One of the Best Stephen King Adaptations

Rating: 9/10 (9 September 2017)

I thought the movie was amazing.
Bill Skarsgard did an amazing job of playing Pennywise in my opinion. I remember watching the 90's miniseries and wondering how kids got lured by Pennywise because he seemed sinister right off the bat. However, in this movie although Pennywise was undoubtedly creepy, in his scene with Georgie I thought he did a great job of seeming more friendly for a short time. Bill's version was sinister and felt really deranged. He didn't get as many lines in the movie as I would have hope for, but the scenes where he was taunting/fighting them I thought were really well done and pretty scary. Although, that being said, one thing I didn't care for about Pennywise was when he attacks them he does this bizarre shaking thing which can be seen in the previews. Maybe because he's the dancing clown? I'm not sure but it made me laugh in the theater. My friend was terrified though so maybe I'm just weird.
This movie doesn't follow the book exactly, but I think in terms of film adaptations, it stays pretty close. The one thing about the movie that bothered me was the nearly complete lack of stories that Ben, Mike and Stan got. The book has tons of backstory on each of the losers so I thought it was strange that they're kind of just background characters. Ben is on screen more than the other two, but really has no backstory other than being the new kid and having a crush on Beverly.
Those three aside, I thought the kids who had the most screen time did an amazing job. Richie was absolutely hilarious and pretty much what I had pictured when I was reading the book. I think Eddie, Bill and Beverly were also pretty much spot on.
Overall, I think this movie is worth the watch. I thoroughly enjoyed it and hardly noticed that it was over 2 hours because the cast did such a great job. I'm really excited to see what they do with the next movie.