Also, his mental problems were severely downplayed (we get exactly one very brief shot of Belch Huggins questioning his decision to carve his name into Ben's stoomach). Henry Bowers' bullying seemed random, but he had his reasons to hate the losers, so it was much more sinister than that. Mike's character was reduced to a sidenote.īeverly mistakenly thinks the haiku was written by Bill.

This means the great speech by Richie just before he uses the baseball bat was a forced and not an earned moment.Įddie got over his respirator and pills being placebo in the blink of an eye. If they give up, they are not the same characters, so on this count, the adaptation failed. The Losers were disbanded before the climax of the movie. There were also numerous changes I did not mind, there were some newly created moments between characters I really liked (the New Kids on the Block poster in Ben's room for example). The casting, the dialogue and the depiction of 1988-89 was spot on, Pennywise was terrifying and weird, the cinematography was on a consistently very high level. I avoided the trailers (only saw a few shots here and there), and went in generally hopeful. Okay, so here is my unpopular opinion about IT 2017.Īs a huge book fan, I looked forward to this adaptation, as it promised authentic atmosphere, brilliant casting and just the right amount of gore.

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