*Finally* saw ‘It.’

Short version: It – heh – Did Not Suck! Always nice when that happens with a Stephen King movie. If you like the book, this adaptation will not grate on you.  Even if you were originally raising an eyebrow at how they broke up the book.

Somewhat longer version: man, but this story completely presents itself differently when you have kids! Forget being afraid: I wanted comeuppance by about the tenth minute in the movie.  And man, but do I loathe the town of Derry itself after watching this film*. Which means that I already know what my favorite sequence of the next chapter’s gonna be.  Also, the acting by the kids is really well done, and I liked how they put in stuff from the book into the movie.  For example: the Paul Bunyan statue?  It really is as garishly horrible as it was described. I didn’t expect them to pull that of.

Anyway, It is a horror flick, with tons of blood and Eighties pop culture nostalgia, so don’t take your children who are below 13 to 15 to see this unless they’re already comfortable with either. The more controversial sexual bits from the novel were vaporized from orbit, so no worries there. It is also a good film generally about kids being pushed beyond their comfort zones, which is probably why it’s making money hand over fist right now. So yeah, go ahead and go see It.

Moe Lane

*There is not a single adult in this film that doesn’t come across as being subtly either off or awful, somehow.  It’s pretty cleverly done, really.