Re: Movies 51 - Rise of the Frozen Joker: Chapter II: Dark Fate
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It: Chapter One or Mike Wheeler, Freddy Freeman and the Cast of The Sandlot Go on a Goonie Adventure on Elm Street!
I found myself not liking this as much as I thought I would. The kids are fantastic, they do a great job time travelling back to 1989 but the story itself is just so...meh. Maybe because it feels like every other Stephen King story is shoved into It at some point (hey that gang of jerks is like Stand By Me!) but it just felt like there was a lot of extraneous things going on which I think works great in books but not in movies. I found myself zoning out a bit during parts. I cant quite explain it because a lot of the movie I liked (especially any part with Pennywise) but even though I liked the kids none of their stories outside of Bill's and Beverly's really mattered. (hell Stanley serves zero purpose to the story nor does Mike outside his gun) Overall though them as a group offsets any of the issues I had with the story because they work so well together. And Pennywise is great in every scene he is in.
Actors: A
Sets/References: A
Story: C+
Overall: B/B+
Seeing Chapter 2 today.
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It: Chapter One or Mike Wheeler, Freddy Freeman and the Cast of The Sandlot Go on a Goonie Adventure on Elm Street!
I found myself not liking this as much as I thought I would. The kids are fantastic, they do a great job time travelling back to 1989 but the story itself is just so...meh. Maybe because it feels like every other Stephen King story is shoved into It at some point (hey that gang of jerks is like Stand By Me!) but it just felt like there was a lot of extraneous things going on which I think works great in books but not in movies. I found myself zoning out a bit during parts. I cant quite explain it because a lot of the movie I liked (especially any part with Pennywise) but even though I liked the kids none of their stories outside of Bill's and Beverly's really mattered. (hell Stanley serves zero purpose to the story nor does Mike outside his gun) Overall though them as a group offsets any of the issues I had with the story because they work so well together. And Pennywise is great in every scene he is in.
Actors: A
Sets/References: A
Story: C+
Overall: B/B+
Seeing Chapter 2 today.
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