And there you have it. It's such a shame too because the first half of "IT" is story-telling at it's best. Most of the actors in the second half could not act to save their families from imminent doom. Some of this is due to poor casting and some of it could be chalked up to poor direction, but really, I think the people simply can't act so let's go with poor casting. This statement is in exception to John Ritter, Tim Reid, and obviously Tim Curry. The rest are laughable. I've never seen most of them in anything before or anything since, probably because most would not give them a chance at a commercial. The child actors completely blow away the adult cast aside from Curry. Tim Curry's Pennywise is one for the ages. He used to give me nightmares as a kid, as I'm sure he did for many. "Kiss me, fat boy!"
With the acting out of the way, let's move on. The story is based on King's book, which is actually more demented than the movie. No child group sex here, blast. Every thirty years, "It" awakens to feed and is manifested in the form of an evil clown....among other things. While they were kids, the group agreed to come back and destroy "It" thirty years later if they come to find out that they did not kill it and it's still alive. When they realize "It" is not dead, they all come back to Dairy, Maine to reunite and off the beast. Kick start the insanity.
Despite it's acting and scripting flaws, "It" can be downright disturbingly creepy, mainly due to Curry's insane performance. According to IMDb trivia, the cast tried to avoid Curry as much as possible during filming because he was so into character that it flipped everyone out and made them want their blankies. Combine Curry's performance with some clever effects and you have a pretty "scary" movie. Because of the work done in this department, the film triumphs over most of it's flaws. If the acting and script weren't so questionable in the second half, we might have a horror masterpiece on our hands. While not the best in the genre, I highly recommend it, or "It". Just remember that it was made for television. 7/10
"We all float down here....."
With the acting out of the way, let's move on. The story is based on King's book, which is actually more demented than the movie. No child group sex here, blast. Every thirty years, "It" awakens to feed and is manifested in the form of an evil clown....among other things. While they were kids, the group agreed to come back and destroy "It" thirty years later if they come to find out that they did not kill it and it's still alive. When they realize "It" is not dead, they all come back to Dairy, Maine to reunite and off the beast. Kick start the insanity.
Despite it's acting and scripting flaws, "It" can be downright disturbingly creepy, mainly due to Curry's insane performance. According to IMDb trivia, the cast tried to avoid Curry as much as possible during filming because he was so into character that it flipped everyone out and made them want their blankies. Combine Curry's performance with some clever effects and you have a pretty "scary" movie. Because of the work done in this department, the film triumphs over most of it's flaws. If the acting and script weren't so questionable in the second half, we might have a horror masterpiece on our hands. While not the best in the genre, I highly recommend it, or "It". Just remember that it was made for television. 7/10
"We all float down here....."