Review: 'Clue'

I will be writing this review on my all time favourite movie 'Clue', starring my favourite actor 'Tim Curry'.

Clue is a mystery-comedy movie based on the board game 'Cluedo' that came out in 1985. It stars many great actors, and has a truly unique plot, unlike many other movies of the same genre. The main reason why Clue is such a unique movie, is that it has three alternative endings. 

The movie is set in 1954, and is about six guests who receive a letter from a man who has been black-mailing them (Mr Boddy) to meet at a mysterious mansion. At the mansion, they are greeted by the butler, Wadsworth (Played by Tim Curry) who has given them fake names to hide their true identities: Mrs White, Mrs Peacock, Colonel Mustard, Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum and Mr Green. It is revealed that it was really Wadsworth who sent them the letters, hoping that with everyone together, they could confront Mr Boddy and get him arrested. His motivation for this is because his wife was being blackmailed by Mr Boddy, and it drove her to suicide. Mr Boddy gave all six guests alternative options however, by handing them lethal weapons, so that they could kill Wadsworth, for he was the only one with nothing to hide, who could expose all their secrets. However, when the lights were turned off and on again, it was reavealed that it was Mr Boddy- not Wadsworth- that had been murdered. From then on the plot revolved around everyone getting together and trying to find the murderer.

As well as cleverly developing motives for why all six guests (As well as Wadsworth and the maid 'Yvette') would want Mr Boddy dead, the movie also adds a comical touch. For example, a particularly funny example is when lights were switched off, and Wadsworth proceeded to find the other guests. He went in to another room, and felt a handle. He said "What's this? Another door?" And turned it, only to find out it was a shower. Below is a video that captures many of the funniest moments in Clue. 

The movie has three alternative endings, A, B and C. In ending A, it reveals that Miss Scarlet was the murderer. In Ending B, Mrs Peacock was the murderer. and in ending C (Which is said to be the real ending) It reveals that everyone was a murderer, and all had killed someone (Except for Mr. Green, who turned out to be an undercover detective) 

As well as an excellent plot and ending, the movie also starred many great actors and actresses, including my favourite actor 'Tim Curry'. Tim Curry has starred in many films, from comical movies like Clue, and 'The rocky horror picture show' to serious movies like 'The colour of magic' and 'Four dogs playing poker'. The reason why he is such a great actor, is that he can adapt to many different roles, and is really devoted to his characters. When playing 'Wadsworth', he gives the character a realistic personality, yet still manages to act comical. Along with Tim Curry comes many stars such as Eileen Brennan as 'Mrs Peacock'. Eileen has won many awards, including an Oscar for 'best supporting actress'. Eileen captures the role of Mrs Peacock perfectly, basing Mrs. Peacocks personality on her looks, history, and role in the movie. Eileen plays Mrs Peacock as a high-maintenance house wife, which many people can relate to. Many more less-known actors and actresses also play their characters well in 'Clue', including the singer/song-writer 'Lee Ving' as my Boddy.  

Conclusively, 'Clue' is a very good film, with great acting, plot, and comical timing. Despite it getting bad reviews at first, I think that 'Clue' has become a very successful film, and will be remembered by many. 

Movie Review: Stephen King's it (1990)

Stephen King is a successful author, writing many popular horror's such as 'Carrie', 'The Shining' and of course, 'IT.' 

But firstly what is 'it' about? To put it quite bluntly, 'it' is about a monster, a thing, an 'it' that lives in the sewers, and comes out of drains to terrorise and kill children- well, that is what 'it' is. but the main plot revolves around seven children, and their encounters with it. The plot is put well by IMDb. "In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Loser Club" fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. 30 years later, they are called back to fight the same clown again"
But what is it? at the beginning of the movie, 'it' is revealed to be a clown, named 'Pennywise, the dancing clown' (Pennywise is played by my favourite actor -yep, you guessed it- Tim Curry)
Pennywise is described in the novel to look like a mixture of Bozo, Clarabell and Ronald Mcdonald, in order to lure children. The movie sticks to this description well, making pennywise look like the exact image.


The movie of 'It' mostly stuck to the novel, but missed out many gory-details. Some parts of the movie missed out crucial detail, making the movie rather confusing and without-detail. A key example of this is the death of the character 'Eddie'. His death is outlined in the novel, but is un-noticable in the movie, in fact, if I hadn't read the novel beforehand, I would not have known that this main character had died at all. Perhaps much content was left out, in order to keep IT to the rating of '15', however, I feel that the movie could have added a little more detail.

The movie has a large cast, who represent the characters they play well. I feel that both adult cast, and young cast played the individual characters well, and was suprised to find that the many of the young cast turned in to successful actors. A key example of this, is 'Seth Green'. Seth Green played the young Richie Tozier, a comical character in the plot. Seth Green grew up to be in many comedy's, including Scot in Austin Powers, and the voice of 'Chris Griffin' in Family Guy. Seth Green used his comical skills to play Richie Tozier, but also showed his serious side.
Also, talented acting skills were used by Tim Curry to play Pennywise the dancing clown. Tim Curry uses many unique expressions and mannerisms when playing Pennywise, and really adds to the creepy vibe of the clown. The use of facepaint on Tim Curry as Pennywise, really hid the actor, and showed the character. No matter how many times I searched Pennywise's face, I just could not see Tim Curry behind the clown. This is also partly because of Tim Curry's skills, and character motivation. Along with Seth Green and Tim Curry were other amazing actors and actresses (24 others, in fact) that helped bring the movie to life.

Many aspects of the film were fantastic, the graphics, lighting, acting, soundtrack and costume all equally helped to make the movie a great interpretation of the novel, and I would reccomend it to be watched, however, though the movie is good, it has no comparison to the novel (as most movies don't) and I would reccomend reading the novel beforehand, in order to avoid confusion.