"Nothing like a little fear to make a paper man crumble"

Rating: 6/10 (20 February 2020)

I was first introduced to Stephen Kings IT back in the 90s when I was a kid watching the IT mini series on VHS and after seeing Tim Curry's performance as Pennywise the Clown from that point on I had a fear of Clowns.
Now if your like me and you watched the original mini series back in the 90s then chances are your not really going to enjoy this remake as much as the original and not because it's a bad movie or even a bad adaptation of the book it's just different from the original mini series mainly because the mini series was more quiet and intense it's budget was nothing compared to movies in the modern day and it was developed for television so the violence and bad language had to be very minimal so instead we got a slow and interesting story that built up fear with clever writing and short but intense scenes with pennywose as he terrorised the losers club in dark often comedic ways so when pennywise finally attacked the losers club it was scary to watch as he showed his teeth ready to feast on them.
IT 2017 follows the same storyline as the original give or take a few minor changes to the story as an excuse to fill it full of 80s nostalgic references and call backs the movie also uses a lot of CGI which is disappointing the scenes that do use practical effects look good but just there's so few of them to enjoy but the main issue I had with the movie is just how unnecessarily loud and in your face the scene's with Pennywise are there's no real tension in the scenes with Pennywise and the losers club he just runs at them shouting and drooling at the mouth while typical jump scare music and children's voices play very loudly over what is supposed to be a scary scene when really all it does is give you a headache and makes you blink a lot from all the flashing it's pretty funny that with all today's modern technology they can't make a single horror movie that is actually scary and practical for a new generation this is the norm and they will enjoy the movie but if you were around in the 80s and 90s it just makes you wish you could go back to the days when horror movies were actually scary and innovative.
With all that being said the movie is still well shot and is very colourful and makes good use of modern day camera technology to give us a great looking film.
All the actors involved really do their best and all give a fantastic performance they all do a great job giving their characters individual personalities and quirks Bill Skarsgard is ok as Pennywise at least for a new generation but for me and a lot of other people Tim Curry will always be Pennywise and will always be the reason I am scared of real clowns.
I recommend watching this movie at least once because it isn't a bad movie but just don't go into it expecting it to be a upgrade to the original mini series because you will be very disappointed.