The audience gets reintroduced to the Losers Club now as adults. Beverly is played by Jessica Chastain, Bill is played by James McAvoy, Ritchie is Bill Hader, Jay Ryan is Ben, James Ransone is Eddie, and Andy Bean is Stanley. It's incredible that amazing actors were cast that looked like the child actors. Nowadays when hollywood needs a character of a different age, they use special effects to age them. Back when that technology didn't exist, actors were cast to play that parts and it's nice to see that detail. Every adult actor got the role down so well. They personified the acting traits of the kid actors. Finn Wolfhard even hand picked Bill Hader to play his adult self.
In order to stop Pennywise the Losers Club needs to perform something called the ritual of chud. In order to do that they need to find an object that is personal to each of them. Each character has a flashback to when they were kids of when Pennywise had scared them and as adults they face their fears. The only problem is they do it for every character and it feels like the same scene repeated five times in a row. The only character with any real development is Bill. He is still dealing with the guilt of Georgie being killed by Pennywise. Pennywise exploits this guilt in many creative ways.
In both movies, Bill Skarsgard has done an incredible job playing Pennywise. He can point his eyes in two different directions and just completely transforms as the character. While he isn't in as many scenes in the second movie, the parts he is in are worthwhile. It: Chapter Two is a great adaptation of Stephen King's novel. King even had a cameo in the movie and was happy with the movies overall. This is a great movie but not perfect. 🍔🍔🍔 and 1/2 🍔
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