- It (1990) – 6/10
I’ve never understood how anyone can sit through this entire series at once. The first part is okay, although even that is marred by awful and distracting flashbacks, but the second part is almost unwatchable. If Tim Curry weren’t in this, I don’t think anyone would even remember it.
Yup.
At least the original clown looks scary though. The new one does not. Clowns are scary because it’s a grown person going over the top to look “fun for kids!”. The new one is trying to look creepy. It don’t work that way with clowns.
He looks a lot less creepy but his actions are a lot more unsettling than Tim Curry’s. As much as I love his performance, Tim Curry is genuinely quite funny and amusing in parts of the miniseries. I thought the new clown costume looked pretty good particularly in the broad daylight scenes and the Niebolt house in the remake though. The promotional images didn’t do him justice. I still prefer the Curry costume overall though.