I liked it more than I expected
I’m sort of torn.
It has been pretty much my favorite single book ever for, like, the last 30 years. I loved the 90s Tim Curry miniseries back in the day, and I think the new pair of movies was probably the best Stephen King adaptation I’ve ever seen, except for maybe the Green Mile.
The first half of this show’s season did not feel like It, it felt like Great Value Stranger Things. They finally got their shit together in the second half I think. I don’t know why it took them so damn long to bring out Pennywise, but that’s when it finally started picking up for me.
I don’t feel like I ever really connected with the kids. There were some familiar last names but it still didn’t really feel right to me. Like it was still just some random teenagers in the 60s fighting seemingly random Monsters of the Week for a pretty good chunk of it. Big whoop.
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The Marge reveal in, iirc, episode 6, was great, but sorta too little too late.
(I tried to put that last bit in spoiler tags, I hope it works… I still left it sorta vague in case it doesn’t.)
I am really glad they’re doing it like an anthology series. I wanted to see more about the Black Spot, and I’m glad we’re going to get more about the Bradley Gang and the Kitchener explosion in the next couple go-rounds
I will absolutely give season 2 a shot when it comes out. I’m still sorta iffy on the whole thing, but they did figure things out well enough in the back 9 of the first season that I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt next time around.
pretty much worthless to watch until the last two episodes.
I don’t agree. It was a nice slow burn, with added gorey bits in between. The last 2 episodes wouldn’t have had the impact without the setup.
I thought the last episode was by far the weakest of the whole season. Everyone’s motivations and actions became quite absurd and all too convenient for the plot and the whole ending sequence was extremely drawn out in order to build tension but it all fell flat for me because they were relying on well worn tropes to do it.
My hot takes: Cg bad, acting good, especially by the end.
I really felt for most characters, very well acted but there was a big quality gap between the first and the second half.
But I often empathized with most characters and it felt dreadful to see them in danger.
