Originally posted by dbs Hi Clackers
Well if you are still awake ( ofcourse you are you can't sleep now can you ) how was it, It2 that is.
And no I shall not be watching it I didn't like the first one.
Dave
(Laughs)
You probably won't like the second one, either, Dave. I haven't seen the first, which was both popular and well-received by critics.
The good: Some of the eccentricities of the novel (and it's got plenty, it was done in a cocaine-mad period which also produced Cujo and The Stand) have been eliminated. The cast does well (Bill Hader and Jessica Chastain headline) with interesting cameos from Peter Bogdanovich (the legendary director of What's Up Doc, The Last Picture Show and Mask) as … a film director … and King himself as the thrift store owner.
The bad: It's much too long. The 'ending' seems to go on forever, detracting from the start of the film, and the screenwriters depart from the book and come up with their own fairly ridiculous method of defeating our favourite psychopathic clown. Only one thumb up, unfortunately!