{"id":27353,"date":"2018-01-10T06:10:50","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T11:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=27353"},"modified":"2018-01-10T06:19:42","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T11:19:42","slug":"it-2017-blu-ray-dvd-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/10\/it-2017-blu-ray-dvd-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"It (2017): [Blu-Ray\/DVD\/Digital]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Chalk it up to rock bottom expectations, but \u201cIt<\/a><\/em>\u201d blew me away when it arrived in theaters mainly because it exceeded my expectations and proved to be a stellar film all around. Andres Muschetti already killed it with his adaptation of his short \u201cMama,\u201d but he brings his same sensibility in another coming of age tale where pure evil meets innocence. \u201cIt\u201d is a masterstroke of a reboot, a movie that pays tribute to the original novel and re-invents every aspect from the ground up for a new audience without dumbing down the material.<\/p>\n

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Taking the classic novel and setting it in the late eighties, \u201cIt\u201d is set in Derry Maine where a group of kids are brought together after a series of incidents involving missing children around their town go unanswered. Motivated to find the latest missing child is Bill, an aspiring author with a speech impediment whose small brother Georgie went missing only months before. Little does he or any of them know Georgie was victimized by a supernatural monster disguised as a clown known as Pennywise. As they dig deeper in to the disappearance, they begin to peel layers of their town back, revealing centuries of violence, corruption, murder, and a sick curse known as Pennywise whose seemingly orchestrated it all.<\/p>\n

But Pennywise is intent on stopping them before they ruin his efforts to feed on the town\u2019s children. While \u201cIt\u201d is a horror movie, it\u2019s also a very evocative and gripping coming of age drama about a small group of neglected and tormented kids known as \u201cThe Loser\u2019s Club\u201d forced to confront the ultimate evil. Muschetti is clearly an actor\u2019s director, and he compiles a collective of remarkable performances from his entire young cast including stand outs Jaeden Lieberher and Sophia Lillis. And while Tim Curry will always have a place in this horror fanatic\u2019s heart as the original Pennywise, Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd is incredible as the new Pennywise, a relentless, perverse, formless, and monstrous force of evil who delights in preying on children.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u201d embraces what\u2019s so great about Stephen King\u2019s original novel, and re-invents some aspects for a broader audience. Thankfully the material never suffers and only excels. The best horror movie of 2017, the best movie of 2017, and my biggest surprise of 2017 comes to blu-ray and DVD to help shock a new brand of movie lovers that enjoyed Stephen King\u2019s re-invention of his epic novel.<\/p>\n

Before the inevitable Director\u2019s Cut, this edition comes with a DVD and Digital version. \u201cPennywise Lives!\u201d is a seventeen minute great look at how Skarsg\u00e5rd took on the role of Pennywise, from his use of practical stunts and movements to the use of traditional clown make up for his face. There\u2019s a look at how the crew didn\u2019t meet Pennywise until they began filming, and how Skarsg\u00e5rd stayed in character. \u201cThe Losers’ Club\u201d is another great sixteen minute look at the bond all of the kids formed over the course of filming \u201cIt\u201d and their challenge filming emotional scenes.<\/p>\n

\u201cAuthor of Fear\u201d is a fourteen minute discussion with Stephen King, who discusses writing his iconic novel, the true stories that inspired the novel, and characters. It\u2019s a wonderful interview. Finally there are sixteen minutes of deleted, alternate and extended scenes definitely worth watching, with more glimpses at the abusive relationship with Henry Bowers and his father, and an extended scene involving the Bat-Mitzvah. There\u2019s also a hilarious blooper involving Pennywise and Georgie you will surely appreciate.<\/p>\n