Five years on from Andy Muschietti's adaptation of Stephen King's IT, reflection is needed on the unenviable task of recreating the book
has shown in recent years that he’s excellent at balancing drama and humor with Barry, so now it’s little surprise he’s so effective in IT Chapter Two.
What about key moments from the book? Well as previously mentioned, I can understand some changes and omissions. The shift to the ’80s naturally changes some of the relevant cultural references, meaning we lose out on a few potential monster scenes. The Neibolt house scenes add a bit more meat to the bones of what was there.
Yet there’s plenty of odd changes. The decision to have Beverly need to be saved from Pennywise is reductive. The rewriting of Patrick Hockstetter’s character and eventual fate is boring. The omission of other kids’ stories, in general, is slightly annoying, even if there is a wonderfully cruel scene with a little girl in Chapter Two. But the greatest display of Muschietti’s movies getting so close to nailing it but falling short is Pennywise.
Skarsgard is fantastic in terms of physical performance, and the voice is silly with something dirty and gritty stuck to the underside. The costume and appearance of the clown are a lot closer to the book’s description too. But there’s just so much mucking about with over-the-top haunted house ride jump scares and clownish nonsense that just made me laugh in incredulity rather than nervous terror.
IT and Chapter Two come so close to being what I wanted from an adaptation of a book I adore. I should be old and wise enough to know you’re asking the impossible when it comes to adaptations of your favorite things because the version in your head is very unlikely to match another, especially when that itself is diluted by multiple other parties, but it’s to Muschietti’s credit that I felt frustrated by what he put onscreen rather than scorn or indifference.
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