It(1990) and It(2017)

(Movie review #276)

It is unusual long for a horror movie, clocking in around 3 hours. It's message is basically about confronting our fears during our youth and adulthood, learning how to fight it together and learning of getting a grip even after horrible consequences happening.

People said that the "kid" part is better than the "grown up" part, and I gotta agree with that. People also said that the ending was ridiculous, but I found out that it was okay, and I am strictly talking about Pennywise's climax here.

It certainly wasn't great either, which goes for the rest of the movie as well. The horror moments were nice to view, but the only time I jumped a little was at Pennywise's very first appearance when the little girl was singing.

Which is normal for me, because I have to get used to every horror movie before the fear dies out visually. 

Unless we are talking about the best horror movies here, which is not the case with It for me.

So, in overall, Stephen King you crazy writer, nice job for giving plenty of humans coulrophobia around the happy go lucky world. 

As for my opinion regarding clowns, I like them. I like them even more because of the fact that they have also become a horror icon for many. Glad to have finally seen this long horror movie. Now it's time to move on...

Rating: 6.5

 

 

(Movie review #2781)

27 years later, a remake arrives, and luckily, it is better than the original.

First of all, the children and adult story chapters are segmented, as the story and focus are only on the children for now, while the sequel will deal with their adult lives. This is a good decision because the original's pacing was not the best while switching between these.

Bill Skarsgard plays a formidable and terrifying Pennywise the Dancing Clown that can easily compete with Tim Curry's more hilarious approach of the monster, but Tim also had some good scenes in the original, especially with the opening.

There might have been a bit too many kids involved, but I digged their 80's adventure, their cussing and the frightful fact of having an older teenage girl go along. The movie gave me Stand By Me and E.T. vibes, and surprisingly one of the kids from Stranger Things is also featured.

Some of the horror scenes are from the original and improved, while new ones can absolutely be effective, my favorite one happens to be when Bill goes to the basement and sees a zombified Georgie giving the catchphrase "You'll float too" repeatedly, while Pennywise goes absolute batshit insane afterwards.

So fortunately, IT is a good remake, and worth your time. The 1990 version still has good features, but you gotta give credit when it gets improved upon, with only roughly half of it's story told. Apparently the book from Stephen King himself is even more disturbing, so I might read on that one day.

Rating: 7.5