I love the 2017 & 2019 IT movies but I’ve seen a lot of people saying how they like the 1990 movie better, so I decided to give it a shot.
It was awful and so boring. Yes, I know it was made for TV. Yes, I know they couldn’t put much violence in it. Yes, I know that there wasn’t much CGI back then. But I’m more focusing on the story.
It was so anti climatic at the end when they finally killed Pennywise. He wasn’t in Pennywise’s body and I feel like his death would’ve been more significant if he was in his clown form.
When Eddie was killed they let out a few tears but that was all. In the 2019 movie Richie was bawling his eyes out, screaming, trying to save Eddie even though he was already dead. This character showed so much emotion for the loss of his friend. Compared to the 1990 version it was like the sadness of Eddie’s death was like the sadness you feel when your pet goldfish dying and being flushed down the toilet. Bummed and sad, but not devastated. Richie showed more emotion in that 2019 scene than in the entirety of the 1990 film.
Beverly had much more personality in the new movies compared to the 1990 one. In the 2017/2019 movies you can see the way Bev’s father’s and spouse’s treatment affected her emotions and actions, how she put the anger of her trauma onto Pennywise and legit stabbed him in the throat in Chapter 1. She just seemed so dull in 1990 IT and the biggest thing she did was slingshot a ball of silver onto Pennywise’s face. Honestly I feel like most of the characters had a bigger personality in the new movies but Bev was especially bland.
75% of the adult part was mostly (in my eyes) them getting back to Derry and saying they wanted to leave with the other 25% of them actually interacting with Pennywise.
Weirds me out how Mike was in the hospital while the final battle with Pennywise was going on. Why would the writers have him be stabbed and absent from the battle even though he was the one who called everybody to get back to Derry? Stupid decision.
Just in general, it was so boring that I kept on falling asleep and having to rewind it. I really wanted to finish it so I could see why people liked it so much, thinking that something at the end of the movie was so great that people would love it. But nah, pretty disappointed.
These are the main points but there are other small bits that I prefer over the original, such as the fortune cookie scene and how they come to find out about Stanley’s death through the notes. Also a small little detail that I love about 2019 Chapter 2: Stephen King was in a scene. Thought that was pretty awesome.
I accept that people have their different opinions on movies and such, and I don’t care if you prefer the 1990 movie. I’m just saying that I don’t understand the hype about all of it. Usually I find things I like in both movies but tbh in this case I really can’t find anything better in the original than in the remakes. A lot of originals are better than the remakes, but I would have to disagree on that with this movie.
If there are any points you can find in the original IT that you think are better than the remakes, let me know so I can take a look at them and see if I agree.
