I don't compare this movie to the book too much. The book is just too big to squeeze all it's goodies into a feature film, albeit, two feature films. Same goes for the miniseries. As for comparing the new movie with the miniseries, it's not like i prefer one over the other. I believe a movie should just be able to stand on its own feet. The challenge in making IT a screen adaptation is knowing which elements to include in order to execute both the fear and heart that is themed throughout the original source material. I just couldn't suspend my disbelief when it came to the horror scenes in the new movie. It felt too.... staged.
As for the heart, the new movie obviously did well. But mainly for Bill's character and his relationship with Georgie. Maybe for Bev as well. I do prefer Seth Green's Richie more than the Stranger Things' kid. Although he did make me laugh, i felt he just came off as purely annoying. Minus the hilarious crass humor, his acting was equivalent to what you would find on a Disney Channel movie. The kid who played Ben nailed his role. Mike's character was decent, but the lack of his screen time amputated what I believe was a major key to the story. And Stan, well, he was the token Jew. I won't feel upset when he kills himself in the next movie because I really never got to know him on a deeper level than, he's the Jewish friend.
Bottom line, this story really just needs a whole netflix series.
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