The key to that is how respectfully those opposing viewpoints are presented.Wouldn't be much of a discussion board without opposing viewpoints, would it?
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The key to that is how respectfully those opposing viewpoints are presented.Wouldn't be much of a discussion board without opposing viewpoints, would it?
The key to that is how respectfully those opposing viewpoints are presented.
Wouldn't be much of a discussion board without opposing viewpoints, would it?
I'm not clear on whether or not you're implying that I, or anyone else, have presented inappropriately.The key to that is how respectfully those opposing viewpoints are presented.
sigh. No. I'm not implying anything about anyone if it doesn't apply to you or them. I am just making a general comment that differing opinions is great, as long as they are done respectfully by the parties involved.I'm not clear on whether or not you're implying that I, or anyone else, have presented inappropriately.
Same here, Neesy !I've seen it twice so far and I enjoyed it even more on the second viewing.
It holds up for me and I'm not exactly easy on films. I received my copy from Amazon yesterday and already watched it again and the special features. I'm looking forward to seeing the Director's Cut, although I'm sure it will simply add the special features into the continuity and extend the film by 15 minutes or so. I don't relish having to buy it again, but what can you do? Does the film compare to the book? Of course it doesn't. It would take a mini-series done as well as American Gods on Starz to truly capture the book on screen. You can't (or at least you shouldn't) judge it by that criteria. You have to take it entirely on its own merits.
For me, the film was just as engaging on the second viewing. If anything, I enjoyed it more. Of course I reside at what I believe was the inspiration for the little Church that Mike Hanlon almost runs to in the book, but changes his mind because he realizes that the caretaker will be asleep by the boiler and he will get his head caved in by Bowers long before the door is answered. My place overlooks the point of the green dagger aimed at the heart of downtown, Bangor/Derry's Barrens. It is kind of surreal to watch the film (or read the book) in the place that inspired it. Moreover, I take great glee in the fact that my Street also is mentioned in the book and isn't even fictionalized. It is brief mention, but there just the same.
My view of the kids cast as the Losers is that some are clearly much stronger than others, and the Director correctly homed in on the best of them and they got more personal attention and screen time. None of them are terrible, but when you cast seven young actors it would be impossible to have them all be future Oscar winners. I disagree with the original posters comments on Bill. I thought he did just fine. Would I have been happier with someone who looked more like the Bill in my mind? Sure. But again, you have to take things as self contained and in that light the guy is great. I continue to wish that they had planned on a trilogy, and that the first two would have been them as kids and the last as adults. The first film going up until the rock fight and the firs time seeing it in the slide show (that would have been a hell of a way to end it). The second film being the escalating war with Bowers and It. Such a break into two pictures would have allowed more time for each Loser and invested us more in each of them.
Most of the complaints I've heard from various people who loved the book is that the Loser they liked the best or identified with the most didn't get good play in the film. That is an understandable gripe, but that time will come. I have faith given the reception of this film that a Cable Series is at most two years away. As long as the second film doesn't tank, that is a mortal lock.
IT's also my favorite movie of 2017.. but several of my friends didn't like it because of the characters adaptation..Welcome to the Board. I respect your opinion, but man, you must have seen a different version to the one I did. IT is my favourite film of 2017.
It holds up for me and I'm not exactly easy on films. I received my copy from Amazon yesterday and already watched it again and the special features. I'm looking forward to seeing the Director's Cut, although I'm sure it will simply add the special features into the continuity and extend the film by 15 minutes or so. I don't relish having to buy it again, but what can you do? Does the film compare to the book? Of course it doesn't. It would take a mini-series done as well as American Gods on Starz to truly capture the book on screen. You can't (or at least you shouldn't) judge it by that criteria. You have to take it entirely on its own merits.
For me, the film was just as engaging on the second viewing. If anything, I enjoyed it more. Of course I reside at what I believe was the inspiration for the little Church that Mike Hanlon almost runs to in the book, but changes his mind because he realizes that the caretaker will be asleep by the boiler and he will get his head caved in by Bowers long before the door is answered. My place overlooks the point of the green dagger aimed at the heart of downtown, Bangor/Derry's Barrens. It is kind of surreal to watch the film (or read the book) in the place that inspired it. Moreover, I take great glee in the fact that my Street also is mentioned in the book and isn't even fictionalized. It is brief mention, but there just the same.
My view of the kids cast as the Losers is that some are clearly much stronger than others, and the Director correctly homed in on the best of them and they got more personal attention and screen time. None of them are terrible, but when you cast seven young actors it would be impossible to have them all be future Oscar winners. I disagree with the original posters comments on Bill. I thought he did just fine. Would I have been happier with someone who looked more like the Bill in my mind? Sure. But again, you have to take things as self contained and in that light the guy is great. I continue to wish that they had planned on a trilogy, and that the first two would have been them as kids and the last as adults. The first film going up until the rock fight and the firs time seeing it in the slide show (that would have been a hell of a way to end it). The second film being the escalating war with Bowers and It. Such a break into two pictures would have allowed more time for each Loser and invested us more in each of them.
Most of the complaints I've heard from various people who loved the book is that the Loser they liked the best or identified with the most didn't get good play in the film. That is an understandable gripe, but that time will come. I have faith given the reception of this film that a Cable Series is at most two years away. As long as the second film doesn't tank, that is a mortal lock.
It's funny, I keep *thinking back* on the movie and it registers as "pretty good" even though while I watched it, I was noting all the areas that lack and are disappointing. I wonder which is more important, how you recall a film or how it makes you feel while you're watching it? Hmmm....