Directed by: Andy Mucshietti
Notable cast: James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader,
Bill Skarsgård, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, James Ransone, Andy Bean
It: Chapter Two serves as a really good reminder of
why people remember and celebrate the childhood half of the story. That may seem
harsh, but if anything, this movie does deserve praise for making the material
as interesting as it’s possible to make it. The adaptation of the story and some
of its more esoteric elements are at the very least bold and interesting. I’m a
long-time devoted King reader, and I grew up with the Tim Curry miniseries, but
I’m going to take this film strictly on its own merit. For a record of my potential
bias, the miniseries doesn’t really hold up, and probably wasn’t that good in
the first place, and the book is definitely upper tier King but admittedly kind
of a mess. Especially the ending…