A more faithful adaptation of the book

Rating: 8/10 (17 September 2017)

I don't care what anyone says, The Dark Tower was a good movie. Now, if I say The Dark Tower is a good movie, imagine what I think of It. It was awesome. I loved It. Yes, whenever I write the It, It will be capitalized. Even though I did love It, and I problem should have given It a higher rating, but there was a couple of major problems I did have with the movie. I'm not in any way shape or form comparing the movie to the book, I do hate when people do that, but the problems are there and they're major. In the book, all of the members of the Loser's Club had their time to shine. Stephen King made It so there was definitely not a single Loser that stood out more than the others, even though Bill was the defacto leader. Still, there was no centralized main character out of the group. The movie made It so It concentrated solely on Bill and his vendetta with It. Then we have the problem with Bev Marsh. Some of this stems from the movie, and a very small part comes from the casting choose of who everyone wants to play the elder Bev. The small part has nothing to do with this movie unless the cast the wrong person for Chapter 2. But, Bev was not a love interest, nor a sex symbol to the boys. She also wasn't a damsel in distress. She was a strong young lady when she was in school, and a hidden warrior when she was an adult. There was no reason to downplay her abilities. I mentioned It above, but there was one thing that seriously hurt the movie for me. I said that they mostly concentrated on Bill, well that concentration almost took Mike Hanlon right out of the movie. Almost ruined the whole thing for that character. Enough of the things that I didn't like about It. On to the good. Even though they changed the end of the battle (and I won't tell you what they did in the movie, go watch It) I did like how they ended It. They completely set up for a sequel. Bill Skarsgard as Pennywise was long shot from the jump, but it paid off. He didn't play off what Tim Curry did, and he didn't do better. He did his own thing. And that's what made it memorable. As for what the director did with the way of bringing him to screen, it was more close to the book than anything. He was much more menacing this time round. Can't really say much about the story. Of course they had to leave a few things out. Some were for different reasons than pacing, but they were left out all the same. The things, and the Easter eggs, that did make the movie were the right choices. Got right down to the meat and potatoes of It. I told myself I didn't want to do this, but It's all I've been thinking about seen I watched the movie. And here is my casting choices for the main characters of It: Chapter 2. Bill – Christian Bale Bev – Maggie Gyllenhaal Ben – I would say Jake Gyllenhaal normally, but Maggie is the perfect choice for Bev so I have to move to my second choice in Chris Pratt Eddie – Jesse Pinkman himself Aaron Paul Richie – James Franco Stan – Seth Rogan Mike – Chadwick Boseman
Most people aren't looking at Henry Bowers in all this, but I have made a choice myself. A little out of left field, but I think he could easily pull it off.
Henry Bowers – Jackie Earl Haley
Rating: 8 out of 10
That's it for me folks.