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hypertwinkIt's good and the kids are great. It reminds me of the cast of Super 8 and Stranger Things, that their chemistry made the whole thing so much better. Although I kinda wish it was a mini-series, instead of a movie, because I'd rather spend time with this set of kids than the ones in the Tim Curry-led show.
They changed some of the plot/character histories but I'm glad that they established the characters of the kids right away, especially those who are not Bill and Beverly. I had a problem of attributing an event (which happened to Eddie) to Richie, and vice-versa in the book, and both their actors made distinct choices that differentiated Richie's inappropriate/inopportune mouthing off to Eddie's nervous prattling (he's so good!).
Also. I have always had a fondness for Stan and Eddie and I'm glad that their actors were really really good. There's always been a character description of Stan in the book that I thought the mini-series didn't quite capture: that when Stan encountered IT in form of those dead kids in the Standpipe (I think), he wasn't so much scared as he was offended by their 'wrongness.' This movie and Stan's actor kinda got that.
It's scary, much more than the mini-series. I like Tim Curry as Pennywise but there's something about how Bill Skarsgard portrays him that's both childlike and menacing -- he's like Chuckie the doll but so much better.
They changed some of the plot/character histories but I'm glad that they established the characters of the kids right away, especially those who are not Bill and Beverly. I had a problem of attributing an event (which happened to Eddie) to Richie, and vice-versa in the book, and both their actors made distinct choices that differentiated Richie's inappropriate/inopportune mouthing off to Eddie's nervous prattling (he's so good!).
Also. I have always had a fondness for Stan and Eddie and I'm glad that their actors were really really good. There's always been a character description of Stan in the book that I thought the mini-series didn't quite capture: that when Stan encountered IT in form of those dead kids in the Standpipe (I think), he wasn't so much scared as he was offended by their 'wrongness.' This movie and Stan's actor kinda got that.
It's scary, much more than the mini-series. I like Tim Curry as Pennywise but there's something about how Bill Skarsgard portrays him that's both childlike and menacing -- he's like Chuckie the doll but so much better.