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Curry was fantastic. I thought the kid actors did a great job. The first half was fine. But the second half...well, even though the actors were decent actors, they mostly did a suck-egg job. Unfortunately for me, bless his soul, I thought John Ritter was horrible in his role. Especially when he was bragging about being tough now that he was grown up and fit. I didn't like Dennis Christopher in this, although I consider him a fine actor. I thought Harry Anderson was miscast in it. The only ones I liked were Annette O'Toole (gotten mention the hot red-haired woman first!), Richard Thomas (although he was only okay here) and Tim Reid. And, in the second half, Tim Curry was great again. Olivia Hussey had a smallish role as Richard Thomas' wife, and the ending was too sped up. The
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confrontation of the adults finally defeating IT for good, was horrible. The effects were horrible (even for 1990), especially when IT reveals itself in its real form and it's supposed to be some sort of giant spider, per King's novel, albeit an ancient alien spider. It was stop-motion and fake-looking in the extreme. And it's gigantic at first, then all of a sudden it's human size, with no explanation, and the adults just push it over real easily and beat it to mush. Just not thought out and really rushed. A big disappointment.
confrontation of the adults finally defeating IT for good, was horrible. The effects were horrible (even for 1990), especially when IT reveals itself in its real form and it's supposed to be some sort of giant spider, per King's novel, albeit an ancient alien spider. It was stop-motion and fake-looking in the extreme. And it's gigantic at first, then all of a sudden it's human size, with no explanation, and the adults just push it over real easily and beat it to mush. Just not thought out and really rushed. A big disappointment.
Even though I admire the actors that were in the second half, I hope the filmmakers for the current duology will take their time and hire excellent actors that are right for the parts instead of TV sitcom actors, as fine in their respective shows as they were.
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