Examining The Successes & Failures Of ‘It’ [Adjust Your Tracking Podcast]

On this episode of Adjust Your Tracking, Joe and I discuss the massive success of “It,” but also find plenty to gripe about the movie. After the film’s record-breaking haul at the box office this past weekend, fans (and most critics) will no doubt be pleased for the inevitable Part 2 promised at the end credits. Even though audiences and most critics seem to be taken with this latest adaptation of Stephen King‘s seminal book (our review was quite positive), we do think the movie has plenty of issues, chief among them the monotonous rhythms of the plot, rushed characterizations and direction/script that’s tonally uneven. We make sure to avoid too much negativity here as the film’s success should lead to more mid-budgeted genre pictures, and, who knows(?), maybe distributors will also realize that a blockbuster will play any time of year.

It’s not all negative here, though, as we do find plenty to celebrate with “It,” but also in the streaming world. Now that “Twin Peaks: The Return” has wrapped up, we make sure to discuss it in brief (as Joe’s yet to finish the recent season), while devoting some more time to recommending a few Netflix releases. I’m a big fan of “Bojack Horseman” (now in its fourth season and still kicking ass) as well as the recently added French art film, “Nocturama,”which we highly recommend you watch.

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