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As a 15-year old, this book captured my imagination; as a 37-year old, I can't even make it past 300 pages. Yes, I probably got old and dead inside, but the cringy kid dialogue, junkyard jerk-off sequence, pre-fight sexual healing scene, and Richie's black slave impressions are enough for me to leave this one on the shelf. The movie does look much better than the miniseries, however. That much is clear.
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Bruteman posted:Too bad when they finally got around to literally doing that (Jonesy and Mr. Grey in Dreamcatcher), it was still a crummy film. I don't think I've ever laughed harder than I did at Dreamcatcher. So much top notch talent (Lawrence Kasdan!) behind such an indefensible turd. And the Jonesy/Mr Grey poo poo was incredible. Whenever Mr Grey took over Jonesy, out came the evil British accent, and I could not stop laughing. To be fair, the book is also a complete mess. Can't really hold it against King, though: it was his first one after the car accident.
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May 9, 2017 04:07
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:I don't care if I'm alone in this but Mama is one of my favorite horror movies from the last decade. I'm right there with you, but that ending is sort of a turd.
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The movie was rarely scary and the characters were excruciatingly one dimensional (Hi, Mike). Also, relying on jump scares ad nauseam is a lazy way to make a horror movie, and this movie has them in spades. A giant Pennywise leaping off a projector and scaring the kids is no more terrifying than the antics of the space clowns in Killer Klowns From Outer Space, which surprisingly holds its own when compared to this film, especially in terms of "terror." In fact, Killer Klowns From Outer Space might be the more sincere and genuine film. A lot of my complaints about It can definitely be traced to the source material. Call me crazy, but I would have rather seen something that was substantially different from the book, similar to what Kubrick did with The Shining. I did laugh when I found out the director made Mama, since he apparently used some of the leftover F/X from that film in this one. C+ (King sucks, but I have also gotten older and my taste has changed).
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