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When I still managed to find time to read 8000-page books, I became very passionate about the Harry Potter and Stephen King novels. It, along with Different Seasons, is my favorite of his stories, and believe me, recreating such a long and event-filled story on screen is truly difficult. The 90s miniseries is still watchable but full of trash/comic/WTF moments (the ending) and Tim Curry as the savior of the whole operation. I don't have much to say about that; it was a good idea not to make a single film, otherwise, it would have lasted 4 hours. The actor who plays It is incredibly disturbing, but as many have already said, who the hell would follow such a scary clown? From this perspective, Curry's more "Ronald McDonald" version is better, without taking anything away from Bill Skarsgård... who knows.

The child actors were also great, including "frog face" from Stranger Things (which makes It almost feel like a spin-off of ST, given that they moved everything to the 80s :D). Directorially, it's a successful horror film and unfortunately, there have to be jumpscares every now and then, otherwise, one would fall asleep.

But it's neither the most terrifying horror film in the world as advertised (that title belongs to The Exorcist) nor the best blockbuster film of 2017 (for me, that's SM-Homecoming; hate me if you will, but Spidey is the only superhero I can tolerate alongside Deadpool). In short, as usual, they've oversimplified the story and haven't done it justice.

However, guys, it’s also nice to see things from two opposing viewpoints: Kubrick’s The Shining completely betrays any semblance of fidelity to the book and no one says a thing, while It is ultimately just a more simplified vision of the hefty paperback, which contains the entire King universe in over 1000 pages. I liked it; I'm not someone who nitpicks the differences between book and film... in the end, it’s cinema, and the director really did everything possible to make the work at least somewhat personal while also making it accessible for those who have never read the book or seen the original series. Stephen King himself loved it, so I’d say that in the end, those who criticize it do so mostly because their vision is too focused on the book and they expect a 100% faithful adaptation of the story.

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