The fidelity to the novel is amazing.
Director Andres Muschietti even got the street names right.
George turned back to look at his brother
Be c-careful.
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His brow creased a little.
That was something Mom said, not your big brother.
It was as strange as him giving Bill a kiss.
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Bill never saw him again.
A Peek at Pennywise
A glimpse of the monster, played by Bill Skarsgard.
From the novel:Want your boat, Georgie?
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To the Letter
Just a title card, but the font struck me.
Now it returns full circle.
Coincidentally,Stranger ThingsFinn Wolfhard plays the Losers club prankster Richie Tozier.
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Welcome to Derry
Overview of Derry, Maine.
Looks like a nice place to grow up.
If you make it that far.
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The Losers Club
Four of the Losers.
The Bullies
Now the bullies: a group known as the Bowers Gang.
Natural allies of Pennywise, they can also serve as a quick meal in a pinch.
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Gone Missing
One of the missing local kids: Patrick Hockstetter (Owen Teague,Bloodline) .
He was also one of the bullies in the Bowers gang.
Perhaps his absence is why his old buddies looked so glum.
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Things in Derry are weird.
Everybody knows theyre weird.
Not just weird, but wrong.
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Somehow, theyve normalized this.
You get used to madness when you stop fighting it and just start living with it.
That Red Balloon… ## Nowhere to Hide
Pennywise is playing hide-and-seek.
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Pennywise is manipulating their senses, playing another game.
He sees them, even if they can’t quite see him yet.
A local racist group set the blaze, but was their rage inspired by Pennywise or merely feeding It?
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Another one of Pennywises forms.
He seems to be a little more prepared for the fight than they are.
Bad Blood
Yet another moment taken directly from the novel.
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Bev Marsh has an early encounter with It in her own bathroom.
She hears the voices of the town’s missing children rising up from the drain.
But as she leans in, she is hit with a burst of blood.
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(It’ll be scarlet red in the film.
In promos, they have to blacken it for the sake of the MPAA ratings board.)
Little does he known, Pennywise is lurking just below the waterline.
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Pennywise Attacks
Oh s–t, oh s–t, oh s—t!
Pennywise come whirling up out of the flooded basement like a helicopter blade.
The monster reveals itself.
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And its delighted to meet us.
We’ll be seeing a lot more of him as Stephen King’sItheads to theaters on Sept. 8.
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