Superb Conclusion

Rating: 9/10 (12 September 2019)

It was a lot scarier and violent then I expected, right from the start with the homophobic attack which is as awful as you may have heard. Then the attack on the little girl at the baseball game, wow , even though you know its coming it still makes you jump when it happens. Which brings me to Bill S, yes he was even better this time around, the scene in which he appears initially without makeup is particularly chilling. He is definitely up there with Tim Curry (just don't ask me to choose between them!). So to the losers -well i loved all the adult cast totally believable as the grownup versions of the kids from part 1, I am glad the film included lots of flashbacks to the children mirroring the entire book which constantly switches back and forth, indeed some of my favourite parts were the seamless transitions, like in particular when adult Ben fell into the clubhouse and as he was dusting himself off the sound of someone coming down the stairs was heard, the camera panned to the stairs just in time to see a pair of feet come into frame at the top of the shot = Beverley--young Beverley, and then as the camera followed her down it panned back across to Ben -- young Ben! Ok not technically difficult to pull off but the effect was brilliant. There were several like that while in some it was simply switching the child/adult actor out of shot, the seamless switch between time periods was very effecting. Ok that's all the good stuff now time for some things I didn't like, the house on Neibolt street was one of the best set pieces in the book and one of the most scary this was neither (if you know the book you will understand). The ending didn't work as well for me as it should have, the final battle with IT where the losers physically pulled IT apart as IT shrunk, just wasn't convincing. Having said that the death of Eddie I did find very moving. As a big fan of the book I did miss Tom and Audra not being in Derry, the latter meaning the final scene of the book was omitted. One of things about the end that isn't in the book but which worked for me even as a diehard (and very pedantic) fan of the book were the letters from Stan that arrived after his death for his friends they were very touching. So overall it was a very enjoyable experience, sorry for the length of this post...... can't wait for the six hour version version!