Movie Review - IT
My grandmother is a big Stephen King fan. In the 1980s she was the kind of fan who would get each new Stephen King book the day it came out, no questions asked. So growing up, I would often see a long shelf of hardback books, all written by Stephen King. Obviously, looking down that long shelf It was the book that really stood out. Such a huge book. And with such a small title, it was able to appear, giant, on the spine. Two letters that caught your eye at once staring at the bookshelf. “IT.” It, the book is huge. The last time it was adapted it had to be done as a mini-series to try and get enough screen time to adapt the story. This is one of the books that often appears on lists of “unfilmable” works just because of how massive it is. The new It movie approaches this issue by only attempting to adapt half of the book. It is the story of a group of kids who have to face off against an unspeakable evil that inhabits their town, and their return to the town as adults to finish ...