With a more than positive response from the fanbase of Stephen King and the more than deserved success for a Chapter One that has genuinely merged the judgment of the public and critics into one thing, the expectations for IT Chapter Two they have inevitably risen. The general quality of the first adaptation of Andy Muschietti has surprised not a little, bringing out what has been called "the best IT possible" with the means currently available to us, recreating not only an atmosphere worthy of the King of the Thrill, but also its basic coherence and a satisfying fidelity.
With the business card of the first part that marks over 700 million dollars cashed at the box office, we prepare for September 5th 2019, when the Losers Club returns to the cinema with an oath to be trusted, with wounds and scars so painful that they just want to forget them. The film is a production of New line cinema, and is distributed throughout the world from the eternal Warner Bros. Pictures.
Losers Stick Together
Destiny can be cruel. But cruelty is nothing if we compare it with pure evil, that evil that every 27 years returns to manifest itself a Derry, in Maine. The Club of "Losers”Is now a faint memory, and its members have become adults, with their own life and socio-family situation. Inevitably, however, that fate and that evil intertwine again, tied with the white thread of hundreds of red balloons. The leap forward in time, however, seems only a mere formality, because the atmosphere and the tension that the viewer finds himself feeling with every fiber of his body are real, and immediate. Accepting and overcoming a trauma are two very different things, and the new Losers find themselves not only having to deal again with Pennywise (Bill skarsgård), but also with themselves. The almost three hours of duration of the film therefore become indispensable for Muschietti, who by bringing to life the screenplay by Gary Dauberman forges a rich product, never banal and which manages to give importance to the psyche of every single interpreter, even fascinating us with some secondary characters.
However, the skilful editing behind the film does not only translate into simple scenes: with this Chapter Two inevitably the references to the previous one will be strong, and the mix of connessioni between past and present with almost imperceptible changes, flashbacks and unpublished scenes in the past go to compose a perfect puzzle, often also showing "the other side of the coin" of some scenes already lived. Charming. The feeling then is that the film is not "another film", but simply the same feature film that we had paused. So the cast of the boys e the cast of adults comes to join, with interpretations really to be emphasized by each individual member. Impossible not to mention Stephen King, not only the author of the book from which everything arises, but also protagonist of a short scene which sees him actively participate, even with a little self-irony and references to his works.
Monstrosity and emotion
What was expected however, and which is the cornerstone of films of its genre, is the aspect of fear and terror: IT Chapter Two exudes anguish, with empathy to the stars almost to make us feel part of the group, reaching even higher peaks than what was done with the previous film. The technique used by Muschietti does not only make use of the classic jumpscare (still present and well reasoned), but also of one psychological pressure particular, capable of keeping the bar of attention and fear at a good level for the duration of the film. Clearly there is no shortage of more lively scenes, where blood, violence and situations that are not exactly "clean" are the main characters. We leave the pleasure of discovery to you.
On the other plan mentioned, emotions and introspection become fundamental: inevitably, in order to face the fears the protagonists also find themselves pulling out something else, all the repressed emotions (or perhaps too explicit) that before that moment they have never been able to fight, from violence to hypochondria, from trust to strong ties. The main advice is to recover the first chapter - if you haven't already seen it two years ago - and catapult yourself to the cinema. And don't be surprised if you feel a strange itch on the palm of your hand ...
