First of all, I'm a fan of the originals, so obviously I won't have a high opinion of this movie.
In my opinion this movie is just after commercialization, horror for horror's sake, completely lost the core of Stephen King (my favorite writer) writing this work "it", superficial film mode, the adaptor I don't understand the deep meaning of it at all, and after reading it, I am only full of disappointment.
According to the story progress in the original work, "Joker's Soul 2" should actually be more exciting than "Joker's Soul 1", and it is also a sublimation part of the whole book.
If the protagonists in childhood conquer it (the clown) is synonymous with excellence, then the protagonists in adulthood are synonymous with perfection, because conquering it in childhood requires purity, courage, and friendship, and conquering it when you grow up Not only these three powers are needed, but also the need to overcome oneself, to overcome the forgetfulness, indifference, hesitation and so on that choose to grow up. Childhood is complete, and adulthood is perfect. Remember that there is such a theme in "Black Swan" that people with flaws are perfect. It's true because it's flawed. Therefore, the adult protagonist fights against it, which is more real and can sublimate the whole story.
There is such a description in the original book, that is, when Billy beat the boss at the end, he shouted again "He thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts". There is really a kind of exciting power. , as if you can see the grown-up Billy coming back again, turning into a young and courageous than the boss, going forward bravely, without fear, breaking free from the complexity and constraints of adulthood.
Similarly, there are a lot of descriptions of the residents of Derry Town in the original book. Their disregard for the disappearance case and their fear of the invisible "it" nourishes the clown. At the moment of victory, the water storage tower in Delhi, the water storage tower connecting the pipelines of the entire city, collapsed like a doomsday, and Delhi seems to have ushered in a baptism.
Obviously, "Joker's Soul 2" discarded the depiction of this deep core, that is, it did not show the spiritual sublimation of the protagonists from growth to return, nor did it express the social problems implied by Derry Town and the Joker. connect. Of course, the crew who didn't understand "it" still took a form. At the beginning, they gave a passerby shot to be killed by the clown, and then there was no more, so that many viewers did not understand what the first scene was paving the way. In fact, this scene is The introduction in the original book was made to draw out the indifference and darkness of Derry, and then gradually penetrated into the residents of Derry Town. Similarly, for the growth and return of the protagonists, the crew once again took a different form, narrating the memories of adulthood as children, but they did not! Therefore, the only thing that can be praised in the whole movie is friendship. Also because there is still friendship, I, who originally wanted to give two stars, added one more star, which is Xinken who played the friendship and affection card for filmmakers.
As for the other two stars, one star gives it a lot of horror pictures, which meets the "volume" of a horror movie. The sound effects, lenses, makeup, and special effects have not fallen, and they are all close together; there is another star, which is naturally for the big IP, anyway, I opened this movie with great anticipation.
Finally, there is a big rant, and then a small point - to be honest, there are too many descriptions of the love between Ben and Bev in the movie, so much that it is tacky! Commercial films really don't understand what "beautiful love until the point is reached".
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