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Console best movie i've ever seen.

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Foreverisacastironmess I never saw this on TV as the two part mini series back in the day, I always saw it as just one big movie on a vhs tape, so that's what I've always just thought of it as. This picture has unfortunately been getting a lot of fresh hate recently because of the uh, 're-imagining,' but that's not really fair to compare two movies that are almost thirty years apart like that. That new film did have some strengths that this doesn't but the door swings both ways and I'll tell you one thing, for all its flash that movie sure didn't have the heart and depth that this patchy old 'uncool' mini-series from way back in 1990 did. Maybe I feel that way because like the majority of its fans, I grew up watching "IT" and have a strong nostalgic connection to and a big soft spot for it, so frigging what, the rose-tinted glasses will only take you so far you know! It is big nostalgia trip for me, just hearing the opening music theme alone makes me recall how I felt seeing it as a kid, nostalgia is built into the fabric of the story, which is mostly about adults remembering their friends and childhood. I do love It but I can admit that this movie would have probably been largely forgotten were it not for the brilliance of Tim Curry as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. The new guy was decent in a completely different way but he had to hop around like a mad frog and rush at the camera to make himself halfway scary, whereas Curry could chill you with a mere look and you never forget those eyes. Just the idea of him attacking is scary enough. He cuts such a fantastic iconic figure of horror pop culture as that clown. He looks and acts so silly but there's a definite sinister quality that's always there as well. He could easily make you laugh or scream, and the performance is one that sticks with you for life! The scene of young Georgie's death is one of the all time great moments in all of horrordom to me. It's so fantastically done, the bright whiteness of Pennywise's face against the pitch black of the drain with the water running down it, and the slyness in his eyes as he appears kindly and harmless enough to entice a happy-go-lucky little boy with offerings of balloons to get close enough to join him and die... That excellent scene is why you're afraid of clowns! The rest of it doesn't totally stand up to the bar that Curry sets though, and it's him and the child actors and their chemistry together as well as they're whole first part of the film that is what's best about it. Occasionally the dialogue can be so horribly corny, especially in the second part with the adults, things go into melodrama territory a lot. The ending is a letdown yes, but it's not like Stephen King himself didn't manage to screw up the ending of the book, if memory serves me right.. The ending in this though really doesn't pay off what is an effective buildup, that spider is way too goofy and ill-fitting with its googly crossed eyes and little T-Rex arms.. And it's so weirdly blunt how after wounding it with a silver piece from a slingshot, which makes no sense as it's meant to be a living creature and shouldn't be effected by the childhood mumbo-jumbo, they all just basically go "let's get him!" and run over and tip it like a cow and beat it to death with their bare hands! The real reason things fall a bit flat is because you've spent the better part of the three hours watching the creepy magic of Tim Curry in all his righteous clown glory, and then it ends with this ponderous silly puppet that comes out of nowhere! I do like the closing sequence though where Bill takes his wife Audra on a rather hazardous bike ride to try and wake her from the coma that the dreaded dead lights left her in, I found it poignant. A little light at the end of the tunnel as it were. I had a new appreciation for this the last time I watched if, I think it has way more good points and qualities than it's given credit for, IT was above average for its day, it's kind of all over the place but it's still a very enjoyable, entertaining, and engrossing viewing experience that has its dumb sillier elements but it also has it's legit scary ones too, as well as, hammy and annoying as some of them can frequently be, characters you can actually tell apart and do actually care about, and faults and all it will always be a classic to me. "See you in your dreams!"

alexanderdavies-99382 I get the creeps every time I see Tim Curry as the evil and twisted character of Pennywise. Being a circus clown only adds to the menace, what with the phobia surrounding the real life McCoy. Tim Curry is the one to watch: he may not have as much screen time as the other main characters but he makes all of his scenes count for something. I thoroughly enjoyed this television mini series of "Stephen King's IT" as it captures the very essence of the bestselling book. The various subplots had to be left out of the teleplay due to restricted broadcasting time but that's understandable. For those who don't know the plot, a group of kids in the late 1950s engage in a battle against a ghostly killer (Pennywise) who has been murdering some of the local kids. After believing they have defeated him, the child characters leave the town and go their own separate ways except for one. Many years later, Pennywise has returned to wreck more havoc in the same town. All of the main characters from before are re-united in order to finally defeat this evil clown once and for all. The suspense factor is cranked up a few notches as everyone is forced to confront their worst fears, courtesy of the clown killer. The fact that the villain is a supernatural one only adds to the dramatic effect. There is usually something quite unsettling about the whole story, where nothing is what it appears to be. Aside from Tim Curry, the rest of the main cast act pretty well. The flashback scenes don't clash with the contemporary ones and that is important in that it helps to maintain a smooth narrative. This is definitely one of the best adaptations of Stephen King's work in any medium.

Kevin Gunn My girlfriend and I watched most of "It" the other evening while on vacation in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. I'd read and enjoyed the book not long after it came out and had watched the miniseries in 1990. My girlfriend had read the book but didn't recall it clearly. While I have no bones to pick with Tim Curry's interpretation of Pennywise, or with the other actors, I was somewhat puzzled with the sharing of the asthma inhaler prior to the children going underground after Pennywise. I realized that was the substitute for the 12-year-old girl realizing the only way the group of kids was going to get OUT of the sewers was by having sex. In the novel, there's nothing erotic about the sex, but many reviewers of the book complained about it, anyway. Stephen King said in his mind it was about bridging the gap between childhood and adulthood. I told my girlfriend, who has asthma, does that mean sharing your inhaler is the same as having sex? I shouldn't be so hard on a made-for-TV movie, but Hollywood manages to botch books in a variety of ways.

Rainey Dawn IT is a pretty good made for TV film. I have not read the book but from my understanding the novel's ending is quite different. From what I gather, the TV film ending has cut out more about the kids - something they do not want aired on national TV.I love the casting for this one, it's an all-star adult cast - faces you will recognize from other films. I like the story for this TV version, sometimes funny, would be scary if it was really happening in reality.IT comes to the kids as a clown. IT's not a demon, not a poltergeist, nor is IT an alien, IT's not even a nightmare. IT is was IT is, whatever IT is. And IT's a good watch.7.5/10