It Chapter Two

Wonderful. A fucking masterpiece. Bill Hader deserves a fucking Oscar.

They realllyyyy stepped it up with this one. In comparison to the original from 1990, this was much much better in my opinion. It was thrilling, some good jump scares but also funny. Characters like Richie and Eddie were much more developed this time. They had an obvious amount of budget to make everything come to live and cast excellent people.
One of the things that stood out for me was how well cast the adult versions were and how all the actors did an amazing job to stay close to the younger versions.
They explored more of the characters than the original which made [spoiler] deaths like Stan's and Eddie more emotional. [/spoiler]
I'm glad that I saw it in a cinema, because it really is one of those movies you just need to see on a big screen so that Pennywise really feels awfully close. Bill Skarsgard nailed it, once again.

Brilliant casting, great writing and fantastic overall.

Creepier, funnier and an awful lot more entertaining! Best horror film I've ever watched without a doubt.

I used to think that this was the worst adaptation to the story, but it is genuinely the best now that I have read the book. The cinematography is absolutely mind blowing on a lot of the scenes and it was pretty faithful to the book. I also think that Pennywise is easily the scariest in this film. I used to think that she was better in the first because she appeared a lot, but after finding out what truly makes Pennywise haunting in the book, she's most definitely the scariest in this one. Her appearances in this film are amazingly calculated and used with more intention than the first film. This is probably one of my personal favorite horror movies now and I'm very happy that this adaptation gave me the same feeling as when I read the book.

I loved the novel this film is based on - possibly my favourite of all King's works - and this closing chapter does his story justice. It's not perfect - it does tend to go from one setpiece to the next at too rapid a level - though as some of these setpieces come close to brilliance, this doesn't detract too much from the film. A genuine horror blockbuster with horror, comedy, and heart, this film will make you jump one second, laugh the next, and perhaps even shed a tear a moment later. An accomplished film, and it's just a pity that there is no Part 3 to look forward to. Will miss you losers!

SPOILERS!

First of all: In my humble opinion, this is as near perfect of a sequel to Part I as you can make.

All of the things I disliked (or liked less) about the first film have been adresssed.

First of all, I had a bit of a problem with the more comical tone of the first movie. Here however, they've managed to balance things out just right, both when it comes to the overall story and when it comes to Pennywise: frights and laughs in equal measure. I'd say that if anything, Part II leans more towards being scary than funny. There are a number of scenes that feel incredibly gory and there's a ton of blood. Anyway, I much prefer the fright/laugh ratio here.

Second of all, I had some issues with the first movie's VFX. In particular the teeth effects in the scene where Georgie gets his arm bitten off and in the scene with the croooked lady from the painting towards the end of the film. Also; the leper. Here though, I feel like the VFX teams have stepped up their game substantially. I can't say that I had a problem with a single thing. It was close at one point though. Had they not ramped up the pace of the Mrs. Kersh sequence toward the end of it, it would have fallen flat.

Lastly: the music. I'm a huge Benjamin Wallfisch fan, especially of his score for The Cure for Wellness. I loved the opening kid's rhyme and the theme playing when SS Georgie sails down the rain-filled street at the be beginning of the first film, but that was about it. (no pun intended). The rest of it wasn't bad, it's just that it wasn't very memorable. The score for Part II feels more fleshed out, taking cues from said theme from the first film and running with it. Great stuff!

My favourite moments in the film:


* There were a number of clever transitions between scenes.
* The Adrian Melon scenes.
* The Stephen King cameo, which I see as a comment on the fact that King himself is pretty bad at writing endings.
* The Mrs. Kersh scene. Beautifully shot.
* The scene where Richie is chased by the Paul Bunyan statue. So Cool!
* The scene where Bill is pulled into the sewer drain by a hand built up by, what I assume is supposed to be the small hands of all the children who've disappeared in Derry.
* The scene where Richie is pulled up in the air by the deadlights at the crater site.
* All of the additional scenes with Pennywise at the crater site, incuding the scene with Beverly and Ben.

When it comes to book vs. movie, I've always felt that they are two separate things and that the creative team of a film adaptation should be able to make it their own. I am perfectly OK with the liberties they took with the origin of the deadlights and regarding the ritual of chud. I loved the montage sequence with the native americans, thoughth that was pretty cool and kind of interesting. I wonder if Maturin was ever a part of the film and if we'll get to see it in an extended cut. Having said that, it's been years since I last read the novel.

Anyway, I loved the movie. I'm sorry for the people that didn't.

However, there are a few things that I do have a problem with:

* The absolutely horrible de-aging effects applied to the faces of the kids from the first movie.
* The scene in which Pennywise applies white makeup to his face, implying that he has human origins.
* The "Angel of the Morning" music choice during the leper sequence. (and the leper, never liked the leper)

Being gay myself, I feel like I have to adress the HBTQ aspects of the film as well, so here goes...

I think it's pretty cool that they went out of their way to cast a gay actor (and master director) to play the part of Adrian Melon; a gay character. Although I would have had no problem whatsoever with a straight guy playing the role. I thought the beginning of that part of the movie to be really sweet and heartfelt. Both Xavier Dolan and Taylor Frey are really good, so are the guys playing the homophobic teenagers beating them up and throwing Melon into the river.

When it comes to making Richie gay; well,.. while I appreciate the fact that being gay is just one aspect of his character and not a thing that defines how he acts/talks/moves, I do find it incredibly woke of writer Gary Dauberman to convert his sexuality for no apparant reason.

Well that didn’t pop my balloon, I was very impressed with this part 2 and makes the original part 2 look like a shit clown party.

I loved the effects, definitely well made and love the casting because they all looked like their younger selfs and all did a great job specially (Bill skarsgard) who played pennywise great but do still love Tim Curry’s pennywise.

I love everything about kings IT, definitely my favourite horror and the remake of the 1990 mini series didn’t fail to impress me and loved it just as much XD

**Thoroughly enjoy every viewing, except for the opening scene at the carnival.**

_The aforementioned scene has nothing at all to do with the film and in fact takes away from it. Do yourself a favor and skip the scene at 2:15-7:25._

The casting is fantastic. The fear scenes are great and the showdown with Pennywise is amazing to behold.