In recent days we have highlighted the cases of ‘Identity’ and ‘A dangerous relationship (Gigli)’, two outstanding catalog novelties that have reached Netflix, but now it’s time to make a stop in the case of Amazon Prime Video, because there you have already ‘It’, one of the best adaptations of Stephen King novels in recent years.
As happened with the mythical television miniseries starring Tim Curry in 1990, this new adaptation is divided into two installments, the first focused on the childhood of the protagonists and the second with them as adults having to face the chilling Pennywise. There is the peculiarity that ‘It. Chapter 2 ‘was already available on Prime Video, but the first installment was this Saturday, October 1 when she appeared there.
Let us remember that both are productions of Warner, so its natural home is HBO Max, where you also have it available – although not its second installment, so the first may also disappear by surprise. It is striking that several titles that it seemed that we would only see on that platform are reaching others, since we also have the case of ‘Edge of the morning’ appearing unexpectedly on Prime Video very recently.
Regarding this new version, its great success is its young cast, all of them perfectly chosen for their characters, shining with their own light sophia lillis that he should be a Hollywood star by now. To this we must add several scenes with an undeniable terrifying force, partly due to the solvent technical finish, although the contribution of Bill Skarsgård as a Pennywise different from the iconic Curry version but also very effective.
On the negative side of the balance we have that the director Andres Muschietti It does not give the feeling of having a clear vision of a material as powerful as the one at hand. ‘It’ could have been one of the best and scariest movies of the 21st century so far, but that lack of drive and decision ends up limiting the final result.
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