Who can pinpoint the exact reason - that uncanny clown scare that happened last year with clowns randomly appearing in people's towns (no really, look it up); the StephenKingaissance (or ReckonKing?) as many of his works are getting adapted this very year (including one which we touch upon in this review, THE DARK TOWER and that didn't do too well); uh... politics (re: that meme of Trump in the sewer asking to come down to float since it's tremendous, believe me) - but somehow IT is one of the major blockbusters of the year, and the horror film that got the box-office back into a somewhat respectable shape after a slump (again, Dark Tower). People are going to see this movie and getting the hell scared out of them.
But... how is it as a *film*? Does it reflect the book well, which has never gone out of printing and is one of King's most popular books - maybe the one that, like Alan Moore with Watchmen and comic books, set out to reinvigorate the form it was in with a massive mythology and the most memorable characters in horror literature - and can it possibly hold a candle to what is a ... not without flaws 1990 mini-series (which many call a movie itself, though it was only ever released on television and home video)?
Jack went to see the movie and, in one of the rare times this has happened on WoC, without Andrew - instead he's joined only by wife and Floater-of-Hugs Korey, which is the 2nd adaptation of King's epic chronicle of Derry, Maine, and that irrepressible rapscallion Pennywise the Dancing Clown. Stay scared!
(Spoilers at 59:41)
Clips include the trailer for IT (2017), a clip from that film, a clip from the 1990 series, and from a King Q&A
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