One big metaphor for crippling fear? First time watching IT Chapter 1 movie reaction
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Seven young outcasts in Derry, Maine, are about to face their worst nightmare -- an ancient, shape-shifting evil that emerges from the sewer every 27 years to prey on the town's children. Banding together over the course of one horrifying summer, the friends must overcome their own personal fears to battle the murderous, bloodthirsty clown known as Pennywise.
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They don't say it in the movie but basically Pennywise has all the adults in the town under a spell where they ignore any signs of him and are generally terrible towards their kids. It amplifies the kid's fear and makes them feel alone and easier for Pennywise to prey on
Yes so true
Plus the people who do make it out tend to forget the horrors they experienced in Dairy as they grow older. Gotta be thorough if you're going to eat kids for a few hundred years.
I never knew that!
I appreciate that they show just _how_ horrible the adults are in this version. Even if they don't explain it, you have the same reaction The Answer had - "Is every adult weird in here?"
I don't remember a lot of details from the 1987 version, but I remember reading the book after and going "Wait, the adults are *this* bad??" Maybe it was an 80's made-for-TV thing and they wanted the focus to be on Pennywise and not that adults could...you know...suck, but it wasn't as explicitly pointed out as this version.
Weren’t parents in the 80’s just careless and let their kids run around in the streets Willy nilly? That makes alot more sense tho
Fun fact if y’all didn’t realize this was released exactly 27 years later on purpose, because IT only comes out every 27 years.❤
Lets see if in 2044 another remake comes. LOL. I'm hoping that it does.
Hope I'm still alive by the next readaptation
In the original and the book it's every 30 years.
@@rubyblue444in the book it actually is 27 years, not 30. I can’t speak to the original miniseries, as I have never seen it.
The reason 27 years is because from it chapter 1 going back 27 years Stephen King's it 1990 came out on TV exactly 27 years before.🙂 Here's a couple of fun facts during the making of it chapter 1 The producers told Bill Skarsgard not to get close to the children so they can get a more legitimate reaction of fear from him as pennywise also it was the children that chose their adult counterparts for it chapter 2 😁
Fun fact, the producers intentionally kept the actor who played Pennywise away from the kids, so that when the kids did their first scene with him, the reactions would be genuine.
I always find it funny how many people's reaction is that they are turned off by the violence against the kids and don't want to see that stuff. The movie itself acknowledges that with all the adults looking the other way so they don't have to acknowledge the evil that's right infront of them. Such an interesting commentary on how people deal with trauma, especially when it's related to children
It's real funny because I think it's the fact that it's just a bunch of kids struggling against this seemingly supernatural horror that intrigued me about this film.
I first watched in high school and I loved it. They were kids but they didn't have plot armour. And the fact that they as kids managed to actually fight back and get Pennywise to retreat, I just loved it.
I've always thought of the film as more of an action movie than a horror, tbh
funny enough this is the perfect horror for like early teens, I would of loved this in my teens, but when It came out i was already in my 20s and it wasn't really scary or unsettling to me, but still an enjoyable watch for the story
@@IonizedComa I read the book in the 80's when it was released, and I was about 14-15 at the time, then the TV movie was released when I was 17, and already I was a book snob, lol. "The book is way better." And because it's my favorite book of all time, I do enjoy the movie versions, but I'm still a book snob. 🤣 Just now I have some gray hairs, so I have earned the right. 😂
The kids floating are just the kids from this time Pennywise killed them.
They haven't been floating for 27 years. The only ones that float are the ones Pennywise takes at that time.
The other thing to remember is this is only half the story
I think you guys will enjoy part 2 a lot more
I did, personally.
Is their child murder, yes, it's Pennywise. But the adult versions of these kids are all stellar famous actors and its got more laughs and is a great conclusion to the story
45:53 Bev’s dad was supposed to be scarier than It. That’s why It couldn’t “eat” her… because she wasn’t scared of It, she’s seen worse. She’s more afraid of becoming a woman (ie period blood…).
I didn't got that plot that time but now you mentioned it. It's so accurate
It worked on me. When she spun around and Pennywise was standing there, I was like "you know what, that's fine; she got rid of the other one."
Not in the novel
@@Ntwadumela89 we're not watching the novel, are we?
Was her dad waiting for her to become women....😓😓
Man, the scariest part for me was the woman in the back when Ben was reading the book in the library. Gave me chills 💀
The move: "the woman in black" is a pretty good horror film as well
Almost everyone misses it the 1st time watching 😂
For me the scariest part are still those damn bullies😭 they’re literally terrifying
The scariest part was either the Appleton Oak singing a love song quietly to himself like the Joker or the other two ignoring him as if he does this all the time & are afraid to address it. lol
Those types of things where the character doesn’t spot or respond to something is freaky.
The reason why Beverly's dad couldn't see the blood is because him like all the other adults in Derry were pretty much mind controlled by Pennywise to ignore everything he didn't want them to see or know about.
the fact that all the adults in the kid's lives are awful is kind of the point. that's why Pennywise targets THEM specifically, because they all have horrible things going on in their lives that they feel like they cannot tell anybody. It's also the reason why they bond with each other so effortlessly, they just click
Pennywise amplifies the darkness in everyone, adults and children alike. He's WHY they have horrible lives, for the most part.
I’m gonna need Oak singing into the mic for a mic check to start every reaction movie forward 😂
😂😂😂🤙🤙🤙
Agreeed😭😭
It’s interesting how when Bev’s dad was being a creep when he’s first introduced the guys said “I don’t wanna watch anymore” but as a girl I didn’t even blink an eye cause it’s just so normal - like watching the same horror movie 20 times and not being scared anymore
As a woman, I didn't want to watch anymore either cause that scene was disgusting 🤢🤮
That's not normal at all.
Fathers (or men in general) being creeps to girls will NEVER be normal. Maybe common (unfortunately) but not normal…
But it's all too common. @@DarkYashaRyoko
@@DarkYashaRyoko "Common place" would've been a better way to put it. For most, it's not - at least not from a personal, "was the direct victim of this kind of abuse" place, but for *_many_* girls it is just another common trauma of life :(
Pennywise comes out to eat once every 27 years. The original tv series came out in 1990 and this new version came out in 2017, exactly 27 years later… 🎈 nice reaction guys, this was a modern classic
Was looking for this comment. Was going to post it if I didn't see it! Such amazing continuity.
This is one of the best remake i’ve ever seen. I’m still traumatized with that opening scene with Georgie LMAO It was a crazy experience watching this on the theaters.
It was incredible. I saw it in theaters six times and the audience was fantastic each time. Lots of laugher and scares. It was a great time.
When it comes to the cattle gun working with no ammo, you were right; its partly manifestation. Its implied that the "magic" of Pennywise works on belief. Bill believed the gun would hurt the clown, so it did. Ben believed "true loves kiss" would wake Beverly from her enchanted sleep, so it did.
I found it interesting that you were particularly grossed out by the pharmacist. Talk to women and girls and they will tell you that is the sea we swim in. Not all the time but often enough that we have to learn how to cope with creepy men. When this first came out I watched it with friends and one of the men in our group had your reaction. Every woman in the group said it rang true to them.
yea fr he’s creepy af and i had a guttural disgust reaction but it was absolutely a familiar disgust
It’s not surprising though, most men are not gonna be the ones experiencing this sort of behavior or attention, especially as a child. So they are definitely gonna be very grossed out than women or girls who are dealing with this all the time. This is new to them, this is uncomfortable for them to be in the position that girls/women find themselves to be in. They just don’t have the experience to be prepared.
@@CaptainPikeachu More we're conditioned for "It doesn't happen to us" and stuff like this telling us it doesn't happen so when it does we don't even realize it's something wrong and others rarely recognise that it's wrong
Also she purposefully flirted, con't compare that you're talking about, don't compare those two things please
@@pink_alligator Okay, I understand what you're saying on the first part, but "she purposefully flirted" as if that makes the behavior less creepy when referencing an interaction between a child and an adult is pretty weird to me... And it is a part of what I think *Captain Pike-a-chu* and the other two were saying. Most women know from childhood, that if we flirt with a grown man, there's a good chance it'll be reciprocated. Which is clearly the assumption Beverly made (and was right about). This willingness of full-grown adults (and YES it is USUALLY men) to flirt with/be intimate with children is creepy as HELL, and it is something girls come to expect.
This does NOT mean it's okay when it happens with young boys, but that's not really what the conversation was about either. It was just about how it's nothing new to girls/women seeing this. However, I don't think that women would watch this without being creeped out by that scene or anything. My personal opinion, or *hope* I guess, is that everyone would be significantly creeped out by that scene. But it's likely women would be less surprised by it.
So true. I once had an encounter somewhat similar. My family and I were at a roller coaster park and I went to buy an ice cream from the vendor there. When I put my hand out to get the change, he put it as far back on my hand as possible and when he pulled his hand back, his fingered grazed my palm while he smiled very weird. I just left, a shiver running down my spine and when I got around the corner, I needed to physically shake my whole body to get rid of the disgust it had caused.
I really like what the Oak said at the end. Stephen King is one of my absolute favorite authors since I was a teenager and he is so much more than a plain horror author, he is more of a story teller of people at their lowest or getting in bad situations and how they manage to overcome those problems. He is looking behind the curtains of the "normal families" and if you do that, sometimes you will find trauma, alcohol, abuse or violence. But he also will always show you how important real friendship, trust and love is and how it is the most powerful force to overcome your problems! The horror is his tool to represent the dark things and fears in life but in my opinion it was never the most important part in his stories which have so much more to offer! Sorry for any mistakes, english is not my first language :)
Well said. A lot of his stories are weirdly applicable to real life.
The Guys has a real difficulty wrapping their heads around a Monster using it's powers to prey on Children by using their fears against them.
30:15 Some of Pennywise powers are low tier omnipotence, shapeshifting, body contortion, illusions. Mind control/Possession, telepathy, telekinesis, etc. He uses all of these to scare the kids so he is more powerful and because he likes to play with his food, that’s why you see all kind of weird shit but it’s him.
33:15 It's only vaguely covered in the movies but the book does a much better job at explaining this because of course the runtime on a movie and all the exposition you can do in a book is way better.
Some spoilers of course:
So millions of years ago- IT arrived in the area that would eventually become Derry, Main. Technically it's an alien and Richard Tozier and Mike Hanlon saw the arrival of IT as children during a smokehole ceremony.
IT is part of Derry and Derry is part of IT. Derry is essentially a breeding pit and personal stockyard. Even though IT only wakes up to feed every 30 years or so- based on ITs influence Derry experiences the highest rate of crime, murder and kidnapping in the nation- it's just not covered on large news channels because Derry isn't a large city.
ITs influence manifests itself through this “willful apathy” for lack of a better word. The citizens of Derry don't care to get involved and will usually turn a blind eye to the horrible occurrences. This is shown countless times in the book as adults choose to ignore the plight of others, the book even explains that due to ITs influence - the person will see something terrible happening- but won't actually process it with an emotional response to help, it's just something that are observing.
if we take Dark Tower lore into account, IT is more than just an alien, it's not even from OUR space. It's from the "deadlights dimension" and it's a relatively small and weak member of its species. They ARE world-eaters, as IT says, but IT isn't powerful enough for that. The most it can (barely) handle is a small town in Maine, feeding on children.
Thanks I'm not familiar with the story. Appreciate the context 👍🏽 💯
Can tell right now that one of the scariest things that happened in this video is the Oak singing 😂
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No, it was the other two guys too afraid of what The Oak would do to them if they acknowledge it. lol
14:05 No one ever notices the old lady staring with THAT smile in the background the first time 😨
The kid that’s always “sickly “, I believe his mother suffers from Münchausen by proxy syndrome. I think this movie and sequel are great, loved your reaction. Also, had Finn Wolfhard from Stranger Things ( hilarious) and just loved all the kid actors, they were great.
the line that Bowers dad says is seriously one of my favorite lines in any movie. "aint nothing like a little fear to make a paper man crumble"
"You look just like Lois Lane" is creepy in the context, but funny outside of the movie when you realize that Sophia Lillis, who plays this young version of Beverly, also played the young version of Amy Adams in the HBO series Sharp Objects (and she looks freaking exactly like Amy Adams). Given IT came out a year before Sharp Objects did, I have to think it was a huge coincidence since I'm guessing Lillis got that project on the back of her performance in this movie.
From what I remember, the book has this idea that Pennywise has influence on the whole town. Meaning that the parents don't see him or his actions, they turn into quite bad people and turn a blind eye to whenever a kid is in trouble or missing.
I also read a theory that an adult's fears are too difficult to simulate for Pennywise due to the complexity of adulthood, but take that with a grain of salt.
I really dig this movie and its sequel (tho wish they ended the sequel a bit differently), but it's certainly not for everyone.
Yep, manifesting a kid's fears would be a lot simpler to do since they tend to be more basic primitive fears like boogeyman type monsters, the dark, abusive adults, bullies etc. How would IT manifest adult fears like being able to pay your bills, complex family or social issues, fear of failure? Much easier to make the adults apathetic instead (perhaps picking one off here and there if an opportunity presents itself), which in turn makes the kids even more vulnerable.
Tho still made no sense if "It" was capable of influencing adults to ignoring everything "It" does.
And when the kids grew older.... it still went after them?
So I'm confused as to how It works.
@@koreancowboy42Pennywise goes after the Losers Club as adults because, despite its better judgment, it still has regular human pettiness. They gave it it's first loss and it's holding a grudge
@@koreancowboy42Pennywise basically feasted on children for multiple centuries with no sort of interference and then got his ass kicked by a few and had his pride wounded as a result by this point I don't think their age mattered anymore he just wanted to settle the score.
I would wager Chapter One is the better film, but I just happen to like Chapter Two more. Both the young and older casts are great, and some of the older cast really match up perfectly with their younger counterparts. And though the second is three hours, I like seeing them go the full distance to completing the story.
I'd still say I sorta prefer the first one, even if I think some of the deaths/scares happen to be better in the second. That said, I can't get over how cheesy one of the scare scenes are in the second movie, ( SPOILER sorta: ) specifically the Ritchie scare in the park. The way Pennywise's face stretches out looks so bad to me, I can't get over it. Just a slight nitpick on my end tho, both movies are solid imo.
I like Chapter 2 a lot too. I hope the guys react to it.
As he literally acknowledges in this Ch 2, Stephen King is not great with endings. Even though they modified the ending quite a bit, to both chapters, they still don't quite stick the landing.
As a reader of the novel, I also like Chapter Two just a little more than chapter one because of the references and scenes
@@Krisishere - I kind of like that moment for how wierd it is, but it is an f-ing wierd choice. All told though, they went too overboard with the CGI in the sequel, questionably so. Made the scenes far less scary than they could have been.
I think the movie represented some extreme fears about Munchausen by proxy, sexual molestation, alienation, illness, exploitation, violence and the like because these are the real traumas that take people DOWN. The story continues with the kids going into adulthood and focuses on how they deal with these traumas later...because that same trauma can rear its ugly head later when they think they're older and in the clear as well. The story is a giant metaphor, like Oak said, and in order for that metaphor to work, they have to show fairly supreme examples of how fear manifests, and the origins of those fears taking hold. I think it's a great story by Stephen King, and the movie is well done as well. It's one of the most applicable story-metaphors he's ever written. It's pretty awful to see kids in these f'd up situations, but in real life, childhood is often when different, potentially paralyzing fears can take hold. The story is also a major endorsement of support groups, and the power of real friendship.
I’m really happy they left out the more sexual adult themes from the novel. I think that was a smart choice. That may have gone a bit too far for cinema. I think it even went too far in the book, honestly.
@@alyssatheexcellent I never read the book but I've always heard that part was controversial. Both movie versions balanced the themes pretty well I thought.
@@ct6852 it’s very good. I think part of the sexual choices were made to make the reader severely uncomfortable- which is another type of horror to me- and they for sure achieved it! Also- if you do read it- be in a very well lit area or read during the daytime. No nighttime reading or you just won’t sleep. 😂
@@alyssatheexcellent I've heard it's one of Stephen King's best. Maybe his absolute best along with The Stand. Even with just the 90's miniseries it was one of my all time favorite adaptations.
Bill Skarsgard is amazing as pennywise. Sure, Tim Curry immortalized the role, but Bill is goddamn terrifying. The kids met him for the first time during the scene in the house where he is all twisted, and he legit scared them. But later he made sure that they were comfortable working with him and was a great sport.
For The Answer's question about Pet Sematary. At one point in his life, Stephen King was teaching at a college and lived on a very busy road, just like the main character in the book. And just like the main character, his son went running after a toy that had gone into the road. Luckily, Mr. King was able to grab his son before the little boy made it into the road, but that sparked the idea. What if he hadn't made it in time? What would a parent be willing to do to get their child back? This is also why Mr. King considers Pet Sematary his scariest book, and he almost didn't even publish it.
A TH-camr by the name of CZs World explains that the kids possess an ability called “the shine”. This is what allows them to see things like the balloon floating in the library, blood in the bathroom, things that are basically not there. A good reference is the kid in the shining and how he can see the twins and stuff like that.
As for the reason pennywise basically terrorizes the kids is because he feels they taste better with more fear.
CZs World is honestly a good source for the scary movies you’ve watched or intend to watch.
Love the reactions guys!
I love CZ's World. His histories and Things You Missed are wonderful. Great reaction, guys!! Best reaction channel, hands down!
Chapter 2 should clarify a few things that were left unexplained in Chapter 1, but IT is very much a story about fear and trauma, and the effects that that has and also overcoming it.
Thematically, IT is very metaphorical in many ways, and displays many deeper themes and ideas behind the horror, the main one being how the adults of Derry turn a blind eye to what is happening to their town and their children, and overcoming fear and trauma with love.
In the context of the story itself, IT is very much real.
I think most adults operate under the general assumption that adults see the ‘truth’ and the way the world really is, and the children are just imagining things, but it’s actually the other way around. The adults of the town are heavily under Pennywise’s influence, which not only causes them to turn a blind eye to everything going on, both supernatural and not, but also to bring out their worst instincts and traits, causing many to act abnormally bad in many ways, almost amplifying their worst or basest qualities. This ensures that the children of the town, who are still innocent and uncorrupted/unclouded by his influence and so see the truth of what’s going on more clearly, have no stable and reliable support network, and are already in a heightened state of fear and trauma, which makes them much easier prey for Pennywise.
While reading the book definitely helps, I think that they actually show this very well in the movies, it’s just very subtly done and so can be easy to miss on a first watch or if you’re not paying close attention. But the more you watch it the more you will notice the finer details that build up the story that much more, because it’s in there even if it’s not obvious at first glance.
Notice the ‘children’s programme’ that all of the adults of Derry seem to be watching as though it’s the only station available, and what it’s saying in the background. Or the seemingly innocent bystanders or background adults in the scenes, like in the library, or in the car when Ben is being attacked by Bowers. Or how quickly the posters of the missing children are covered over or forgotten about. They are all being influenced by Pennywise, and are under a very subtle, insidious brainwashing system in the background of everything. And it’s only the children that are still ‘pure’ enough to see past this.
Part of the deeper message of the story is that our ‘Losers’ manage to prevail through their love for each other, as they become the support network for each other that they can’t have in the adults around them; the support network that Pennywise has so efficiently taken away.
While it is definitely disturbing and uncomfortable in many ways, that is the whole point. We’re meant to feel disgusted by these adults, as they are in many ways as much the monster of the story as Pennywise, and it’s the children’s journey to overcome both.
We also have to acknowledge as viewers that we’re also being tasked with heeding the cautionary tale about the dangers of turning a blind eye to the horrors of the world, particularly the ones that are difficult to accept and uncomfortable to look at. And facing our own fears and traumas head on, so that we can overcome them and grow.
Well said. Support systems are important.
Very good movie. And he has a big spot in terms of bringing 80's nostalgia into recent american cinema. It came out just after Stranger Things which is cool considering that Finn Wolfhard plays Richie in IT and Mike in ST. It's even more meta that Stranger Things 4 was a big hommage to IT.
Metaphorically would be a good reason but there’s a sequel. And it’s the same children as adults… so what they went through as children was real. The original was terrifying. That clown haunted me all throughout my childhood. Taking a bath or washing my wash I was always afraid that there would be something in the sink hole.
"Movies and video games dont influence peeeeopleee!!11" - NPC
@@AbuHajarAlBugatti Fear influences people. You can hold onto it for a very long time actually.
@@AbuHajarAlBugatti No one says this, so idk I think you might be the NPC
I didn’t realize they released 27 years after the original!! thats such a nice touch :)
More of a metaphor for childhood trauma and how much it really effects us
“I don’t want to watch this” imagine if this guys read the book, they get traumatize.
The book was definitely way scarier for me :"(
This movie was fantastic in many ways , when you manage to make IT scary to adults while terrifying the existence out of children to finally make a point of "Don't fear IT" as fear brings it to life you definitely succeeded in creating a masterpiece. thanks for another amazing reaction fellas. much love from Egypt.
I don't know about the Oak sometime. Maybe I'm wrong but this movie does seem like one big metaphor about fears to teach lessons to the viewer, but I also have to believe that in the context of the movie, it happened to them.
Agreed. I think it happened to them too. Maybe one of these days we'll have to pick his brain on that one.
@@BaddMedicine I feel like this movie is disturbing for a reason. The adults in this story are terrible and that is why this group of kids are the ones that Pennywise has latched on to. Stephen King definitely makes some interesting choices. I haven't read it but I've heard that the ending of the book and the thing the kids do to get over their fear, takes a majorly different turn than the movie does.
@@BaddMedicine I’ve read the book. I’ve also read and written a few essays on this book as well as the original and remade films. The story isn’t about a killer clown. The clown is symbolism and is the monsters “default” because it feeds on fear that is often found in children but carry’s into adulthood. The whole point it’s that childhood fears with always come back to haunt you if you don’t face them.
Bill has to deal with the death of his brother Georgie which he feels responsible for due to him lying to his brother saying he didn’t feel well so he didn’t have to play with him outside, leading to his death. They never found his body. The clown is just the personification of what happened in a childs eyes.
Same with everyone else. -
Ben has to deal with growing up fat and realize that getting skinny doesn’t erase that trauma.
Beverly has to deal with her fathers past s3xual abuse towards her, and stop loving men who remind her of him.
Richie needs to deal with the reality of being gay and stop pushing it away.
Eddie needs to deal with the past trauma his mother put him through causing him to be scared of the world around him.
Mike needs to confront his family’s deaths as well as realize the trauma and abuse he endured being a black kid in a primarily white neighborhood.
Stanley needs to deal with his religious and family trauma.
The clown is what connects them together and allows them to come together as adults to face these fears. It’s symbolism for the fact that you can’t run away from the fears (a good example of this is when child Beverly cuts her hair in attempts to separate her physical self from her past trauma as well as make her less attractive to her father, but then the next day the hair comes back out of the sink to haunt her.)
When the kids asked Richie what he was scared of and he said “clowns” it wasn’t because he was actually scared of clowns, it’s because he couldn’t admit/doesn’t have a full understating of his sexuality yet. Which brings in the clown as the symbolism for the fear again. He’s able to face this fear later as an adult.
The reason why Stanley committed sewer slide was because he still wasn’t brave enough to face his fear as an adult.
Yeah that concept is odd to me. Essentially every movie is a metaphor, but why would that mean it didn't happen within that world? Like Dumbledore said "Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?"
@@daverowe03 tldr on the Book:
Crackhead King has written it even more effed up and had the kids have a gangbang in the sewer. Sick dude who wrote a sick book. Better read something that you can keep something from
Your reactions are always top notch guys.. Aside from the metaphor on facing your fears, there's also the idea of dealing with bullies. Because, Pennywise is without a doubt megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.
This was a great example in making my nephew know that bullies are weak if you literally stand up against them. However powerful they can be.
The original IT with Tim Curry was my favorite horror movie growing up and still is lol. The new version did a great job though! I even saw it in theaters twice, once with my cousin since we first saw the original together as kids. Well I watched it while she mostly hid under a blanket lol. 🎈
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So basically, for the IT monster, fear both "seasons" his food (children) and gives him an invulnerability. So, he can still eat you if you're not afraid, but you can fight back.
As far as what's real and what's not. He's a shapeshifting reality warper. So every monster was Pennywise. The blood is the bathroom is real. But, as others have explained already, adults are blind to the things he does. The perception of every single adult is being altered so only the children can see the real horror of the town. Creating isolation and more fear, typically.
Edit: Also, why would all this stuff just be in this town? Because it's Derry Maine. It's Stephen Kings fictional punching bag. This town is where the bad things happen in his world. It's a frequent setting for terrible things
You guys should check out some articles about how many time Pennywise is actually hiding in the background of scenes, watching them even though we don't see him. The production design team did an amazing job hiding him in plain sight.
I first read the book when I was 15 years old. Scared the crap out of me! Reread summer of 2019 as an adult with children and I must say, from a Moms perspective, the book scared me even more! 🤡
The book is a masterpiece. And so much more details and background. Could never be done in a movie. That's why I never understand why IT was not made a TV show.
Pennywise's curse on Derry- making adults either entirely apathetic/negligent, if not fully abusive- is a brilliant way to take the support system away from kids. Adults (parents, cops, doctors, authority figures in general) are meant to be there to guide and protect children. But not every child experiences that. Even Eddy's mom was actually abusive- she was trying to keep him dependent on her and turning him into a hypochondriac, not to keep him safe, but purely for her own greedy, unhealthy, codependent lifestyle. The sewer scene *was* essentially a metaphor for "growing up" and symbolized a turning point in Pennywise's antagonist relationship to the Losers Club. HIGHLY recommend Chapter 2, so you can see how the whole experience effected the Losers Club as adults... And whether or not they really ever got past their fears.
This is one of those films you got to watch multiple times to catch all of the scenes you might not notice Pennywise in, like he is the librarian creepily watching Ben reading the book which is why it cuts from her to a balloon & the librarian is sitting at her desk, he's also part of the wall graffiti when they are patching up Ben, and the clown on stage at the park.
In the novel, poor Georgie died in the first 10 pages or so. I hate clowns, and it scared the hell out if me, and I was like 35 yrs old!
Not fearing fear itself is a genius concept
IT coming back every 27 years.. and the first IT films have been produced 27 years before this one came out. I think thats pretty cool
The original gave me nightmares as a kid. This remake did a really good job. That one jump scare with the projector gave me a heart attack when I first saw it lol 😂
Pennywise has the adults in the town of Derry under a spell, keeping them ambivalent to the horror that he's subjecting the kids to. This ambivalence of the adults translates into a second tier of horror: Pennywise is the acute terror, but the horrid treatment all the time of the kids by the adults is a perpetual terror. Sad thing is, there are creeps like the pharmacist and Beverly's dad in every small town... even in the towns that don't have a monster clown living in the sewer. 😕
My main takeaway is that the Badd Medicine guys do not jump scare 😂
Pennywise suddenly jumps out of the screen or grabs Bev’s neck and their like “..oh..” haha.
My scary place wasn’t the whole basement in my childhood home (6-12yrs old), but we had a furnace/hot water heater room down there where my dad kept his tools and stuff, and it always made my hairs stand up when I went in there
Interesting take from Oak. He managed to be right and wrong at the same time. A film can still have metaphors but trying to apply real-world logic to the supernatural doesn't often match well.
I think it's kinda funny that Bill Skarsgård earlier had a role where he hid in a trash can pretending to be an astronaut and in this movie he is hiding in the sewers. Seems like he has a preference for roles 🤣
Actually in the book. Pennywise influemced the whole town to do bad things, even the parents. I havent read the book, but I believe Beverly's dad was actually nice until Pennywise came and messed up his head.
I did read the book some years ago, and actually, some of the kids' parents (like Richie's, Mike's and Beverly's mother) are actually nice throughout the hole book. Something that pissed me off about this movie is that they make every adult be an *sshole to the kids (and to me it feels unrealistic). The man of the pharmacy, the library lady, the teacher of the school... they were all fcking nice to the kids in the book.
Answer: Would you clean my bloodied bathroom-
Oak and Quinn: NOOO!!!
This is my favorite Stephen King book and am happy you watched this adaptation, mixed reviews aside. It’s basically a story about kids fighting a monster that preys on them through their biggest childhood fears while they realize that - as they’re growing up - the scarier moments don’t come from the monsters in their minds but the adults around them.
The book was set with the adults in the mid-80’s so their childhood was set in the late 50’s and there’s a little more of the kids seeing and dealing with bigotry due to racism, religious intolerance, sexism, and disabilities. The difficulty with movies is you have to show that more than just telling, and King sometimes goes on and on with descriptions which cannot be translated to film easily. (Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.)
Regardless, great job as usual and can’t wait for your next videos!
“That’s the Wilhelm scream painting” is one of the funnier incorrect combination of pop culture things I’ve heard! The painting he’s referring to is The Scream by Edvard Munch, and the Wilhelm scream is the famous scream inserted into movies as an homage and is originally from a black and white movie and, I believe, it happens when I a guy is getting eaten by an alligator.
Lmao I loved that part
Do you think the painting in the movie was representing The Scream?
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NoOne Ever Notices The Librarian In The BackGround Getting Closer And Closer With A Creepy Smile On Her Face
My favorite thing about this movie (and the book, and the original with Tim Curry. I love this story in all its forms 🤣) is that it’s really a story about friendship. To me, the horror aspects are secondary, and serve as a way to strengthen the relationship between all the members of the Losers Club.
All of that stuff is from the book y’all. You need it. It doesn’t take away from the movie at all. It makes the movie what it is.
I’ve read the book. I’ve also read and written a few essays on this book as well as the original and remade films. The story isn’t about a killer clown. The clown is symbolism and is the monsters “default” because it feeds on fear that is often found in children but carry’s into adulthood. The whole point is that childhood fears will always come back to haunt you if you don’t face them.
Bill has to deal with the death of his brother Georgie which he feels responsible for due to him lying to his brother saying he didn’t feel well so he didn’t have to play with him outside, leading to his death. They never found his body. The clown is just the personification of what happened in a childs eyes.
Same with everyone else. -
Ben has to deal with growing up fat and realize that getting skinny doesn’t erase that trauma of being bullied for it (being called names, being cut, etc.)
Beverly has to deal with her fathers past s3xual abuse towards her, and stop loving men who remind her of him.
Richie needs to deal with the reality of being gay and stop pushing it away.
Eddie needs to deal with the past trauma his mother put him through causing him to be scared of the world around him.
Mike needs to confront his family’s deaths as well as realize the trauma and abuse he endured being a black kid in a primarily white neighborhood.
Stanley needs to deal with his religious and family trauma.
The clown is what connects them together and allows them to come together as adults to face these fears. It’s symbolism for the fact that you can’t run away from the fears (a good example of this is when child Beverly cuts her hair in attempts to separate her physical self from her past trauma as well as make her less attractive to her father, but then the next day the hair comes back out of the sink to haunt her.)
When the kids asked Richie what he was scared of and he said “clowns” it wasn’t because he was actually scared of clowns, it’s because he couldn’t admit/doesn’t have a full understating of his sexuality yet. Which brings in the clown as the symbolism for the fear again. He’s able to face this fear later as an adult.
The reason why Stanley committed sewer slide was because he still wasn’t brave enough to face his fear as an adult.
the book is so much more graphic and dark, but a lot of what we saw in the movie is in the novel. the children don’t have plot armor, so it makes it feel scarier and especially it being a monster who preys on children and eats them. i think they did well considering how big that book is😅🤡
Y'all thought the hand cutting at the end was gross? Wait till yall find out what they do in the book. 😬 great reaction, cant wait for Chapter 2.
Lol don't tell them
FYI these little outtakes are hilarious! 😅 I’ve ever noticed them before. Also you should watch the explanation from the actor and director. They really put their foot into it. It didn’t really leave much of the book out. They did change minor things.
Now scary story: I used to live with my pops when I moved from Peru to the states (Jersey) had my own roof in the attic. It was divided by a door that used to be a storage. Unfinished storage. I hung some stuff there but nothing really. So when you opened it it was designed like a closet if you wiggled to the left you would be able to walk to the storage side. Now.. it was lit by one tiny lightbulb. I used to have nightmares about a shadow man living in there. One day before I moved I dreamed of everything empty just the light bulb there. A table and a bunch of kids sitting. Then I got courage to walk up to the table and call one of the little girls and she said “he dad” i immediately woke up. After that I never dreamt of it again.
As a father of a little boy, the opening scene still effs me up.
Oak's reaction to Georgie being taken is spot-on. It's hard to watch.
To answer some questions: Stephen King has admitted that he was a heavy drinker and cocaine user during the writing of this book. I mean, there’s no magical turtle in this movie, but it’s actually a very faithful adaptation. There are some pretty bizarre and disturbing things that were cut from the movie, though; if you know you know. 😐
What the children experienced was real. Pennywise eats children because they are easier to scare (fear essentially “seasons” the meat). Adults’ fears are more complex for him to imitate, so he turns the town into a feeding ground for himself by keeping adults in a state of permanent awfulness by ignoring the missing, being abusive, etc. Including Eddie’s mom who doesn’t know what’s going on. She’s got Munchausen’s by Proxy and is controlling Eddie by faking his illnesses and medication.
Georgie was killed the way he was because Pennywise was toying with him and then scaring him terribly in order for him to taste better. This is written pretty faithfully to the book as well. It’s written from Georgie’s perspective and there’s even a tiny part included where he mentions that when he sees the clown, he feels comforted because his eyes are the same color as Bill’s eyes but then just as Pennywise makes the turn to eat him, his eyes turn yellow to unsettle and frighten him, which is all included in the movie subtly.
As far as all the uncomfortableness goes… as a woman I’d say it rings pretty true that at that age (like young teen) a small minority of men are just creepy. We’ve probably almost all experienced it, unfortunately. The dad is another story, but as stated before, he was terrible by nature, but even worse as he had Pennywise’s influence on him.
Hope this was helpful and sorry it was so long! I really enjoy your reactions and talks! :)
I think the children really did die, maybe not because of a clown, but IMO the whole movie is a metaphor for accepting/dealing with grief and trauma. And through that learning how to not be afraid of bad things and accepting that they happen.
Hey grew up though, so they didn't die
Think of it like a shimmer that pennywise has over the adults where they can't/don't act or see what th ekids see. The it creature is real, but he has a sort of mental sway over the adults. That's why all the adults are just horrible in this town and don't help.
The great thing about this movie, it’s a great first horror film for kids . It’s about friendship, standing up for yourself..standing up for your friends and facing your fears . Great film.
I highly recommend “The Black Phone”.
So- just fyi, the monster in IT is actually an extra dimensional alien who shape shifts, and shows up as the villain in a number of other Stephen King’s works.
All of the disturbing parental/ adult scenes were toned down for the movie as well rating wise of course. They were worse originally so I wouldn't recommend reading the books if you didn't enjoy that aspect of it. Since I know, you sometimes read the book after watching the movies. Also, since Pennywise comes back every 27 years, this remake came out 27 years after the original film version came out!
Flipper flappers. I'm not a huge clown fan and have only seen clips of this movie. But I'm just gonna say ... WHY IS NOBODY TALKING ABOUT THAT *ADORABLE* INTRO WITH OAK!!!????? Omllllllll
One thing that is explained better in the books is the influence that "It" had over the town was complete. The house on Nebold Street holds more secrets that will be revealed,and It would definitely have the ability to cloud the minds of those that would otherwise tear it down. It feeds on people, yes, but fear is the "seasoning" It prefers. It is a manifestation of cosmic level evil, and the theme of the story is that the bond of pure love between friends can defeat even the worst evil.
Never knew the Oak had such an angelic voice
Had a finished basement in a rental that spooked me, (as a grown up), apparently the previous owner died downstairs in the rec. room.
IT grabs you from the get-go and doesn't let you go till the very end, one of my absolute favourite horror films!
Edit: Btw Bill Skarsgard totally killed IT in this movie
1989 was a GREAT year for movies: Batman, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Major League, Uncle Buck, Dead Poet's Society, Field of Dreams, When Harry Met Sally, Do the Right Thing, Road House, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Weekend at Bernie's, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, UHF, Say Anything, Ghostbusters 2, Back to the Future 2, Lethal Weapon 2, Parenthood... I could go on, but I think the point is made.
Bill’s little brother is really gone. So even if it’s “in their heads” it can definitely manifest IRL
" No no he's got the yellow jacket.." 😂
Best friends clean bloody bathrooms together.
To this day I am always wigged out any time my parents ask me to get something from their closet. It's an 80's style walk-in closet with an accordion door and clothes hanging along each side. The breaker box for the whole house was in the far back behind a dresser. Growing up, I was sure there was something in the shadows or hiding behing the clothes that would get out if I left the doors open...even if I was inside.
This movie felt like it had a lot of metaphors for life for being a horror film. What was your reaction to IT? Did it meet your expectations?
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I thought nothing will beat Tim Curry. And I was pleasantly surprised
I dug the metaphors for life being a horror film but I feel like if there was a movie or film that did it better it would be the Netflix series "haunting of Hill House"
Would love to see you react to part 2
Absolutely loved this one and Chapter 2.
Infact I saw them both multiple times at the Theater.
While I loved Tim Curry in the ABC Networks version I never liked the rest of it.
Way to hokie and not scary at all.
Infact I'd say these weren't as scary to me only because I've read the book (Way more dark and literally f'd up) numerous times as well as that earlier version.
I still loved what they did, might be a nostalgia thing to it... 🤡
And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes and hide
I wanna hold you 'til I die
'Til we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you
'Til the fear in me subsides
i usually love horror movies and they don't really scare me much. i used to watch the conjuring every time it came on tv!
but this one really got to me. the horror in this was way too real for me to enjoy the movie, like you said. especially beverly's dad and the whole bully squad. it was a bit too disgusting and it took me a while to finish the whole movie.
interesting, to me it was the least scary movie I've ever watched (coming from a non-parent), it was still enjoyable for the laughs and story though
Those 3 floating lights that hypnotized Beverly, was Pennywise's true form
The Neibolt house, that house is actually real, the scenes were shot in Oshawa Ontario, not too far from where I live.
Btw the gazebos line was improv on Jack Dylan Grazers part.
I’m so happy you guys reacted to this. I hope Part 2 doesn’t disappoint you guys.
Everytime a reaction to a movie I love pops up, I feel excited. IT is my favorite book (not only by Stephen King but in general). I read it for the first time when I was a teen and the friendship in the book is so well portrayed. This remake (including Part II) is the adaptation I’ve always wanted. Chapter 2 (especially the cast for the adult versions) is great. Can’t wait for it to show up on TH-cam. Badd Medicine is good medicine (especially after a hard day of work).
so there’s a lot of layers to this movie:
1) the adults don’t know what’s going on based on the control pennywise has of the town
2) the town is doomed to be a bad place for people and that’s why a lot of the kids have abuse going on in this movie
3) it’s intentional with the racist and predatory behavior- hence why mike is targeted and why patrick licks his lips at the boys at school when they’re walking by him in the hallway
4) pennywise is smart and wants the kids as scared as possible bc it essentially makes them.. “tastier” ig. so he intentionally scares them with their biggest fears
5) beverly wasn’t as scared (comparing the others) as the boys bc her dad abuses her heavily (it’s implied he r*pes her)
6) the boys that bother the losers club are next level bullies due to pennywise’s influence
7) this movie was released exactly 27 years later bc pennywise reemerges every 27 years (:
don’t think you guys will ever see this, but the reason why pennywise goes for these kids but had difficulties eating them is because they shine, and other kids who don’t shine just can’t fight back... it’s kinda complicated and it involves the lore of other stephen king books, but matpat from film theory explains it pretty well
I've Been Waiting For This! It's Here! Been loving the horror reactions recently! Love you guys so much❤️🙏
the main problem with the movies is it splits the story. in the book it alternates between when they are kids and when they're adults. the creepy adults are still there but its through the view of an adult who is overcoming the trauma rather then a kid going through it the first time.
Bill skarsgard was born to play that clown...such an incredible talented actor...but i would say people who never read the book are not so for the movie..for me the best Horror coming out of age movie
You guys deserve a lot more subscribers, views, etc. Best Movie Reaction channel on TH-cam by far. I love it that you guys are quick witted and see past the initial imagery.
Great Content!!! Keep it up!
Very kind of you! Thank you! 🤙
IT (the clown) targets kids and plays mind games on them so that's why the adults such as the girls dad didn't see all the blood in the bathroom.
The singing in the beginning…I felt it in my soul! Bravo Oak 👏🏾 👏🏾 👏🏾 😂❤
🙏🙏🙏 -Oak
Pennywise feeds from children's fears. That's why everything can be seen only be children's eyes. But it doesn't mean Pennywise isn't real. It is a cosmic entity. Eldritch horror of King's worlds.
I also did that as a kid, with whatever floated in water. It was fun.
Oak, you are right with a lot of things. First should be said that Stephen King was deep into the certain white powder at that time, so make of it what you will 😬 I'm just saying that in the books the kids are saved by a giant alien turtle (Maturin) in the end... (no spoiler for the second movie)
The thing with the sparking fears really annoyed a lot of people, bc Pennywise is just scaring the kids to feast on fear but then never really acts - aside from Georgie, who he just k*lled right away. So what is his point?!
The real life fears used as horror elements - absolutely yes. But the creature really exists. As someone already mentioned, the adults are under his spell to be completely ignorant to the kids and their needs, so he has clear way.
When I'm watching a Stephen King movie I always kind of wonder which substance he was imbibing while writing the book version. Lol. Doesn't surprise me that it was the white stuff for this one.
He doesn’t need fear to kill kids-he just likes it because it adds “seasoning”.
@@mammareaper2997 yes, and then he doesn't do anything. How many times do the kids have to face his scares before they finally "float"? Ok, I get it - plot convenience. The main characters have to stay alive (cough, no spoilers) 😅
@@Tchika I mean I think it’s obvious that he likes to play with his food lol. The longer he draws it out, the better they taste. At least that’s what I got from the book 😅
I’ve seen this movie so many times and plenty reactions but I’m just now realizing a lot more watching this like the Easter egg and the headless boy from the book and the NKOTB references haha so glad you guys reacted to it😁
Scary place for me was my great grandmother's basement. She lived in Wisconsin where my grandmother was from. We would take a trip and go visit a few times a year. It was a cement basement but it was also furnished. There was some boxes and an old table, maybe a chair or something? It's so fuzzy in my mind now. But it was very dimly lit with a yellowish light. And a square door in the wall, for what idk. It was locked. But we would go down occasionally with her to get out holiday decorations. If we was visiting for the holidays. And I was very young and it made the room, I'm sure, look 10 times larger. There was lots of dark shadowy areas. And all of that made it a really scary place for me. I didn't like going down there.
It's funny because my grandmother's basement (her daughter), here in Indiana at the family farm, is an old stone cellar where they canned food. And it's leaky, cold, small. And I was only ever nervous to go down there because the steps were narrow, and because of spiders. 🤣
My great-grandmother's basement though scared me on a different level. Enough that I still recall my fear when I think about it. Lol
Basements are universally creepy.