As someone who loves the original novel and thinks the 1989 film is a disappointing cheese-fest, I think this teaser trailer for the new remake is just about as perfect as I could have hoped.

Really digging it.  No pun intended...

I am very much looking forward to this remake.

Marc

I haven't read the book but it seemed like a typical King movie of the times, and since King wrote the screenplay what do you guys think is missing?

Is it on him, production, acting?

I must say I did enjoy Fred Gwynne's effort in the original.

Seriously, though, I quite enjoyed the film, but that was a long time ago. Would it stand up to the nostalgia?

Wasn't there a direct-to-video sequel or did I imagine that?

(Glad to hear it, now you can say "petrol station" rather than "gas station")...

From what little I remember of the film, and it did creep me out, I do think this is a concept that could be served better by another film.

I thought quite a lot of the book is well written, though I think it isn't as good as many of the novels King wrote in that era. I suppose I simply don't like where the story ends up going. The build-up to all the badness is told very well and the novel has some cool story elements. How one bad decision leads to another. Jud's warnings after his previous experiences. The malignant power that seems to sway destiny at times.

Agree with what many have said, in that Fred Gwynne made an excellent Jud, but the rest of the cast were not up to the job.

(I think)

I agree that Fred Gwynne was the MVP of the film.

Apart from Fred Gwynne, Dale Midkiff and Denise Crosby were horribly miscast. Both good actors, but this wasn't the right material for them. They couldn't convey the grief and desperation that came across from the Creeds in the book.

The ending was altered by Paramount execs as well to give it "the slasher" treatment, that is far different from the open (but guessable) ending of the book.

On the other hand, I'd like to forget that they made a second one. 

Looks like chances are slim that I'll have time to catch this in the theaters... anyone seeing it this weekend?

I saw it.

There's a lot going for it - strong performances, strong visuals, creepy in

many ways - but I couldn't help feeling let down by it. It felt like a lot of the

choices made by the characters weren't really earned. At 100 minutes, it's

also brisk - I think it needed to be longer.

Nowhere near as compelling as the excellent remake of IT.