Review #80: It Chapter Two (2019)
This review was originally written in October 2019. October Horror Movie Review #28: It Chapter Two I first read Stephen King's It when I was in high school; it was the first book I'd ever read that actually scared me, and this new movie adaptation did not disappoint. Everyone has memories about how the TV miniseries scared them as a kid, but I can say without question that it does not hold up nowadays. (Fight me.) I really liked the first chapter when it came out a couple years ago (there were some changes to the original story I wasn't fond of, like giving Mike's entire role to Ben and damseling Beverly, but overall I thought it was as good as I could reasonably expect) but Chapter Two blew that one out of the water in my opinion, which is surprising since all I heard about it was that it wasn't as good as the first. I loved how well the adult actors encapsulated the same performance as their child counterparts- they all felt perfect for their roles. The scenes wh...