It basically gives away the entire first act of the movie, but it looks interesting. It's basically DC's answer to the first Captain America movie, since it's set in the past and all that. This will and Justice League will make or break the DCEU.
Also, I'm really not a fan of WW's musical theme. I know it's popular, but it just doesn't sit right with me. Also, I've always took issue with Gal Gadot's casting as WW. When I think of WW, I don't picture a slender Israeli supermodel.
I watched the trailer at 5am in a dark living room, then went into my bathroom, which has a drain in the floor. I could not get out of there fast enough - quickest pee I've had in my life.
God...that IT trailer...one of my favorite books of all time. The mini-series has always held a place in my heart for various reasons. But this seems to have let go of all the cheese and is going for straight up sinister. Which I think is the right move and much more in line with the spirit of the book.
I read IT and watched the Tim Curry movie when I was much younger, middle school or early high school maybe? I was going through a massive Stephen King phase. I don't want to spoil it for anyone but there was some seriously *weird* stuff in that book.
I don't know why, but it made me even more creeped out when Pennywise shows up in other King novels like the Tommyknockers, a guy who sees him just get a look for a second, then thinks he was hallucinating.
(Very slight Dreamcatcher spoiler) In Dreamcatcher a Down's Syndrome child goes missing in Derry. The narration says that when children go missing people seem to just forget about them and even the parents weirdly move on. In the case of the boy with Down's, the mother (I think, this is from years ago) stays motivated to find her son due to his condition making him more reliant on her and conditioning her to care more. For some reason that felt pretty cool to me at the time (maybe because my sister had Down's.)
I would be super stoked if they had small Easter Eggs for other King works like he weaves through his book. Mention the dog that went rabid a town over who killed a bunch of people, stuff like that.
@gjulleen I remember reading an interview how King barely remembers writing most of IT because he was so coked out at the time. And you can certainly tell in parts, and I am sure you know the couple that I am thinking of. If we wanted to make a spoiler thread maybe we could discuss it.
Very Minor IT spoilers: I always thought it was a cool concept that an entire town was essentially haunted, but due to the nature of the haunting these massively traumatic, violent events were just forgotten and swept under the rug. The other thing that I love, and hope they include some pieces of are the interludes to the history of Derry. Those were always fun nuggets to break up the adult/child stories. It added such flavor and history to the town.
So we are all hoping they leave out THAT END THING, right?
I'm not seeing it if they leave that part out!
If you mean that thing the kids do after they win in order to seal the deal, so to speak, I don't see how they leave it in. It felt out of place in the book and always felt icky. (Although it was kinda neat that the only boy who didn't, um, complete the task, was the one who didn't make it back as a grown-up. I'd like to see them do something similar but leave out the icky stuff)
So we are all hoping they leave out THAT END THING, right?
I'm not seeing it if they leave that part out!
If you mean that thing the kids do after they win in order to seal the deal, so to speak, I don't see how they leave it in. It felt out of place in the book and always felt icky. (Although it was kinda neat that the only boy who didn't, um, complete the task, was the one who didn't make it back as a grown-up. I'd like to see them do something similar but leave out the icky stuff)
Yes that is what I was referring to. I was totally joking...but it probably didn't translate well to via a message board. There is no possible way they have anything remotely close to that in the movie. It was off-putting in the book, but I didn't hate it as much as some people seem to. King throughout the novel is connecting the children's lives to their lives as adults, so I get what he was going for there, it just feels a tad weird.
Holy moly. As much as I love Mr King, I've never gotten into The Dark Tower series. Now I kind of want to rush-read them all before this comes out, because it looks awesome.
How many books are there? And do book fans think a movie is going to be able to do the story justice? (Or are they planning a series of movies?)
@Vasilnate1 Not bad! Slipped a bit at the end, but it's a damn hard accent, so props to her. Weird they had her do that, though. I wonder if there's some reason she's Aussie, or if they just didn't want Rebel Wilson because they already one chubby girl, haha.
Holy moly. As much as I love Mr King, I've never gotten into The Dark Tower series. Now I kind of want to rush-read them all before this comes out, because it looks awesome.
How many books are there? And do book fans think a movie is going to be able to do the story justice? (Or are they planning a series of movies?)
7 I think, this as far as I know is a retelling, not an actual adaptation that follows the story beginning to end.
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How many books are there? And do book fans think a movie is going to be able to do the story justice? (Or are they planning a series of movies?)