It (2017)

[CrazyBlu-RayFan]

For those who missed when I posted the instagram link. I also want to post the actual picture. This pic came from the director's instagram. Enjoy.

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[frogmort]

I just don't get the this-vs-that mentality. To me, the book is one of King's best overall, the 1990 tv show which was basically rated PG had a few really fun parts from the book and a great performance by Curry and the kids, and I couldn't imagine that anyone would hope that this new film is less than amazing.

It's like some little kids saying 'My It can beat up your It'

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by frogmort

I just don't get the this-vs-that mentality. To me, the book is one of King's best overall, the 1990 tv show which was basically rated PG had a few really fun parts from the book and a great performance by Curry and the kids, and I couldn't imagine that anyone would hope that this new film is less than amazing.

It's like some little kids saying 'My It can beat up your It'

When I was a kid me and other boys would sometimes compare our Its. My It was usually bigger, but I never tried to beat anyone up with it.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by MechaGodzilla

My It was usually bigger, but I never tried to beat anyone up with it.

And why not!?

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by MechaGodzilla

When I was a kid me and other boys would sometimes compare our Its. My It was usually bigger, but I never tried to beat anyone up with it.

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

And why not!?

I never knew anyone as kinky as you.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by MechaGodzilla

I never knew anyone as kinky as you.

[RalphoR]

Equally creepy?:

http://content.jwplatform.com/previe...a9wp2-3fZat9SO

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

01. It
02. The Stand
03. Salem's Lot
04. The Dark Tower: Wizard and Glass
05. Insomnia

This is indisputable fact and anybody who argues otherwise will either be a) mauled by a St Bernard with rabies, b) ran over by a 58 Plymouth Fury, or c) forced to read Dreamcatcher over and over and over again.

I own all of Stephen King's books, I've read all of them, and I've re-read the vast majority of them multiple times. I've been reading and collecting his books since middle school, and I've even got first printings of everything from Christine onward.

Salem's Lot is my absolute favorite Stephen King novel. This was my introduction to Stephen King, and it shines through and through, even if King had not yet mastered his "campfire storytelling" prose dialect that makes his more recent books flow so well. Everything comes together in Salem's Lot, and, unlike many of King's more famous books, it has the perfect ending with just the right closure.

IT is a close second favorite, and it probably would be my absolute favorite if King had not dropped the ball somewhat at the end. To his credit, though, I'm hard-pressed to imagine how I would have ended the story any differently.

After this, I would recommend King's first two short story anthologies, The Night Shift and Skeleton Crew. These two collections are solid gold all over, with nary a misstep in them.

I also love Pet Sematary, which is more like a true old-style Edgar Allan Poe /W. W. Jacobs horror story as opposed to a "Stephen King horror story."

Other favorites: The Shining, The Dead Zone, Full Dark, No Stars (anthology), The Green Mile, Revival.

I love the first four Dark Tower books, but the last three go into weird self-indulgent territory. (They're all wildly fun, though!)

The Stand is awesome, of course, but my preferences are strong for the first half of the book, with the disease epidemic and its immediate aftermath.

[frogmort]

Originally Posted by RalphoR

Equally creepy?:

http://content.jwplatform.com/previe...a9wp2-3fZat9SO

If nothing else, whoever put that comparison together is a really good editor!

[shinobipopcorn]

Originally Posted by YoungCrazyBlu-RayFan

For those who missed when I posted the instagram link. I also want to post the actual picture. This pic came from the director's instagram. Enjoy.

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Reminds me of a regenerator... http://strangegaming.blogspot.com/20...nt-evil-4.html

[RalphoR]

[QUOTE=The Great Owl;13913815]

IT is a close second favorite, and it probably would be my absolute favorite if King had not dropped the ball somewhat at the end. To his credit, though, I'm hard-pressed to imagine how I would have ended the story any differently.[Quote]

Absolutely agree about It. If he just eliminated the

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I'd look at the book in a total different light.

[WhiteTim]

Run time is supposedly 135 mins

[Britbuffguy]

Oddly enough, the only King book I ever made it through was GERALD'S GAME. I never hear anyone talk of it.

According to Wiki, they're making that into a film as well, starring Carla Gugino.

[Pieter V]

Originally Posted by WhiteTim

Run time is supposedly 135 mins

APPROVED RUNNING TIME 134m 31s

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/it-film-1

[Steedeel]

Originally Posted by Pieter V

APPROVED RUNNING TIME 134m 31s

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/it-film-1

I want my 29 seconds back!

[thewerepuppygrr]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

01. It
02. The Stand
03. Salem's Lot
04. The Dark Tower: Wizard and Glass
05. Insomnia

This is indisputable fact and anybody who argues otherwise will either be a) mauled by a St Bernard with rabies, b) ran over by a 58 Plymouth Fury, or c) forced to read Dreamcatcher over and over and over again.

Well that list is invalid because where is Pet Sematary?! As a whole I'd say it beats out IT and Salem's Lot (though I love both of those dearly). Haven't read the others you listed as yet.

[Todd Tomorrow]

Used to be a huge Stephen King fan in my teens and early 20s but It was the first novel of his I didn't make it through. At that point his books became more bloated and could have done with a good editor and the themes also became repetitive. As I started to read them in the 70s as they came out, it's mostly the early ones I enjoyed the most:

1. The Shining
2. Salem's Lot
3. Carrie
4. Misery
5. Cujo
6. The Stand
7. Christine
8. The Dead Zone
9. The Green Mile
10. Firestarter

[thewerepuppygrr]

Originally Posted by Todd Tomorrow

Used to be a huge Stephen King fan in my teens and early 20s but It was the first novel of his I didn't make it through. At that point his books became more bloated and could have done with a good editor and the themes also became repetitive. As I started to read them in the 70s as they came out, it's mostly the early ones I enjoyed the most:

1. The Shining
2. Salem's Lot
3. Carrie
4. Misery
5. Cujo
6. The Stand
7. Christine
8. The Dead Zone
9. The Green Mile
10. Firestarter

Cujo should've been a short story. That was a mess of a book. A third of it was about the husband's friggin' cereal company.

[Todd Tomorrow]

Originally Posted by thewerepuppygrr

Cujo should've been a short story. That was a mess of a book. A third of it was about the husband's friggin' cereal company.

I believe you are exaggerating. I found Cujo pretty tense at the time. The movie was actually pretty decent and apart from the ending and some omissions more faithful than most. The only problem is that in the novel Cujo becomes something monstrous, almost demonic the way he is perceived by his victims, while on the screen you still always just see a slobbering St. Bernard, one of the friendliest looking of dogs.