It Chapter Two 4K see the continuation of the story. The ominous clown Pennywise is back! And with him, a loser club comes to Derry after 27 years. They all changed, but their main nightmares remained the same. They have to reunite and return to their past, which hides many sinister secrets. And only together they can eradicate evil once and for all.
It Chapter Two 4K reviewTwenty-seven years after the events of the first chapter, infernal clown Pennywise again climbed out of the sewers of Derry and began to shed blood. Members of the Losers Club have become more mature and wiser, but they are still tormented by the suppressed fears of childhood - now also with adversities of adulthood. They must reunite in order to put an end to evil. They also have to understand that their darkest and deepest secrets have grown over time to unimaginable proportions. And they also realize that not everyone will survive a meeting with a clown.
Many understood that after the incredible success of the first part of the new adaptation of Stephen King’s thousand-page novel of 1986, Warner Bros would give director Andy Musketti a full carte blanche to create the second part, and were a little worried about this. The creator’s free hands do not always benefit the genre mainstream. Especially when it comes to the film, which brought the horror genre to the highest echelon of spectator interest, which monsters of past decades could only dream of. Stephen King's fans, highly specialized horror stories, fan theories, and debates about adherence to the original - all this remained far below, hazy and almost indistinguishable. And “It” strives into the stratosphere, to heights that obey only superheroes in tight tights. This is hinted at by timing, approaching three hours, and generous CGI strokes in each frame.
Musketti coped with this task not just with dignity. Musketti was lucky that he was allowed to do everything he wants - and we were lucky that he knows how to coolly do what he wants (and he wants to do the right thing). In the framework of the sequel to the horror blockbuster, the director managed to put the answers to those who, for some reason, will be dissatisfied with what they saw. There are shortcomings in the film, as it were recognized by the viewer, reconcile, without them it is impossible to operate at such a level. But Muschetti cleverly solved the main problem of continuation - to introduce adult actors into the story with minimal damage. We do not doubt for a second that Beverly Marsh performed by Sophie Lillis grew up in Jessica Chastain, and Bill Danbro from Jaden Liberer was extorting James McAvoy. The main success is the bespectacled balabol Richie Toziere, who instead of Finn Wulfhard from "Very Strange Things" was played by Bill Haider, sometimes seriously reminiscent of Jack Nicholson. Therefore, flashbacks and cross-editing scenes of adults and children, many of whom complained about the abundance in the second part, work so well - why not linger on your successful moment, not sip it.
“It 2” works well both in its main function - that is, it scares, and in some places so that I want to repeat after one of the youngest heroes his remark: “It seems I’ve crap.” Jumpskaires, which were abundant in the first part, are here taken to some next level, and will not be allowed to be indulgent. However, in addition to the lumberjacks-giants and the infernal room of laughter, Muschetti also looks far enough beyond the limits of what is understood, into the otherworldly that is present in King's novel. Here the viewer will have to decide for himself whether he is ready and able to look so far together with the filmmakers.
However, the main reason for fear here is not infernal Halloween costumes and not even Pelevin's shining and gaping vast expanses of evil. The horror here lies in the past, which never ended, and will devour your present and future until you realize this fact. And it shows, perhaps the best way to end it is to be aware of this, to admit that, despite the enviable biceps, sagging in the hair or alcohol addiction, you, in fact, remained that young man who is afraid to go down to the dark basement .
Without listing all the other advantages of the picture (and among them several outstanding cameos, and expertly installed gags, that is, the film copes with the entertainment function perfectly), we will move on to the main shortcomings. Among them, the final stands out, in terms of degree of unsatisfactory resembling the zilch that ended with Jay Jay Abrams' Super 8, the same Spielberg homage in spirit. But the clever Musketti us the whole film persistently offers an adult Danbro, who has become a famous writer of genre bestsellers and a screenwriter of horror on them (does not it remind anyone?), Which only a lazy passerby does not kick for unsuccessful endings.
Moreover, the Musketti film most closely resembles the subject that we most often see on the screen - a balloon. It is just as bright and visually attractive, it is immensely inflated and continues to grow in size (already becoming more than the novel on which it is based), we see the rope on which it rests, and we guess who is holding it. And the fate of the ball is quite predictable - it is destined to either fly into the sky, or burst with a roar, or quietly let the air out and deflate. So far he is flying.