It: Chapter Two (4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital) [4K UHD]

A lot of the negative reviews I've read, I can't imagine they come from people who've actually read the book. And if you're not a Stephen King fan, why are you watching a Stephen King movie? One of the biggest complaints I've read is about the opening scene depicting a gay couple being attacked by a group of neighborhood thugs, ending with one of the gay men being thrown over the side of a bridge into the waiting clutches of Pennywise. For those claiming it is some abhorrent scheme of the directors/screenwriters/whatever to force modern, liberal, woke agenda down their gullet, again, have you read the book? It's literally the second chapter, the scene almost word for word how it was written nearly 40 years ago. The first chapter was the opening scene of the first movie, George being eaten by Pennywise which started It's cycle when the Losers were kids, and the second chapter was the opening scene for this movie, which started It's cycle 27 years later when the Losers return to Derry as adults. If there's anything shameful about it, it's only that 40 years later gay bashing is still considered by all to many as just good 'ol boys having a sporting good time.As for the profanity, if little kids being eaten by a monster is entertaining but a group of old friends' drunken reunion being too liberally sprinkled with the f-bomb for your delicate sensibilities, I'd say your priorities are way more concerning than the use of profanity in a scary movie.Another complaint I saw was that all of the scares were from things that have already been done before. Aside from just the obvious that there's only so many types of monsters, and so many ways to kill and terrify, etc, I think it was kinda intentional. It isn't as outspoken in the movie as it is in the book, but most all of the monsters whose form It took to terrorize the kids were classic horror movie monsters - for Ben it was The Mummy, for Eddie I think it was I Was A Teenage Werewolf, for Eddie Corcoran (whose story didn't make it into the movie) it was The Creature From The Black Lagoon. But in the book the Losers' childhood took place in the 50's so it made sense that those were the movies that they saw in theaters that terrified them. In the movie, the kids' part of the story took place in the 80's so borrowing from John Carpenter's The Thing and having Stan's head sprout spider legs and chase after them, makes sense, a lot more so than if they tried to use some of the classic horror movie monsters that made appearances in the book. It's reasonable to believe one of the kids saw The Thing and was scared out of their wits by it. So, I get it. I thought it was suitably creepy and a nice homage to one of my own favorite scary movies as a kid in the 80'sThat being said, if you liked the book and/or the original miniseries, it's definitely worth watching. Is it a perfect adaptation? No. But a flawless adaptation of book to film is one in a million so I didn't go into it expecting it to be perfect. Good script (in some ways less true to the spirit of the book than the original miniseries, but also a lot less cheesy too), good acting - I thought the choice of actors for each role was spot on, a lot of cool effects. It was good, I liked it. But I've always been a huge Stephen King fan and the horror genre in general has always been my absolute favorite so I'll admit some bias. Watch the movie and decide for yourself

Believe it or not I didn't rent this movie , my mom did . And it kreeped her the hell out of. lol. Don’t know why she ordered it , she saw a clown on the cover and thought it was a funny movie. lol. But afterwards I have seen the movie and I can’t say anything bad about it. It is a scary movie so please no one make the mistake my mom did.

This was a pretty good movie in my opinion. It's definitely got a lot of mixed reviews. But do YOURSELF a favor and watch it for YOURSELF. You can't please everyone. To base watching a movie off of comments/reviews is a bit ridiculous, so don't let that ruin it for you. There were a few scenes that were kind of off and irrelevant, but its Hollywood so go figure. But overall I thought it was a pretty good flick. Sure there's obviously a lot of cgi in this one but the visuals are perfectly twisted and creepy. Which makes up for it. Considering pennywise is the walking visual of your nightmares it only makes sense that a bit of cgi was used to emphasize ones own fears, because he is in fact anything and everything you fear. I enjoyed the cast's performances. They did a good job with the characters grown up version. I mean if it was so horrible and sucked so bad why did Stephen King make a cameo performance? It definitely wasn't for the money. I highly doubt if he didn't like it he wouldn't have bothered with it. But the fact is he's in it. Even if its only for a few minutes. That says something, considering this story would even exist if it weren't for him. The movie grossed OVER half a BILLION in sales. Thats a butt load of money for a movie to suck so bad lol. So again see it for yourself first and foremost.

This is the second part of the movie adaptation of Stephen King's novel, IT. It is, of course, the part of the story where the adult versions of the children who vanquished IT/Pennywise in the first movie are introduced into the story. It is kind of a double-edged sword because it allows for the use of well-known actors (Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, etc.,), and more violent and gory imagery than in the first movie, but it is (in my opinion) the weaker part of the story. In part, because they have to reintroduce and develop the characters as adults, and essentially have them go through the same kinds of horrors with Pennywise until they do (mostly) the same thing in the final confrontation with him as they did as kids.That said, the movie does add new elements so it is not just a total carbon-copy of the first movie, and it is great to see the young actors alongside their older counterparts in different scenes. And, Bill Skarsgaard delivers another wonderful performance as Pennywise, this time with part of it being done via motion capture, as used in movies like Lord of the Rings, Avatar, the new Star Wars movies, etc. Steven King also has a cameo as the mean shopowner Bill buys his bike back from.For those who get the 4k disc, the movie looks and sounds great in UHD. The UHD disc just has the movie itself, and the commentary track if you want to listen to it. Then, there are two regular blu-ray discs, one with just the movie, and one with all the extras (over an hour's worth). Those include chapters 1 and 2 of making-of and behind-the-scenes material, the first either taking a lot from, or reusing the same feature that was an extra on the release for the first movie, and the second new for the second movie. They are the longest of the bonus material. Then, there are a few shorter features. A very good amount for those who still like getting the physical disc releases.While I cannot say that everyone will absolutely love the movie, I think it did a good job wrapping up the story. It is, of course, much different than the TV mini-series done in the 1990s, and even with a nearly three-hour running time still could not incorporate everything from the book. If you can accept those things about it, it is definitely worth checking out.

This is an awesome movie, I've watched it so many times and still love watching it.