![]() Then, Kersh transforms into a very fake-looking CGI giant that resembles Gollum from The Lord Of The Rings not frightening at all (just like the huge Paul Bunyan statue that also features in the film). Kersh does some kind of jig in the background (at which point lots of the cinema audience members burst out laughing). In this latest film adaptation however, Mrs. Kersh) who lived at the Marsh residence in the 1990 version? That was one of the scenes that actually came across as eerie. Aside from the Stanley-spider-head (which looks very much like John Carpenter’s The Thing), the scene where the skateboard rolls down the hotel stairs is trying ever-so hard to be The Changeling, but unlike the classic it tries to reference, there’s absolutely zero mood created here. #Pennywise actor chapter 2 movie#There’s parts of this movie which shows that Andy has, at the very least, watched decent horror flicks but he’s so inept at film-making that he can’t translate what he’s learnt. I didn’t find the first film to be that much of a horror but this is on a whole new (lower) level. This sequel-slash-follow-up is once again directed by Andy Muschietti ( Mama) and once again it’s not scary… at all. Oddly, there’s not much of Pennywise in this movie but even when he does appear, he’s so CGI’d that Bill’s performance is almost unneeded. #Pennywise actor chapter 2 Patch#For me, Skarsgård is not a patch on Tim Curry but he’s a talented actor and he puts his own stamp on the “scary” clown (making him too cute for my liking). ![]() A talented filmmaker would have composed both scripts at the same time, filmed the younger characters during the first film’s production and then edited that footage into the sequel but no, we now have to contend with smooth, rubbery-looking Ben, Richie, and Eddie.īill Skarsgård reprises his role of Pennywise, but once again there’s too much reliance on CGI rather than acting abilities. So, in the flashback scenes, most of them have been de-aged presumably using Lola, but it’s done quite badly (think the removal of Superman’s beard in Justice League). Kids grow up pretty fast and the actors from the first movie have aged to the point that they no longer look like Middle School children. There’s another problem, also to do with age. ![]() Okay, so there’s a joke about how bad his character looks but still, what the fuck happened in Hader’s life that he looks like that? And why has Henry Bowers turned into a Jim Davidson impersonator? Bill Hader is apparently 41 but he looks more like 51. Andy Bean is the youngest actor at 34 and the oldest is Isiah Mustafa who is 45. Remember that the Loser’s Club were in the same year at school but they’re now (inexplicably) anywhere between their mid-30s to their mid-40s and the difference is quite noticeable. That being the case, I have to say, almost all of these actors do a fine job of “acting” like the children from Chapter One, even though some of them (especially Jessica Chastain) look nothing like their younger self (her only matching characteristic is red hair).Īside from the performances however, very much like Ma, the actors who play the adults vary in age which is bothersome to say the least. ![]() In a Face/Off-type way, those that come before set the characters’ mannerisms in stone and those that come second have to imitate the first. With references to “bad endings” everywhere in this latest adaptation, you’d think that by acknowledging the problems of the ’90s version, the filmmakers would have fixed what was wrong but alas, they haven’t, in fact they’ve made a film that is much worse than its miniseries predecessor.įirst let’s run through the cast: James McAvoy plays the older Jaeden Martell (Bill Denbrough), Jessica Chastain plays the older Sophia Lillis (Beverly Marsh), Jay Ryan plays the older Jeremy Ray Taylor (Ben Hanscom), Bill Hader plays the older Finn Wolfhard (Richie Tozier), Isiah Mustafa plays the older Chosen Jacobs (Mike Hanlon), James Ransone plays the older Jack Dylan Grazer (Eddie Kaspbrak), and Andy Bean plays the older Wyatt Oleff (Stanley Uris). If you recall the 1990 TV-made version, you’ll remember that it was the second part where It faltered the adults acted in a soap opera-esque way, it wasn’t as much fun or adventurous as the first, and oh yes, the goddamn giant spider finale. Set in 2016, the group meet once more to defeat Pennywise The Dancing Clown, the personification of kid’s nightmares (or so I thought – more on that later). Set 27 years after the events of It Chapter One, It Chapter Two finds the members of the Loser’s Club all grown-up. By What Went Wrong Or Right With.? on Septem ![]()
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