When compared to the book, IT is dreadful. If you leave your sweet memories of the book on the backseat of your mind and try to watch IT as a film solely made for the screen, then IT is bad.
It's well-known that the film adaption of a book usually doesn't reach the reader's expectations so i'll comment as if i've never read the book.
The pacing is too quick. you are introduced vaguely to the loser's club before quickly joining their quest to defeat IT. You never truly attach yourself to the clan and instead, you watch the film mainly because of Tim Curry's excellent performance. You follow the kids story from the beginning but you don't really care what happens to them. There just kids anyhow and when kids are the central focus of a story, then it's bound to be daft and silly (which IT comes across as sadly.) Everything seems to be done in a rush. The acting is fine with the none of the kids coming across as pretentious or annoying. The adult versions of the characters also put in fine performances.
But with many characters involved, the film never lets you get to know them in any depth and this leads to boredom. If the producers had followed the path of 'The Stand' and made IT as a ten hour TV series rather than three, then no doubt it would of been more intriguing.
It's well-known that the film adaption of a book usually doesn't reach the reader's expectations so i'll comment as if i've never read the book.
The pacing is too quick. you are introduced vaguely to the loser's club before quickly joining their quest to defeat IT. You never truly attach yourself to the clan and instead, you watch the film mainly because of Tim Curry's excellent performance. You follow the kids story from the beginning but you don't really care what happens to them. There just kids anyhow and when kids are the central focus of a story, then it's bound to be daft and silly (which IT comes across as sadly.) Everything seems to be done in a rush. The acting is fine with the none of the kids coming across as pretentious or annoying. The adult versions of the characters also put in fine performances.
But with many characters involved, the film never lets you get to know them in any depth and this leads to boredom. If the producers had followed the path of 'The Stand' and made IT as a ten hour TV series rather than three, then no doubt it would of been more intriguing.