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Is there any connection between Stranger Things and IT movie?
Is there any connection between Stranger Things and IT movie?
Yes, IT is one of the inspirations behind the show.
From huffingtonpost
The Duffer brothers, who actually once pitched an “It” remake ...
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Why did Beverly cut her hair?
The scene exactly before Beverly cuts her hair in the bathroom is with her father who is standing creepily in the hallway and notices the sanitary pads (I think) in her hand and then creepily caress ...
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What is the story behind the three dots seen inside the throat of Pennywise that made the kids float?
The floating of kids were not in the book. The director told GameSpot:
"That was, you know, sort of metaphoric in the book. In my mind I suddenly pictured these guys literally floating in the air ...
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Does every kid see the same thing haunting them?
It, aka Pennywise, is an alien. It is also a shapeshifter, whose true form looks like a spider.
Pennywise normally appears as an evil clown holding a red balloon. But can shapeshift into other ...
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What is the story behind the three dots seen inside the throat of Pennywise that made the kids float?
Those dots are the deadlights (true form of Pennywise) and the reason why the kids are floating is because Pennywise is an entity outside of time and space and as such has mystical powers.
The ...
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What was up with the lady in library?
Just wanted to jump in to clarify this one.
There's a very strong theme in the book that Pennywise, in his various guises, is not only an evil force himself but also infects the town and townsfolk. ...
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What was the thing that was blurred out during the 2 super market cash counter scenes?
Finally, I have the answer to my own question.
The thing that was blurred out during the aforementioned two scenes at the cash counter of the super market are boxes of cigarettes
Although ...
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Were the childhood scenes from IT Chapter Two filmed at the same time as the first film?
Wikipedia states:
Muschietti confirmed that two cut scenes from the first film will
hopefully be included in the second, one of which being:
(Spoiler)
IMDb states:
The young actors who were ...
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How was Pennywise's appearance in the novels when compared to film and miniseries?
I happened to find this excerpt from the novel online (my paperback is packed away somewhere in the attic):
There was a clown in the stormdrain. The light was far from good, but it was good enough so ...
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Why didn't the Father see blood in the movie It (2017)?
Preamble
@KDeogharkar kind of summed up the whole underlying premise of It, but maybe I can elaborate a little further.
Essentially, It lives off of the fears of other's; children believe in ...
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Why did It not do this to The Losers?
There doesn't seem to be a direct explanation, but I would say "yes" it is because of the thing you mentioned.
In all of their individual encounters prior to forming their circle, they were almost ...
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Why did It not do this to The Losers?
They are able to exploit It's weaknesses
"It's Weaknesses" from Stephen King wikia:
Despite It seeing Itself as the superior being and stating that Its brain embraces the whole continent, ...
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Why did It not do this to The Losers?
Actually IT tries to kill them all in the neibolt street house but it all goes wrong and IT was hurt very badly . That comes as a surprise to IT, and first time in his lifetime IT discover a new ...
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Why did the Losers go to the Well House?
It's pretty clearly explained by Bill that they all need to go to the Well House to both confront their fears and because It wanted to separate them, which makes them more vulnerable and less able to ...
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How did Bill Denbrough know that at the end?
(This answer, obviously, contains spoilers for the movie.)
I don't think it's a matter of the fake Georgie saying anything wrong (and there doesn't seem to be a line in particular that Bill reacts to),...
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What is the reason behind the scenes played on TV in IT?
The film plays with several themes around trying to make the kids feel like they are crazy. For example When Beverly and her bathroom are covered with blood her dad acts like nothing is wrong. The ...
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How does Bev know she's leaving across the country after encountering IT
Several Days Have Passed
It isn't clear in the film due to the way it is edited, but the scene is not taking place right after they exit the sewers but is on a later date, at the end of the summer ...
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Does the movie explain what IT is?
IT chapter 1 does not get into the details of what IT is, but IT chapter 2 does and it is essentially exactly what is explained in the novel.
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Does every kid see the same thing haunting them?
The story was told from different perspective but all included the "clown" vision. All the kids saw "IT" as a clown, and they also saw IT morphed into their feared thoughts. So it should be the option ...
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Why director of 2017 "It" decided to oversexualise Beverly?
In the novel there is a bit of both - these are children going through puberty. That's what the big scene in the bathroom with all the blood is aimed at. It's Pennywise horrifying Beverly on a number ...
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Why didn't the Father see blood in the movie It (2017)?
According to book IT(1986) Children have more imagination than adults have and their problems are totally different as Adult have.
After they become adult they just stop believing such kind of things.
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Why did It not do this to The Losers?
First, let me present some information about IT. IT would sleep for approximately 27 to 30 years at a time, then awaken to feed (primarly) on children. IT also finds scaring children comparable to ...
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Why did It not do this to The Losers?
As you say, It feeds on their fears. It wants them to know It's here chasing them. I think that's why It doesn't kill them the first time around, It wants to scare the shit out of The Losers, not just ...
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Why bother hanging a disturbing picture in your office?
The painting from the movie is a Hollywood version of a well known painting by Modigliani in real life. Culturally, it is acceptable and common to hang well known classical art work in a professional ...
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Why did Beverly cut her hair?
Also worth noting that as she was cutting her hair she was whispering:
"See what you did? You did this" (at least that's the way it was dubbed).
This might also indicate the fact that she ...
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Flashback scene in It (2017)
What happens in this scene?
The same article you linked answers this question. We don't know what was in the scene but there are some possible scenes that were in the screenplay.
Early drafts of ...
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How did Bill Denbrough know that at the end?
Billy knew it wasn’t Georgie he was talking to because Georgie call the boat “it” and not “she” as he named the boat in the first place.
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How does Bev know she's leaving across the country after encountering IT
The whole story takes time over whole summer holidays:
First we have a screen saying "June" - kids leave the school; most of the movie takes place in this time until the Looser have an argue and ...
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Was the timing of It's release deliberate or coincidental?
It was deliberate
The website birthmoviesdeath.com published a Stephen King Commemorative Issue which contains an interview with Andy Muschietti in which he says the following about setting the movie ...
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