H-KQGE
Dagobah Resident
This is set in the 1950's but was made in 1990. The film is about a group of kids that battle a supernatural force that manifests as a clown called Pennywise. It begins with an attack on a little girl by the clown. Afterwards we see a "concerned citizen" probing the police about the attack & others before, all on small children. The lead officer emerges to interrupt a regular cop's conversation with the "concerned citizen", warning the man off saying that kids go missing all the time for different reasons. But the man emphasizes that "something is wrong with the town." The lead officer pushes the man away with the usual put down of superiority/authority - "me cop, you just a librarian."
After this we see that the librarian has been chronicling the disappearances of the town's children for many years, & we're treated to flashbacks of a group of kids (including the librarian, though later on) in the town making a pact to return if the creature isn't dead. The librarian makes a series of phone calls to his childhood friends that have left the town reminding them of their pact, & that kids are disappearing again. The 1950's setting in a small town helps the movie & we get to see the background of each of the seven main characters. This is split between the kids (beginning of movie) & their adult versions later on. The strong points are the kids difficult home lives & how they are all brought together via the school bully. I think that standing up to the bully & his gang actually aided the group in fighting their fears & against the clown, who manipulates their fears & memories (& hopes) as a lure to his/its domain.
The kids are the usual types, (not so clichéd in 1990) the joker/funny one, the small frail one (with asthma) & so on. I liked the way they stood up for each other & spoke on the same level, even with the ribbing. Their almost immediate bond was arguably the best part, & I don't know how many times they hugged one another, but it was often. Anyway, after tackling the "clown" they vow to return if it isn't dead, this sets up the adult portion of the movie where we see how they developed. Their abusive parents & the very real trauma of their childhood supernatural encounter shapes them & their relationships. Upon their return to the town the power of "IT" is revealed, along with other resurfacing memories about the adults of the town & their role in the evil.
Be warned, it's a long movie. I forgot as I had first seen it in my early teens, this time being only my second, but it's still good (i did fall asleep though!), but not if you don't like clowns, (incidentally, played by Tim Curry, really well) Pennywise being one of the most scariest clowns in movie history.
I've deliberately left some bits out (like "Georgie") to not give too much away, but you'll see/hear the message of the movie (at least what I took from it) from the kids themselves.
After this we see that the librarian has been chronicling the disappearances of the town's children for many years, & we're treated to flashbacks of a group of kids (including the librarian, though later on) in the town making a pact to return if the creature isn't dead. The librarian makes a series of phone calls to his childhood friends that have left the town reminding them of their pact, & that kids are disappearing again. The 1950's setting in a small town helps the movie & we get to see the background of each of the seven main characters. This is split between the kids (beginning of movie) & their adult versions later on. The strong points are the kids difficult home lives & how they are all brought together via the school bully. I think that standing up to the bully & his gang actually aided the group in fighting their fears & against the clown, who manipulates their fears & memories (& hopes) as a lure to his/its domain.
The kids are the usual types, (not so clichéd in 1990) the joker/funny one, the small frail one (with asthma) & so on. I liked the way they stood up for each other & spoke on the same level, even with the ribbing. Their almost immediate bond was arguably the best part, & I don't know how many times they hugged one another, but it was often. Anyway, after tackling the "clown" they vow to return if it isn't dead, this sets up the adult portion of the movie where we see how they developed. Their abusive parents & the very real trauma of their childhood supernatural encounter shapes them & their relationships. Upon their return to the town the power of "IT" is revealed, along with other resurfacing memories about the adults of the town & their role in the evil.
Be warned, it's a long movie. I forgot as I had first seen it in my early teens, this time being only my second, but it's still good (i did fall asleep though!), but not if you don't like clowns, (incidentally, played by Tim Curry, really well) Pennywise being one of the most scariest clowns in movie history.
I've deliberately left some bits out (like "Georgie") to not give too much away, but you'll see/hear the message of the movie (at least what I took from it) from the kids themselves.
