Usually when a horror movie becomes so successful that it spawns a TV show the film was nine times out of ten a slasher film. However the same thing cannot be said for this show as it was based on a book and film that are in the supernatural horror genre and yet even so we still have a pretty cool looking first episode with it being proven that Alien: Earth isn't the only good new horror show to be based off of a film and so then join me as I give you MY SPOILER FREE first impressions of the show that takes us back to Derry with the show in question being called simply just "It: Welcome To Derry" enjoy.
The plot of this episode is four months after there friend disappears a group of kids all start hearing the song that he was listening on the day that he disappeared and set out to find there friend once and for all. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with this episodes plot being a whole lot more better then what it really had any right to be as by all rights this episodes plot should have been the basic set up of the show type of plot and really nothing more then that but nope that's not what we get in this episode infact we know just as much about what the main shows plot is going to be about coming out of the episode then what we did coming into it with the episode really just telling it's own unique plot which was honestly really refreshing to see as now we the audience have more of a reason to check out episode two of this show with the plot of this episode being as strong as it was was ever going to be given the fact that it's the first episode of a new show and while yes this episode plot does fall into the same trappings that all first episode plots of a new show have to fall into but because of the fact that this show is a prequel to the 2017 It movie it doesn't have to set up the world that it takes place and because of that the plot of the show is allowed to be this really strong plot with the plot of this episode also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this episode is Taylour Paige as Charlotte Hanlon , Jovan Adepo as Leroy Hanlon and James Remar as General Shaw. Also starring in this episode is Stephen Rider as Hank Grogan , Matilda Lawler as Marge , Amanda Christine as Ronnie Grogan , Clara Stack as Lilly Bainbridge , Blake Cameron James as Will , Arian S. Cartaya as Rich , Miles Ekhardt as Matty Clements , Mikkal Karim Fidler as Teddy Uris , Jack Molloy Legault as Phil Malkin , Matilda Legault as Susie Malkin , Chris Chalk as Dick Hallorann , Rudy Mancuso as Pauly Russo , Dmitry Chepovetsky as Rabbi Uris , Finley Burke as Don Uris , Eli Katz as Mrs. Uris , Thomas Mitchell as Colonel Fuller , Chad Rook as Staff Sgt Masters , Mark MacRae as Young Father , Zoë Barrett-Wood as Young Mother , Audrey Wellington as Teen Daughter / Arlene , Lochlan Miller as Little Boy / Ray and Brittany Spiteri as Bert The Turtle.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episodes acting being alot like it's plot in that it's so much more better then what it had any right to be as by all rights this episodes acting should have been really flat and wooden with all of the actors still trying to figure out and find there respective characters and yet there's very little to none of that in this episode with all of the episodes actors turning in some really good performances with it being helped that this episodes director and one of the shows executive producers Andy Muschietti really does know how to get a good performance out of all of his actors a skill which he showcased in both of the It movies and does so again in this very episode with the best actor in the whole entire episode really being very hard to say as really all of this episodes actors could make that claim and it would make total sense with even the episodes kid actors not being as annoying as you'd think that they would be with Clara Stack having a bright future ahead of her should she want to continue acting but if push did indeed come to shove i'd say that the best actor in the whole entire episode is Clara Stack as she really is the glue that holds this episode together and is just so good to watch in this first episode alone with the acting that's in this very episode really being helped by the fact that this episodes script is just so good that all this episodes actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does raise the over all quality of the acting that's in this very episode.
Character wise this episode does rather rightfully fall a little bit short as the characters aren't the best characters as they all do come across as being very one dimensional. This is very understandable at this point in time as this is after all only the first ever episode of the show with alot of the characters showing alot of promise and room to grow as characters however therein lies the problem as the foundations for these characters are rocky at best and so it doesn't matter how good that they end up being because of the fact that the foundations for these characters aren't good with the first impressions of these characters being weak at best but to be fair tho these types of shows do usually have weak characters in them as it's doubtful that any one will be remember any of the main characters names from either Friday The 13th: The Series or Scream: The TV Series which does mean that it makes sense for this episode to have weakly done characters as well and to be fair to this show it does seem like the makers of this show have watched other horror shows before now and learnt what not to do when it comes to there characters as the makers of the show do indeed take steps to show that the characters can be interesting and who knows might be good characters come the end of the season and while you always want to lead with your best foot forward here it does seem like it might be worth waiting until about the fourth episode before we get a really good handle on who these characters as people as this episode really doesn't give us a whole lot of backstory when it comes to quite literally any of it's characters.
Just incase you all don't know whilst it might easy to assume that this show is a prequel to original book it's actually a prequel to the 2017 It movie. Which to be fair is a really good idea as we don't really know what Pennywise was up to prior to the start of thar movie nor do we know what Derry itself was like prior to the start of that movie either but at the same time tho whilst is set in the world of the movies it is based on an interlude from the original book what that interlude is I can't say as i've not read the book nor do I intend to due to a certain scene involving the character of Bev but it is great to see that two pieces of media can come together and inspire a new piece of media and tell a story that really hasn't been told before now and while yes this show could very easily fall into the same pitfalls that really all prequels tend to fall into when they have a character appear in the prequel that we know for sure is alive and well in the original here tho it is something that only time well tell if they do indeed fall into that and if so it is something that could make this show feel pointless as afterall who would want to watch a show where they already know the outcome of it but here in this episode it does seem like that the makers of the show won't be going down that route as there basically telling two origin stories at the same time the first of which being the origins of the town itself which is a really intriguing story and the second one being the one that alot of people are coming to this show to see that being the origins of Pennywise with both stories set to play out over the shows three planned seasons with each season taking a step back further into time itself.
This is an episode that really should have been alot more worse than what it actually was as usually in first episodes they spend alot of time on setting up the main story of the show and in setting up the shows main characters. Whereas here with this episode they send all of five minuets in setting all of that up before getting right to the action and when it gets to the action it doesn't let up which is what a horror show let alone one that's based off of a film should do as we already know how this world works thanks to the 2017 film and this was something that was huge issue with the debut episode of Alien: Earth as it took so long to get going that it made the episode feel more boring then what it actually was as it was to busy setting up the story , characters and the world when it really didn't need to set up the world that the show took place in because we already had the Alien movies that did all of that for us and yet here even tho it more get going quite quickly it does feel like that it's missing something like things that should have been mentioned during the episode just weren't for no reason whatsoever with this being something that whilst it doesn't effect people's overall enjoyment of the episode it is something that could effect the show the further that this first season of the show does indeed continue and while there are alot of things to talk about n the first episode alone all of those things are sadly spoilers and this post is going to remain as spoiler free as possible but in saying that tho there are things that do work for the episode like the fact that it does have some rather subtle social commentary which granted really wasn't needed in the episode but it is something that would have been present when this episode was taking place in and it was something that was handled rather well.
This is a show that is meant to have a mystery element to it as the characters do have to work out what actually happened to there friend Matty. However much like with the characters the mystery element doesn't really work as well as it might do when all of the other episodes are taken into account due to the fact that the episode really doesn't give us any clues as to what's actually going on other then the fact that it might involve the towns Army Air Base and that's really it which is fine for a first episode as you do have have to give us the audience something to make us come back and watch episode two which thankfully this episode does do a good of doing exactly that but at the same time tho that does seem like a rather obvious place to go to when we the audience know that Pennywise is going to be involved in the mystery to some degree and so all we are left doing is basically just waiting for what we know is going to happen whilst watching these characters run around trying to play catch up with us the audience when we should be with the characters interms of what they know and this is where announcing that Bill Skarsgård is coming back as Pennywise is a bad idea as it right away robs the show of any tension and surprise that it might have had had that been kept as a surprise as then you could have had that big shocking reveal that you want to have when something has a mystery to it as that then could have been the perfect cliffhanger ending to one of the episodes and would then have made you wonder just where the series is going to be going next and whilst we do still get that as not much is revealed about the shows main plot that big shocking moment of finding out that Pennywise is in the show is now spoiled.
Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty three minuets and forty five seconds. Which to be fair to this episode does seem like a solid running time to have with the episode having just about the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time in the first place with the episode making the best use of it's running time that it could possibly have done by getting the plot moving right away but in saying that tho this is an episode that really doesn't use it's running tom all that wisely as it doesn't really develop it's plot all that well which granted might be because all of that plot development is going to becoming in the later episode of the show but at the same time tho given the events of this episode it is something that really does make you wonder just why the makers of the episode isn't take the time to start that development now as they've only got seven more episodes to do all of that and still tell a really good story as well with the episode not really taking the time to develop it's characters either which again is something that's completely understandable as this sis the first episode of a new show and it would be foolish to expect the characters to be that well developed after the episode but again given what happens in this episode it would have made some form of sense if some of the characters got some character development as that is something that will make them more memorable as characters and not the kind of characters that your going to forget about five minuets after the episode airs but I really will admit that this episode really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as this is a horror show that really doe mean that I gave to actually talk about the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual kills that are actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With this episode being worth watching just for the kills alone as there both that good and are that creative with them both really taking as full advantage as they possibly could do of the fact that this show is airing on HBO and HBO Max as there's alot of blood and gore in both of this films kills with both of them being really creepy in their own right with one of them showing what can best be described as a slow decent into madness and the other is basically watching a storm that you know is going to be very dangerous come slowly towards you and yet they both work really well with both of this films kills being the best kills in the whole entire episode with the first kill only just being ever so slightly ahead which even then is just due to the attention to detail with the killer in that first kill with that first kill being the ne that's more important to the overall plot of the season but in saying that tho the second kill is just pure chaos in all of the best ways possible which is something that really does make it a really good kill with both of the episodes kill scenes being really creepy in their own right which is something that does make this episodes kills as good as they were ever going to be as by all rights this episodes kills had no right to be as good as they were ant yet for one reason or another the makers of this episode went above and beyond in making this episodes kills not only really gory but also really creepy as well and it is something that does make them both some really good kills in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall this is an episode that really is worth watching just for it's kills alone as they really are a true highlight of the episode with the episode also having plenty of good acting and the plot being one that is really intriguing as you don't know what's going to happen next thank god we won't have to wait that long as HBO is releasing the next episode this Friday online with it then airing on Sunday as usual which just goes to show you just how much faith HBO really does have in this show in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in this very post and with this only being my first impressions of the show but should I still be watching the show when the final does indeed air then I will then do a review of the show as a whole.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this vey post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from Tenor , IMP Awards . Com and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get images from this episode being Google Images simply because Google Images actually has images from this episode really are up and on Google Images and plus pretty much much all of the images that I personally found on Google Images were all really very fairly high quality and as well as being as really very fairly high definition as well and so then horror fans we end this review as we always do with really our one and true goddess Elvira wishing us all some really very unpleasant dreams.
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