Fatimah Jackson

The remake of Stephen King’s bestselling novel, It, was released into theaters on Sep. 8. The high anticipation for the movie, made it well received by critics, and at box offices. I was among one of the satisfied audience members that enjoyed the movie, and felt that despite the plethora of bad reboots, the movie overall was good. The movie began with a gruesome and graphic death scene of Georgie Denbrough, one of the main protagonists younger brother. The scene shows the little boy chasing after his paper boat, and then the iconic scene from the original film of the clown, Pennywise, in the sewer. Georgie is then coerced into reaching out and grabbing the paper boat from Pennywise, who bites off part of the boy’s arm. The graphic depiction of the young boy’s death was shocking, and the surprise of the audience was palpable in the theater.

After that scene, it set the tone for what the movie was going to be; gruesome and a bit strange. One source, Jordyn Dunn, says that’s “‘It’ was a really good movie, i thought that the characters overall we’re strong, and the  dialogue.” On the other  hand, there concepts that could have been left out to make the movie stronger, like the love triangle between characters Beverly Marsh, Ben Hanscom, and Bill Denbrough. But there were also many strong scenes that may not have belonged in a movie as terrifying as It, but the fact that they were there made them hilarious. Overall, this year’s remake of ‘It’ was scarily good, and the confirmation of a sequel in the upcoming year will have everyone waiting in anticipation.