Issue 62 October 2017 Village Eye

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At the Flicks
with ROB BARNES
guises. Each from broken homes and
dysfunctional families the kids spend
their summer escaping the clutches of
the town’s bullies whilst hunting down
the bloodthirsty clown.
Muschietti’s decision to focus the
narrative more on the lives of the
children rather than on Pennywise
means you are drawn in by familiar
childhood themes that we can all
relate to: fear, anxiety, joy, and
sadness. But the most important
running theme throughout the movie
is a real sense of fun, innocence and
adventure with a spirit that is hard not
to buy into. By placing the story in the
1980s means that for some of us there
is also a real feeling of nostalgia, with
plenty of nods to the pop culture of
the day (most notably with an amusing
nod to boy band New Kids On The
Block)
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A fun and freaky carnival ride
with bumps, jumps and plenty
of clowning around!
If you happen to suffer from
coulrophobia (a fear of clowns)
then I recommend you give new
shock horror movie IT a wide berth.
That said the only real shock in this
adaptation of Stephen King’s classic
killer clown story is the lack of any
genuine horror. This is not the fright-fest
the trailer may have you believe, but
instead a teenage coming of age tale
with a few scares thrown in….but it’s a
pleasant surprise. It’s riffs on Stand By
Me, Goonies and TV hit Stranger Things
give it a mass appeal and make for a
real crowd pleaser.
Although the movie retells just one part
of the novel, Director Andy Muschietti
has stayed pretty faithful to the original
story. Set in the sleepy town of Derry,
a group of young misfit kids bond
to help face their worst nightmare:
Pennywise - a shapeshifting demon
clown who emerges from the town
sewers every 27 years to feast on its
children. Self-dubbed ‘The Loser’s Club’
the group all have their own personal
fears that manifest themselves in freaky
encounters with Pennywise in various
Amidst the mayhem there are some
heartwarming moments as the group’s
bond deepens and their lives and
loves are laid bare. The relationship
between the leader of the club Bill
(Jaeden Lieberher) and the only girl
member Bev (Sophia Lillis) is especially
touching. Tim Curry did a fine job
portraying Pennywise the clown in the
80s TV Mini-Series but hats off to Bill
Skarsgård who makes this role his own.
His all-out, ambidextrous action style
tempered by a baby-like demeanour
is both creepy and entertaining but
never too terrifying.
IT should come with a warning. This
is not a horror movie, and is not
particularly scary but instead it’s a fun
and freaky carnival ride with bumps,
jumps and plenty of clowning around.
"Entertaining but never too terrifying!
3.5/5
"
Children's book of the MONTH
BEAST QUEST by Adam Blade
Beast Quest is a fantastic page turner and keeps you reading for hours on end. I think the book is
the best book ever written.
When Aduro ,Tom and Elenna hear a groan coming from behind a locked door they discover
an unconscious man and the missing golden armour. Aduro explains that the real owner of the
mystical armour is Tom, and Tom and Elenna will need to go on another marvellous mission to
get the fantastic, powerful armour back. This Quest is going to be more dangerous than they
could imagine because the amour is in six pieces scattered throughout Avantia.
Overall, I thought that Beast Quest was an excellent book because there is adventure, fantasy
and many beasts to defeat. My favourite two parts of the book is the introduction and the battle
because these are the most interesting parts of the book. I would recommend this to people who
like fantasy and adventure. What is brilliant is that there are lots of books in this series, so if you like
the first one, you can read them all and it will keep you busy until Christmas!
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