Way to overhyped

Rating: 7/10 (30 August 2019)

I wasn't that enthousiastic when i heard about the IT reboot in the first place, untill they started to hype it up with the teasers. No matter how much i dislike remakes and unnecesarry reboots (or reimaginings) i just wanted to have a look at it myself, first of all i grew up with the original IT starring the great Tim Curry as Pennywise. That movie chilled me to the bone and still horrifies me after all these years, so my first reaction to Bill Skarsgard's version of good old Pennywise was... Is this suposed to be frightening, they did a good job making the whole outfit look like it's vintage. But what's with the large forhead, he almost looks child like, i must say that Skarsgard did a good job on his performance, he has a few good moments. But to say that he outclassed Curry's performance, no way. Second of all they could've done it without the CGI, they should've used more practical effects. The IT reboot fails when it comes to character development, the kids are alright but they are no match for the original child actors who actualy expressed fear and dread while witnessing the horrors Penny had in store for them. There's also a great lack of the authentic tension i felt watching the Original, i could go on and on about it but you just have to figure it out yourself.