The MOST I'VE EVER SCREAMED! First Time Watching It: Chapter 2 (2019) | Movie Reaction & Commentary

[@CasualNerdReactions]

It Chapter 2: Love it or hate it? I guess you could fall in the middle if you want ;) Be sure to subscribe for upcoming reactions like: The Terminator, Gosford Park, Arrival (2016), Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Hacksaw Ridge

[@kennethhwang3425]

In a way, none of them actually overcame the trauma of their childhood despite their level best attempts: Among those who moved away: Bill wrote great stories but always came short at the endings because he knew his own still didn't end; Beverly and Eddie wounded up marrying the exact manifestations of their childhood fears: horrible parents; Richie and Ben both consumed by unrequited love and loneliness , be it due to low self esteem or self acceptance; Mike who valiantly stayed to prepare all the shots necessary to kill the beast ended up letting them fall off the edges; and Stan, who was actually so close to being devoured by IT and thus so traumatized, ultimately chose death over having to face such horror.

[@jimtatro6550]

The subplot of Ritchie being gay and secretly being in love with Eddie was something added to the film, it’s not in the original novel. It works and adds another level to the loss of Eddie at the end. James Ransome is perfectly cast as the adult Eddie, the resemblance to the kid is uncanny.👍

[@VictorLugosi]

It makes it dumb and gross

[@robbob5302]

In the book, he was sleeping with so many women he had a vasectomy just to be on the safe side.

[@robbob5302]

But you have to admit, Ritchie and Eddie still make for a better love story, than Twilight! 🤣

[@eleven-hopper]

it's not in the original book but i'm pretty sure stephen king said he always did imagine richie as gay while writing his character

[@lev170]

You missed the cameo appearance of Steven King.

[@TheJathys]

"Is this happening because of Pennywise or just because everyone's awful?"

[@VerneditheSnail]

Wrong. In the book it is still Pennywise's influencing the bridge attack. Tragic events happen whenever Pennywise is about to come out of hibernation, due to his constant mind control.

[@TheJathys]

@@VerneditheSnail Yes, in the book Pennywise's influence is a contributing factor. But that scene was actually inspired by an actual event of an actual gay person actually being murdered by actually throwing him off of an actual bridge. According to Stephen King himself, that scene was inspired by that real life event.

[@pinsandneedles3]

​@@TheJathys Correct. The scene references the murder of Charlie Howard in 1984

[@Kayjee17]

Derry was a bad place because of Pennywise, even when It wasn't active and eating. The book explains that It aka Pennywise came through from a different reality sometime long in the past before even early humans were around, and it hibernated until people came to the area that would become Derry... and then it woke up. Mike was a librarian in the book and he spent a lot of time looking into the history around Derry, and it wasn't ever normal. There was a group of guys who holed up in a cabin over one winter in the 1700s, and when spring came the cabin had body parts and blood everywhere, including private parts nailed to the walls, but no explanation how it happened because every one of them were dead. A man in the 1800s went into a bar, got a drink, and then proceeded to chop up a bunch of people he hated into bits. The local Ironworks hosted an Easter Egg Hunt in the early 1900s for the kids of Derry in their building after taking great care that it was safe, but some malfunction caused the place to blow up with all the kids inside, killing most of the kids and adults. In the 1930s a chapter of the KKK in Derry firebombed a local dance joint run by some black men, and because they nailed the doors shut most of the people inside burned to death. In between all the big events that Pennywise influenced evil people to do, there was still a steady amount of children that disappeared from Derry and the surrounding area. It should have been enough disappearances to get nationwide news coverage if it happened anywhere else, but not when it happened in Derry. So the answer to your question about WHY the adults didn't do anything is that Pennywise held sway over every adult in Derry and some of the kids - the evil adults and kids Pennywise used to kill for It, the regular adults Pennywise influenced to be their worst selves and to not notice the bad things happening, and the regular kids were It's prey. The few good adults felt the darkness in Derry and moved out as soon as they could.

[@Smokie_666]

Although it isn't "perfect" and has it's flaws, there is a lot that I really enjoyed about this movie. The first was better imo mainly due to the performances of the children actors really selling everything about their characters so well. Bill Hader is just amazing and steals the show for me in so many ways although everyone had good performances also, but his ability to transition from comedy, utter fear and powerful conviction so naturally really hit home.

[@zacharybear7243]

You know that store clerk he got the bike from is Stephen King himself. He usually makes a cameo sometimes in certain movies

[@a1superfantastic]

It's funny because I remember being unimpressed with Chapter Two when it came out, but a second watch this year made me appreciate it so much more for some reason. A lot of heart in the writing. And great cameo with Stephen King as the shopkeeper.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

My opinions on films definitely change. Sometimes my mood colors a film one way or the other pretty drastically

[@a1superfantastic]

@@CasualNerdReactions Yeah, for sure... for me, I have to be in the right frame of mind to watch movies. As a film grad, I try to be as immersed in the experience as possible, but sometimes you're distracted or just want to get through it, and you've wasted an opportunity to enjoy it. Here's to second chances!

[@Cameron5043]

Best reaction I've seen to Chapter 2 of IT! You got the movie! Thank you!

[@rykerroadMOM3123]

This film is nothing less than excellent for sure! You're right, it makes you experience so many emotions that you wouldn't expect. Another Great Reaction, Sir! 👍😎

[@moonlitegram]

3:38 side note: the guy standing up in that meeting is the actor who played the child version of Ben in the 1990 mini series.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Thats pretty cool!

[@johnfive2440]

You deserve more subscribers than you have especially when some other movie reactors who are less talented have so many

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Thanks so much, John!

[@citizenerased1439]

Great reaction! I wasn’t a fan with how they portrayed the horror stuff in this one, but the heart was still there for sure! I wanted to share a quote from the book. It’s actually the last paragraph(s). It always makes me cry. The story is really a beautiful metaphor for childhood and growing up. When they leave Derry, they all forget each other again. But they never forget how they made each other feel ❤️ “He awakens from this dream unable to remember exactly what it was, or much at all beyond the simple fact that he has dreamed about being a child again. He touches his wife’s smooth back as she sleeps her warm sleep and dreams her own dreams; he thinks that it is good to be a child, but it is also good to be grownup and able to consider the mystery of childhood . . . its beliefs and desires. I will write about all of this one day, he thinks, and knows it’s just a dawn thought, an after-dreaming thought. But it’s nice to think so for awhile in the morning’s clean silence, to think that childhood has its own sweet secrets and confirms mortality, and that mortality defines all courage and love. To think that what has looked forward must also look back, and that each life makes its own imitation of immortality: a wheel. Or so Bill Denbrough sometimes thinks on those early mornings after dreaming, when he almost remembers his childhood, and the friends with whom he shared it.”

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing. I think there’s real truth there, we often remember how someone made us feel long after the details of what happened.

[@sarahe1491]

I like the first one better, I think it has better flow and the actors are all so great, but this one has its moments too, I got emotional at the end of your reaction, forgot how sweet the end is.

[@elisadaygrey]

I have seen most of your horror movie reactions and the title made me expect less screaming, but you're right, I think your reactions have been more verbal, if you will, in this video than any other and I LOVE IT 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Haha yea, this one was the most lol. The title is misleading. I should probably rebrand. 🤣😅

[@maggieshevelew7579]

Chris, it’s so much fun watching your reactions. And this was no exception. I enjoyed both IT films. The second gets a lot of criticism, but I enjoyed seeing the way they matched the adult actors to the kids (Bill Heder was fantastic). And, sometimes you need to just sit back and enjoy the ride. Looking forward to seeing what’s next!

[@obenohnebohne]

I love the adult cast, they fit perfectly. (Ben is a bit off but especially Eddy and Richie are spot on - in my opinion). I am happy that this chapter 1 and 2 version exists. A few months ago I watched a making of of both films and they talk about how they created the chemistry between the young loser’s club and then the chemistry between the kids and the adults. I just love the story of IT. Yes, it is dark and full of terror but it has also many moments that bring back the feeling of my childhood. I love that Stephen King has a cameo as the store owner.

[@Thievius333]

"LOUD NOISE JUMP SCARE!" The Movie.

[@StarShipGray]

They toned these films down a lot compared to the novel, but the movies are still fantastic. In the novel Beverly isn’t attacked by IT as a creepy old lady. IT appears as the rotten corpse of her father and tries to sexually assault her. Can’t say I blame them for leaving that out.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I am likely grateful they toned it down. The novel might be too much for me. Lol

[@laurabrewes1422]

"He's the only other kid we know, I want him to be safe." Me: Ooof.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I should have known better.

[@bobbrown200]

😂your two reactions so far to IT has been amazing. I don't laugh out loud very often, you I have several times in these reactions 😂🤣😂

[@CasualNerdReactions]

haha, thanks!

[@kyrastube]

I'm new to your channel, so I don't know how much you know Stephen King apart from the movies. But in some movies, he has a cameo. This was one of them. He is the shop keeper selling the bike back to Bill. That whole scene is basically him making fun of himself. Since a lot of people say that his endings (of the books) are bad. And he has always had the ability to laugh at himself, and have a great sense of humour over all, so he joins in on the "bill write bad endings" bit here, since Bill of course is a stand in for himself. Other great cameos and even full parts from him are in Rose Red (pizza guy), Pet sematary 89 (preist) and he has larger parts in Creepshow (where his son also has a part) and The stand (90s version)

[@philiphamel8504]

I like this movie. its a really good adaptation of a massive book, and I think it tackled some of the darker aspects of the book in a decent way. I like the Stephen King cameo as the shop keeper. It's funny because Bill was a sort of stand in for King (both being horror writers and such with sometimes anticlimactic endings). It's a good touch. Now about Pennywise, It. Pennywise was a clown who lived in Derry, and It used his face as a Glamour (a magical disguise). it did this because people would be less likely to run from a clown. That was how It got you. (It was for this adaptation that Pennywise is made to look scary.) In the book, Pennywise looks like a normal clown, like Bozo or someone like that. I remember reading something about how professional clowns didn't like the book because it made people afraid of clowns.

[@markumphrey642]

Yay! I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Another great reaction. I love how rich Stephen king stories are. The best adaptations are the ones that focus on those strong character aspects of his works vs. just going for the horror. His stories are plenty scary…but they’re always so much more than that. 😊

[@santaonthecross]

In the first movie the clown ate a bunch of kids then got hurt and went away for 27 years. The clown was already on a 27 year cycle as established in the first movie. The kids really didn't accomplish shit that wasn't going to happen anyway.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Pretty much. In the film there’s reference to changing him, but I can’t say I’m 💯 percent clear on how.

[@RottedPopcornandHorror1966]

And I love your compassion when you review and react to a movie, no matter what it is..Take care..xx

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Thank you 😊

[@RealTalkRyan87]

The Stephen King cameo in the shop was great.

[@raputathebuta]

I don't know if anyone has ever said it, but IMPO, that spit-take of McAvoy's was genuine. Of course, Bill Hader does crack me up constantly, so...

[@jasonsbrain2]

Ironically, the actress who plays Nancy plays a small role in the 2007 remake of this movie "The Invasion." So she sort of does make it into the next movie...

[@tempusspiritus]

I enjoy the multiple comments to not liking the end of the book being a reference to how people don’t always like the ending of Stephen King’s books.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

That’s a nice touch!

[@traceyb9443]

Hacksaw Ridge! Can't wait to see your reaction to that one!

[@CasualNerdReactions]

It was literally an instant favorite and I can’t wait to share it!!

[@ellebaby825]

I love that Stephen King makes an appearance

[@rykerroadMOM3123]

Yessss!! He's just so stinkin' cool! 😎

[@teddiberes1688]

Of COURSE you have a lighter that makes you feel better. 😁 My guess is that, for every movie you watch, in the back of your mind you're thinking it could be improved with just one or two more fiery explosions. 😆Always fun watching with you. Looking forward to the next! (Just me, but nobody can match Tim Curry as Pennywise. Oh, and The Shining miniseries blows the movie out of the water.)

[@botz77]

Oh, the reason Bev can see the future is that she has The Shinning. The Losers Club all Shine. They are a Ka-Tet. Read The Dark Tower series and all will be revealed.

[@robertbunting3117]

and never mind the suggestion of stand by me as I see you did it several months ago lol

[@02michellemybell02]

The shop owner where bought his bike is writer Stephen King.

[@PeggyV69]

I love the 1990 tv mini series but the remake is really great! Trivia-the author Stephen King was the man who sold Bill his old bike. ☺️

[@tamara4.9]

22:04 Jay Ryan's abs... 😲😍😍😍😍😍😍😆😍😍😍😍

[@kathyboucher5019]

Stephen king was the bike salesman (always has an appearance in his movies)

[@moonlitegram]

I enjoyed this movie as essentially a horror comedy with some heart. I found myself laughing quite a bit at all the scary parts. I'm not sure how much of that was intentional or not seeing as they do also seem to throw quite a bit of comic relief lines in it. But either way, it was a fun ride for me. And I liked how they chose to end this better than the miniseries.

[@richardb6260]

Just in case you didn't know, the old guy at the second hand store was Stephen King.

[@shainewhite2781]

There are talks that there's going to be a prequel TV series and a movie, but we'll have to wait for more news

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I heard that! Not sure if it interests me or not, but It’s in development for HBO max I believe. Should at least be interesting to see what they come up with.

[@meghanmonroe]

By the way, that was Stephen King at 15:10 😏

[@lewerwin9283]

Really hope you check out "The Decent"

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Actually hadn’t heard of that one before. I’ll look into it.

[@dewey70]

@@CasualNerdReactions Oh that's a good movie. It is VERY claustrophobic!

[@lewerwin9283]

It's amazingly good

[@tree6787]

Awesome movie.

[@VerneditheSnail]

The gay bridge attack was also Pennywise's influence, not the Derry people being awful. Always just before Pennywise awakens for his feeding cycle, horrible tragedies occur, which in the book is implied to be Pennywise's mind control kicking off just as he is about to come out of hibernation. Further proof of how powerful Pennywise's mind control is even when he is sleeping for 27 years, is the fact Pennywise made the Losers forget things after they left Derry.

[@Lannisen]

Apart from the very end, I quite enjoyed this film. It does a decent job of continuing the story, the actors are well picked to be the grown kids, and seeing Stephen King as the shop guy made me squeal.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I didn’t even recognize him, but he did a great job in the role.

[@Lannisen]

@@CasualNerdReactions his line "nah, I didn't like the ending" about getting Bill's book signed always makes me smirk.

[@jamesandthefatcat9464]

ty for this vid. 18:42, why was that music in that scene? i understand that in dead pool movie.. but..what the Fuck was that? ou sorry my Finnish.. Im looking forward for the Terminator reaction ty..this movie, i have never seen this..but as great horror movie fan, this is one freaky thing. ty again.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

The song was a weird choice. I think it was just for laughs, but it felt out of place lol. Thanks for watching!

[@jamesandthefatcat9464]

@@CasualNerdReactions indeed weird. do you have Discord channel? by any means?

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I do. Not sure really what to do with it, but it exists 😅 discord.gg/rhdPqtM3Gv

[@jamesandthefatcat9464]

@@CasualNerdReactions coms sir. ty

[@pattiharvey1787]

Clowns never scared me until these movies came out lol 👍 Fabulous ‼️

[@Krisgenx]

The book makes any attempt at a movie futile! But I do enjoy the attempt 😁

[@baixiaolang]

My biggest issue with this movie is that them choosing not to go with the same structure as the book/miniseries makes fair this movie come from nowhere. In the book/miniseries, the child sections are memories that the adults are having. So later on/in the second half of the story, when New details or encounters with It happen, they make sense--the adults just remembered another part of their childhood that they'd forgotten. In these newer movies, the child parts in part 1 were all presented as happening in real time, so it makes no sense for this movie to be like "but actually they had a clubhouse and all this other stuff happened" because we literally saw that they didn't have that in the first movie, so all that stuff feels like they just pulled it out of their ass. I hope you do go back and watch the miniseries one day! It's closer to the book in some respects and further in others but it's good in its own way!

[@baixiaolang]

(some of my other issues being the very stupid thing of "Beverly can see how we're going to die if we don't kill It." Like, not only is it not in the book, not only does it not make sense, but it's blatantly disproven by the movie. Stan didn't die because they didn't kill It, he died from remembering trauma due to Mike calling him. In other words, Stan only dies BECAUSE/when they decide to come back to deal with It again. If Mike never called them Stan would be alive. So that right there proves what Beverly saw wasn't a result of not killing It, because it only happened because they didn't just leave It alone when It came back. Also if she saw Eddie's death then it means she also knew he would only die if they DID go after It. Really felt like the writers didn't actually put much thought into that. I didn't really like the way they killed It by being mean at It until it shriveled up. They learned the "don't be afraid of It" lesson at the end of the first movie when they beat the crap out of it and then basically spent the whole movie looking for another way just to do it again except they called him ugly the second time around. The monster at the end of the 1990 version looked bad, and i know the book's version of the battle is basically unfilmable, but the way they killed it back in the 1990 miniseries was way, way less dumb. Also the "finding the artifacts" plotline was a waste of time.)

[@CaturdayNite]

Good stuff, you Casual Nerd you. April Fool's Day you need to wear a tux and call it "Formal Nerd" for a video. 😮

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Haha I may consider it. 😅

[@CaturdayNite]

@@CasualNerdReactions i have been trying to get my friend Randy to dress up super conservative. Suit, slicked back hair, serious post. Mainly because he dresses up all the time. Frequently like Peter Pan (i have two videos on my channel about him from about 2yrs back) always fun to joke by doing a 180 to another's expectation. :)

[@srae1971]

I had some issues with it but generally I thought this was a pretty good movie. Not as great as the first one but I honestly think there's no way to adapt this book so that the adult storyline will be as satisfying as the kid one. And let's be real, I'll go see anything that has both James McAvoy and Bill Hader.

[@KrystalAnn0688]

It’s Henry running around stabbing people, not Eddie 🙂 & I thought this movie was great, still prefer the first, but both are amazing

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I definitely got it in my head for part of the film his name was Eddie. I remember thinking at one point, that can’t be right Eddie is in the losers club and there’s not two Eddie’s. 😅

[@robertbunting3117]

As far as horror writers go, Steven King can really write characters amazingly. I would suggest reading 'The Body" and/or watching 'Stand by Me' also about kids, and oddly enough all the adults in that story are jerks too. Another would be 'The Stand' both book and movie the same name.

[@islandgreenstrong]

HEY Chris!! Have you seen the original TV version of "IT"? If not you really need to. Pennywise is played by the AMAZING Tim Curry. When I first heard about the remake of "IT" I was so mad. There are some great movies that should never be remade, and I thought this was one of them. I refused to watch this remake for a long time. I'm such a goofball when it comes to loving what I love and sticking by it. ANYWAY, I did finally watch this remake and I do like it alot...but for me there will still only be one Pennywise the dancing clown and that's Tim Curry. Great reaction!! Another great movie/musical with Tim Curry "Rocky Horror Picture Show"...or try him in the comedy "Clue". Have a good one!! ~Dawne

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I love clue! Tim curry is great and I haven’t seen the miniseries. I really debated which one to watch for the channel, it was close lol. One day I’ll watch it too!

[@terry-ble2187]

This was a fun pair of movies. Not perfect but entertaining to be sure

[@CasualNerdReactions]

Definitely entertaining!

[@toodlescae]

I actually prefer the 1990 version especially for the adults. I just think they had more chemistry as a group.

[@tree6787]

Agree 💯

[@lynnie6633]

Did the store clerk look familiar......It's Stephen King.

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I don’t think I’d ever seen him before, but dang he nailed the role! 👏

[@SonOfMuta]

15:21 Did you not recognize that that was Stephen King?

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I didn’t. I don’t think I’d ever consciously seen him prior to people pointing out that was him.

[@jesusramirezromo2037]

For me this was one of the few movies ive walked out off, the friend i was watching had to leave, and when i later realized the movie had 40mins left AT the climax, i just left Its way too long, the point of splitting it in two was to avoid the flashbacks, and have two continuous time periods But the kids got so popular that they inserted flashbacks to it

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

The cornball homage to other movies kinda... kinda ruin this movie for me. They had plenty of great scares from the novel without to he obvious gags of The Thing and The Shining. Eh. If you want an awesome version of IT, get the amazing unabridged audiobook version!

[@CasualNerdReactions]

I've been thinking about the audiobook lately... I just picked up an audiobook in a 2 for 1 credit sale. It's a collection of short stories I believe. If I enjoy even some of them I may have to do IT.

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

@@CasualNerdReactions the unabridged audiobook performed by Steven Weber is the best damn performance I've ever heard! It's a HUGE run time of 44 hours but it's addictive. There is so much more to the story than what the movies can convey- like the counter to Pennywise and why each "loser" became incredibly successful after defeating It. The movies gloss over what it's final form really is too. Honestly, if you get two books from Audible make It one and The Martian performed by RC Bray should be the other. Only settle for these versions though- there are abridged versions with lesser narrators to be avoided.

[@botz77]

I think they should have intercut the older actors story with the kids' one, and filmed them both at the same time. The kids' story is just more interesting. Like, I love the first half of the original miniseries. But the second half with the adults is absolute cringe.

[@dakert40]

Hi Chris, could you please react to the movie Pillow Talk (1959) thank you

[@6Haunted-Days]

Ummmm WTF are you soooooo SHOCKED she married a man liked her father?!? That FLOORED me, cuz you seem quite emotionally intelligent and smart. Ya don’t KNOW that it’s as COMMON as DIRT to do that?!? Christ I’m ….just at a loss. I DID THAT. Almost killed me, still al healing from my ex 11yrs later….. The physical abuse is NOTHING compared to what the verbal/emotional abuse does to YOUR SPIRIT & all else. But yea. It’s kinda BASIC….if one doesn’t heal and get support and help there’s a MASSIVE chance they’ll end up with a man or women WORSE than the parent. I did. He’s in prison should he attempted murder but he only got 14yrs for running me over with his car. Anyhow JUST HAD to comment. O and I really hope that’s not judgement at HER for marrying a man like her father….. Too often is women are blind to this cuz of the childhood trauma….

[@CasualNerdReactions]

It wasn’t shock intellectually, it was shock emotionally. It wasn’t like they dropped that in exposition, it was revealed as he’s abusing her. I almost always react emotional first in things like this and people often think I’m an idiot 😅. I was angry at what was happening not at in anyway at her. I am very aware of generational cycles that often occur. I’m sorry for the experiences you’ve had personally with this and hope you’ve found and continue to find healing.

[@moonlitegram]

Speaking of emotional intelligence...maybe its about time we learn that flipping out on people and insinuating that they're stupid isn't really an appropriate response to something like this. 🤷‍♂