Finally Saw the New "IT"

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Tonight my boyfriend and I finally got to see the new IT. I really liked it. Although Tim Curry will always be Pennywise the Clown to me, I think Bill Skarsgård did an excellent job portraying the character. The new movie is more engaging than the old miniseries and, in my opinion, a lot more scary. The old one didn't scare me at all, even as a kid, but this one got my heart beating a little harder than usual in a few places. The kids in it all did a great job portraying their characters and it made me feel nostalgic for my own childhood, since this version takes place in the '80s, when I was a kid, rather than the '50s like the old one did (as well as in the book.) I hope that the second movie is as good as the first half, because as a kid I hated the second half of the miniseries. It was boring and didn't really hold my attention. I think that this newer version did a better job at making me believe that there was an ancient evil terrorizing the town and also did a better job showing how it was messing with the kids' heads and playing off their fears. Anyway, if you were considering seeing this movie or were unsure about seeing it, I say give it a go. It is a bit gorier and more violent than the old version with Tim Curry, as obviously that one had to be tamed down for '90s television. But it wasn't unnecessarily gory or anything. I still won't be having nightmares from IT, as I am not afraid of clowns and never have been. But I'm sure my brother and sister, both who were afraid of IT, would be even more traumatized by this adaptation, so if you have a lifelong fear of clowns due to the old movie, then I'd recommend not seeing IT.