character. Their emotional universe, their torment, their fears, their dreams. And in that part the film did an almost lousy job, because it spend all of its time scaring us. I have said it many times that 9 out of 10 modern horror films are for me incredible craps. The good horror movie is the exception to the rule. So according to that It is an interesting horror movie, but definitely one that could have been a thousand times better than it is.