Review of It (2017) by Mssr L — 23 Sep 2017
Sadly, another wasted opportunity of transposing Stephen King's epic masterpiece to the screen. Despite some apparently minor changes to the story which actually bring deep repercussions on some major plot points, like the importance of the Lucky Seven as a group, the main problem is Muschietti's decision to make a horror movie relying almost exclusively on highly predictable jump scares and showy, sharp-teethed, running monsters we've seen over and over again.
Bill Skarsgard does an okay job as Pennywise, though all the laughing and giggling get sometimes...well, laughable. The most disturbing scenes are probably the ones in which there are no monsters at all: when Henry Bowers decides to stab his father and when Beverly's dad is about to rape her.
The complex, moving relationship among the characters is hardly sketched. We live in the Renaissance of tv series, which begs the question: why didn't they go for it? Why choosing to squeeze - again - a 1100 pages tome into two 2 hours long movies, knowing from the start how unlikely it would be to do it justice? As it's unlikely that there will ever be a third try.
Maybe in another 27 years.
This review of It (2017) was written by Mssr L on 23 Sep 2017.
It has generally received very positive reviews.
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