Yo, why didn’t anyone tell me this is actually good? This is some fun-ass self-deprecating He-Man crazy bullshit, and Marvel’s best film since Iron Man 3, probably because like Shane Black, Taika Waititi actually has a distinct style and doesn’t take himself too seriously (Black Panther is really good too but I preferred this on a personal level). So many white male directors right now think they’re making stuff like this, but there is only one Waititi, folks.
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John Woo is such a fucking drama queen and I love it. The slo-mo, the New Age-y (in this case Hans Zimmer) music, the doves, the Romance, the Drama, the shoot-outs! He's a messy bitch and I am here for it.
I could not stop thinking about how I would definitely like to have a threesome with Tommy C and (absolute goddess) Thandie Newton for the entire 2+ hour runtime of this thing. It's definitely about half an hour too…
If there's a lingering, vague sense of disappointment regarding this film lurking somewhere in my soul, it's due to the fact that the first half of Muschietti's vision (yes, this is part one of two, dealing with the first time the Losers confront Pennywise while they're still kids--Part 2 will deal with what happens to them as adults) for one of King's most notorious novels comes so fucking close to being perfect, yet that five-star experience slipped through my fingers…
