It Chapter 2 Review
It Chapter 2 was directed by Andy Muschietti, written by Gary Dauberman and Stephen King. Based off the book Stephen King wrote. Starring James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Jessica Chastain, and Bill Skarsgard. A story about a being terrorizing the city of Derry. And a group of adults who had original brought him down as a group of kids.
As someone who LOVES the original TV Mini Series, and someone who JUST finished the book, I can tell you I was very excited for this movie. It was awesome at first. How it started would’ve made anyone who had read the book happy. They took a literal scene from the book and did it almost word for word to bring it to screen. Promising. After this, the movie and the book divert from one another it was a little difficult for me. I think it was mainly difficult seeing as I had just read the book right before I saw the film...as in I had 50 pages left of the book to finish when I went and saw the movie.
I have heard from friends who haven’t read the book that they did think that this part of the movie went to long. And I will say that about 40 minutes till the end of the movie I thought we were about 20 minutes away, and then I really had another 20 after I had imagined it would be done. But that didn’t make me upset about anything. I enjoyed the story and the small little nods to those who read the book made me even more appreciative of the film.
I have just recently realized how much I love Bill Hader. He is one of the best actors I’ve seen in a while. He’s great in comedies, he’s great as a voice actor in cartoons, and he’s amazing in It. Not to mention Bill Skarsgard. as Pennywise. I learned that he can make his eyes go in separate directions and that immediately made me know that he was meant to play Pennywise. He gives you chills from the second you see him bite into his first victim.
As a lover of horror, this was definitely one to watch. I say, give it a shot. You might be happily surprised.
