Don't judge a movie by it's past...

Rating: 9/10 (2 April 2020)

Don't judge a movie by its predecessor. And do not judge this movie by the original It movie. I loved the original it. It is literally the only movie in my lifetime to actually scare me, and it does scare me. It scares the life out of me. I was not very old when it came out and I saw it, only 10, but it scared me so much that it lasted well I to my adult years. And I LOVE horror movies. I watch all of the horror movies that I can possibly come by, and none of them have scared me. The only movie to truly horrify me is the original Tim Curry version of It. The last time that I was able to watch it in ends entirety was when I was 20 years old. I am now almost 33 as I am watching the second installment of the remake. if you are capable, completely remove your expectations based on the old movie. There is nothing that could ever or will ever come close to the amount of insane horror that movie brings, and I can't explain why. With that being said, love these new movies were pretty darn good. They stood true to the old movie, while adding some pretty interesting aspects. It's true, that pennywise was not as scary as Tim Curry was able to make him be, but these movies added an emotional depth that the old movie lacked. yes, the old movie made us feel things, but this movie made us feel a whole lot more for the characters. It wasn't just horror it was romance and drama and love and sadness and anguish and everything that somebody could possibly feel all wrapped up into one tiny horrifying clown bundle. I am sad to say, and this is why this movie is not a 10 and is instead a 9, that the clown himself and all of his monstrosity is did not terrify me the way that they are original pennywise dead. Maybe that is just me, and anyone like me who was subject to the original torture. I am not afraid of monsters, and so therefore the only time my bad dreams have ever scared me has been when they are of pennywise the clown. the original. Tim Curry, the most terrifying clown I have ever known.