In an interview, Curry said that the kid playing Georgie once said “Mr Curry, your scaring me” when working on the sewer scene. Curry then responded, “Well I guess I’m doing a good job then”
"This story takes place in Maine, where everybody has a checkered past, bullies make up half the population, and cheesy lightning effects reign supreme" Joke's on you. That's an accurate description of Maine.
Lynx Productions I know, that's why I replied with a counter instead of getting upset or something. You meet shitty people everywhere you go including Maine. The water is totally murky here but country well water is tasty, the city water tastes like garbage.
Fun fact: The little girl that was killed by IT in the opening? She played Ashley, one of the two unfortunate tanning bed deaths, in Final Destination 3.
@Go Time Now Is that all you have? I mean sure I give you credit for *trying* but your little "right back U psycho" means nothing to me...because yes, yes I am and you better watch your back. (Had to edit in your shit grammar)
@Go Time Now I call you a dumbass because you feel the need to call a horror fan a "Psycho" you simply are a dumbass if you truly believe that. And I say "is that all you have" because all you responded with was shit grammar.
I just realized why Beverly is scared of blood. Blood in the restroom is representative of becoming a "woman" and with her creepier of a father,that's what she's most afraid of.
The actors of child and adult Beverly did mention that in the recap on the first it movie and that she was scared of what her dad would have done if he found out his daughter was on her period an well.... Considering what he tried to do.... I DON'T WANNA KNOW WHAT HE'D DO TO HER
Give credit to the people in the background of the library, 'cause they have to keep a straight face while Tim Curry, in a clown costume, is making jokes and having the time of his life 😂
oh hey its a beautiful tim curry out tonight- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
+dekade325 I love how through out this review Critic gets drunker and drunker. (Grammer who needs it) Also this is the first Halloween video I've seen from him. It has a special place in my autistic heart.
Hey, they said he was talented enough, but the college said he lacked... vision when painting humans. He was incredibly talented with scenery and architecture, but terrible with detailing humans. Really shows what kind of man he would became...
@@kevinmorrice Bill skarsgard pennywise is MUCH more scarier then Tim Curry pennywise..... honestly I don't get how Tim Curry pennywise was scary he was more goofy
Wasn't the idea that there is a certain fog that replaces the memories of Derry, so when they do come in contact with something from Derry, the memories kinda rush back unimpeded? That's the way I remember it. I could be wrong though. It's been years. Overall, I can definitely cut this miniseries some slack considering the other adaptations of King's work.
It's not that there's a misterious fog ereasing people's minds and they only remember when Derry comes in contact with them. Everybody that stays in town knows very well the cyclical horror that Derry is cursed to live. They just block that from their minds, as if nothing happens, leaving it to the kids to fight the evil on their own. When the boys from the Loser's Club got old, they blocked themselves the memories of the horror, putting a "fog" on all their childhood. They live they adult lifes with a deep pain lurking in their psyches, making them unable to have healthy lifes and relationships. And only when they are forced to come back and fight It, they remember ALL that happened to them, and they confront the suffering and traumas that they had to go through when as kids. It's then when the boys finally learn to become adults, and move on with their lifes.
Xavi R Gotcha. Couldn’t really remember. That also gives a fairly adequate reason for the flashbacks as ptsd sufferers really can’t control them either.
Hey you know what else has killed people, I'll tell you THIS 💥🔫 That's right hold still I'm gonna shoot all five of you 💥🔫 That's it you're going down Dakota Fanning Not the actress the, the YOU! 💥🔫 Yeah you better run
@@dereknight861 Actually, he WAS helping! He's brilliant in that scene. In fact, I just did a YT search just to find that scene again b/c it's so funny!
And the mechanical way he was moving his left arm & then later when he was spinning that noisemaker & looking from side to side with that demented smile on his face was HILARIOUS!! And he made that poor guy yell at that librarian so she could hear him over all the noise, when for her, there WAS NO noise (& no blood on his face or on anyone else)! He was just yelling like a lunatic for no reason.
You watch the "Tim Curry: Laughing Legend" supercut if you haven't already, it shows off all the different layers of his iconic laugh from various (live-action) films and shows he's been in. :)
Reciting bird name does actually make sense. Concentration exercises, like list the names of birds from memory, actually scares off monsters in a lot of stories. A bit of mind over matter. By thinking of something more mundane, he’s reducing his stress levels and lessening how scared a situation is. And since Pennywise feeds off their fear, not being scared would weaken him. The mummy thing is still stupid
@Alfredo der Analtorpedo IT shows it's true form, but we as 3 dimensional beings can't perceive it as such. It would be like a 2 dimensional creature seeing a 3 dimensional shape. Or to be a bit more humble. It would be like us trying to see a 4th dimensional object. We wouldn't be able to understand it. There would be an object, but we wouldn't see it as it truly is. This is because IT is actually the dead lights which lives in the Macroverse. You can find out more by reading IT and The Dark Towers.
Nick Bell he either already knew about it or found out about it on a later date because that very plot point is talked about in another one of his Stephen King reviews.
R.I.P Harry Anderson, the man that played Adult Richie. Besides that, he was known for his hilarious role on the show Night Court, his cameos on Cheers, and his unique and incredibly funny comedy/magic shows. He will be missed.
Old NC is far better than New NC, especially when it came to the “It” review. Using his terrible skits and animation skills for an “It” review just slandered the good movies. New Pennywise is scary, not stupid. The CGI works very well in a movie about a spiritual shape shifter. The acting is very good. If he’s going to criticize a movie in a video, play the actual scene.
@@babywolfg In today’s times, comedy doesn’t exist. I think Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, & Jimmy Kimmel are an absolute joke. When “Nostalgia Critic” started in 2007, it was a better time.
You'd be surprised at how many deny that existence in the book. I really like the TV version of IT more than the book. The whole sex scenes for no real reason is really weird. And for some reason people seem to forget it exists.
yeah... the scene of which you are speaking is one of those "why, mr. king? why did you think that was a good idea? was it the cocaine? i think it was the cocaine." moments.
According to my dad, building a dam is a thing poor country kids used to do during the summers for fun. Mainly because it doesn't cost money and it's kinda cool
Hey don't knock it. Trying to build an effective damn to turn a stream into a swimming pool or boating pool is awesome. You learn to solve some practical problems, too.
On a more serious note: I think the reason this movie was so scary in childhood, was because of the whole "only-the-children-see-IT", with the parents being totally blind to what's going on. It plays a lot on the terror of not being believed by your parents or trusted adults around you, being left to fend for yourself as a helpless child. I thought the child actors were fantastic at portraying the sheer disbelief in those scenes, as well as the complete and utter betrayal when their parents acted as if everything is fine, or even worse, threw abuse at them for being "liars" etc. That's why I loved IT as a kid. :)
The scary thing is I saw a static image of Pennywise once bob across the mirror. I was watching Avatar the Last Airbender while it happened. It had to be a hallucination but not sure what caused it. I then slept with my sisters upstairs that night.
What the fuck?! No I meant slept as in the same bed we didn't sex the fuck?! This was like when I was Elementary School did not even know about sex back then. Talk about assumptions.
LOL! Reminds me of a great exchange I had with someone while watching The shawshank redemption. He's like "Everyone says the 50's was way more racist, how were their only like four black guys in this jail? I said "Well since their's only about eight black guys in Maine, I'd say that's pretty horrific that half of them are in jail"
Before I was born, a Black family moved into the neighborhood and my family was the only one who would even talk to them and be friendly. The neighbors stopped talking to our family because of that.
3:50 Trust me, you don't want the ACTUAL origins of Pennywise told to you. Taking away all mystery to a horror movie monster is one of the worst things you can do (ahem, Alien: Covenant) and Pennywise's is utterly ridiculous. I think Mr. King was on 3 types of crack when he wrote it. Apparently he's like a cosmic entity that is at war with the turtle who created the universe, and who's true form is orange light that makes ya spooked I guess.
"Apparently he's like a cosmic entity that is at war with the turtle who created the universe, and who's true form is orange light that makes ya spooked I guess" bro what kinda of ganja does one smoke to come up with this shit ?
Tyrant Lizard King whoah whoah. So what the leatherhead knockoff in his maximum overdrive review was explaining the backstory minus tmnt was actually right?!
Tyrant Lizard King To be fair it's not actually orange light, but more accurately it's something our human minds can't comprehend, and would go insane if we tried to, so for the one scene that bill sees it he perceives it as some wiggly orange thing that glows, be he only saw it for like 2 seconds. Any longer and he would have gone insane.
Also, I'm ust gonna assume the giant spider was what the wife was scared of, cause seriously, fighting the clown in his clown form would have been better.
It's funny I'm from Maine and that penny wise is always trying to bring me and my pals in the sewer. Plus we all build dams for fun. Stephen King nailed this one
5:22 Just out of curiosity, did EVERY bully in this time period try to murder other kids/hurt them with knives, or is it just something made up in movies?
+AuroraKnux My first NC review was Care Bares In Wonderland. At first i thought he was just commenting and as i kept watching it i ended up laughing my ass off. I love Nostalgia Critic and I'm glad Channel Awesome is now on TH-cam. Despite the copy right claims, because Blip was shit.
Now that you mention it, I could easily see them working Pennywise into the opening of the Goosebumps tv show. Probably somewhere between the billboard and the dog :P
Wait I thought the point of the book was that the evil was in the people and maybe the IT was even the actual people of the town. That's one of the reasons why they don't react to the blood.............................
I didnt really get that from the book, but that would definitely would have helped me like it more when I was reading it. I dont know, I just didnt like the overexcessive detail, sex scenes, the orgy, the cosmic turtle, It being from space. It was just fucking weird for me.
FccRuinedAmerica andtheentireworld IT wasn’t from space though. IT was from outside our universe. And IT is an actual being. It provides prosperity to the town and the town ignores IT.
so, you arent 100% wrong, in derry things are a lot worse, and IT being their, sways them to be more mean and evil, IT also makes them not see things, like in the book a guy goes into a bar and slaughters half of it, but the other half doesnt even notice it until the cops show up. so like.... IT affects the town, but its not the town. if you want more info, let me know, I did take the time to read the book, and I can help clarify more things
I think one way you could make the balloons scary is if every time they pop, a child's scream can be heard like when the balloon popped next to Mike. It could imply that they scream because they contain the souls of the countless victims that were taken by Pennywise. I don't know if it work, but it could be worth a shot.
This movie has a special part in my heart. I have had a stutter since a really bad car accident as a kid. This movie was one of the first where i felt like i wasnt alone .
"Oh! Fat kids are hot! Tell me about your boy tits!" OMFG, that had me ROLLING. This is my first episode, and I can't wait to see more! I hope you do an episode for the new movie, if you haven't yet.
@@seanshogun1957 Actually, Tim Curry played both the clown in Stephen King's It and Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which "I'M JUST A SWEET TRANSVESTITE" was a reference to.
I was expecting this movie to be scary, but I ended up laughing so much, lmao. The bird book thing fuckin killed me, along with the dramatic reactions, Pennywise appearing on the moon, that dog headed monster, that bully getting sucked into a pipe, one of the guys confessing he's still a virgin before facing Pennywise, the 3 seperate times someone dropped a glass out of shock, someone's last words to a dear friend being "spaghetti man", the poorly incorporated stop motion spider monster, etc. 10/10
Despite plot holes, poor acting, and "so bad it's funny" moments I've noticed in adulthood, I still find IT to be one of Stephen King's best stories conceptually and psychologically. I'd like to share my thoughts on some of the criticisms in the video, but these are only my opinions and not intended as an attack on Nostalgia Critic. Feedback is welcome: 1. The balloons are not meant to be threats but represent Pennywise's presence and influence, his trademark like playing cards are for Joker. Batman dislikes seeing that card because he knows what it could mean, like these still traumatized adults react towards balloons. They emphasize the mental scars and paranoia instilled in the characters. I agree it is overused, but it's part of the film's tone, that sense of colorful innocence hiding a deeper personal dread that only those who have seen IT can relate to. 2. Pennywise toys with his victims because that's part of how IT feeds. Unlike some, whom he eats to gain strength, what provides the most savory flavor and power for IT is fear. In Jeepers Creepers, the monster similarly lets the protagonists get away several times because the chase makes their fear grow more ripe. Pennywise harassing the main kids is part of his plan to make them progressively more afraid and therefore delicious until he chooses to eat them at the best moment. What he didn't count on was them overcoming their fears and fighting back, since no one had likely challenged IT that way before. 3. What makes Pennywise scary isn't how he acts but what he's capable of. Like Kayako, he can be anywhere at anytime, almost inescapable. Like Freddy Krueger, he uses fears as weapons and disguises, making the thought of where he might emerge next maddening. Facing something that defies reality is terrifying. Like an Anglerfish in darkness, the clown is a mere lure of "dead lights" to attract prey. These kids, little fish, came to understand what that light means and swam away for years. Eventually however, they tired of running, united as a group, tore off the lure, and ripped that Anglerfish's heart out. 4. When Beth recalls how "something was wrong with Derry" and Billy mentions, "This whole town's IT in some way", they didn't mean literally that everyone was in on it. People seeing injustice or pain and choosing to ignore or do little about it is what was wrong. It's a society where people are too isolated and self interested to care much about each other, which is not a mindset a community can survive on. This made it easy for Pennywise to hide in plain sight. The adults were content ignoring the idea of evil or anything that interrupted their way of life. Even the cops, when investigating Georgie's murder, acted largely desensitized because that had become the town's "normal". They would all prefer to act as if such things never happened. From a social perspective, this is actually a clever commentary on how we often do the same when faced with tragedy or adversity. Why do many change the channel when the news discusses negative subjects or see a fight and walk away? Because that's human instinct, which Derry made a lifestyle out of embracing. What makes a community is when people see something bad or someone in need and choose to make an effort when no one else will (Calling 911, yelling for help, intervening yourself, etc), a foreign concept to the grown ups of Derry. The kids joined together because they only had each other to rely on, which ironically motivated them to eventually break the "Derry Curse" and love one another for who they were, in effect growing into better people.
+Keith Harris Right. It's a 1,000 pages and impossible to cram all of the symbolism in to a short movie. I liked the film okay. The part with the kids was great, but the adult actors seemed bored to hell.
+Keith Harris Responding in the same amiable spirit, no insult intended; 1: Fair enough, but, as you say, it's overused. 2: While he might feed that way it's still pretty foolish to keep playing that game when he was under threat. He might not have noticed they were banding together to fight him as kids when their doing it as adults he is clearly aware on them and knows that they are a threat. Under such circumstances continuing to wind them up to make the meal better is dangerous, better to have a less satisfying meal than risk dying. 3: Sure, but the performance in the film is tough to take seriously. He's just so goofy. You mentioned Freddy Krueger, which is a good example. The character was genuinely scary early on but then became a bit of a joke, with too many puns and too much quirky humour. With Pennywise (in the series at least) he starts out a bit too funny to take seriously. 4: Again this is not a fault in concept but rather in execution. The idea you're describing is a good one but the series did not explain it very well, making it look like it was "that guy didn't help so the whole town is evil." Basically apart from 2 the problem is not that the story and concepts are bad so much as the series (perhaps unsurprisingly, given time constraints) fails to portray these concepts sufficiently for those of us who haven't read to book to grasp them. That said I'm glad I read your comment, since the story is more interesting to me now that I do grasp it's point. I may pick up the book sometime. When I get through the hundred or so books I already have waiting...
GriffinPilgrim Very well thought out, and thanks. I enjoy discussing different viewpoints without it becoming a heated argument. I haven't read the book myself, but did read about it online over the years and gained a better understanding of the film's tactics and message. While I agree that the execution of many concepts from the book don't translate well, I still appreciate what it tried to do and how it managed to create a character embodying the "Don't judge by the cover" mindset rather than being scary simply because he's a clown. The first King movie I really got into was Pet Semetary, I own the book now. I'm currently reading Cell, which I hope they do a good job with in the upcoming 2016 film. Considering that it stars John Cusack and Samuel Jackson, who I thought both did great in 1408, I'm confident that they'll pull this next one off as long as the writing holds up. Fingers crossed :)
Keith Harris Well, when are Cusack and Jackson not good? Even in bad films they're good. On the It film it was by no means bad, just rather wonky in places. A longer series, something in the Game Of Thrones line, might have worked better, given time to explore the concepts, but they just didn't make things like that back then.
GriffinPilgrim I would love to see a 1-2 season TV series based on one of King's works, that would be awesome with the right story. I don't know about Game of Thrones' length though. From what I've heard, it's been dragging a little lately, partially due to the adaptable material from the books running out. I don't think the show is bad of course, just in my opinion overextending itself. It should find a solid climax to resolve everything soon before fans start feeling like it doesn't know how to end.
yeah but like.. the clown killed Georgie, he didn't have to drive him crazy. The clown killed a bunch of other people, both in chapter 1 and 2, never having to drive none of them crazy- so it's not about that. And even if it was, why ? It's not like with ghosts, where ghosts can't kill you cause they're not well, physically present. This clown is 100% real. And he doesn't get stronger each time he kills someone either, or scares them, so just.. WHY
What the last two people said, plus - supposedly IT has a true form that humans can't comprehend that would, like a Lovecraftian horror, drive them to instant insanity if they saw it. So.....why doesn't it just reveal its true form to bring on that horror and insanity then eat them?
22:10"I looked into his deadlights."(WeirdBassDrum.mp3) "You looked into his deadlights???"(TaDaaa!.mp3) "I looked into his deadlights!"(Rooster.mp3) And there's me. On the floor. Dying of laughter.
"Who would ever think balloons were scary?" Now that the new IT movie is coming out, during one of the first airings someone released a balloon in the movie theater and everyone started freaking out
I really don't understand why people are scared of clowns I saw this version of it when I was 4 or 5 and dood it still looks cheesy like I remember it. It's a lot funnier though Tim Curry is funny but yeah people fearing this movie and the new one is retarded
It's pretty clear Doug doesn't like this movie all that much, but I wish he could have included mention of my favorite thing in this movie; "He thrusts his fists against the post, and still insists he sees the ghosts." (try saying that 5 times fast) I love this saying so much.
On the DVD commentary track, the actors and actresses note that Tim Curry's characterization of Pennywise was so creepy and realistic that everyone avoided him during the filming. In the novel, Beverly makes love to all of "The Lucky Seven", but Tommy Lee Wallace omitted it from this mini-series because it was just something that didn't ring true to him. Jonathan Brandis and John Ritter both died in 2003. Brandis hanged himself, while Ritter suffered an unexpected, fatal aortic dissection. Richard Masur only appeared in three scenes. This mini-series came out in 1990, the same year that Bill Skarsgård was born. Skarsgård played Pennywise in It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019). In the novel, the group is not referred to as "The Lucky Seven". They call themselves "The Losers' Club". John Ritter was a huge Stephen King fan. In the novel, Eddie Kaspbrak lives with his wife Myra, not his mother. The American rock band Pennywise took its name from the character. Harry Anderson (Richie Tozier) died on April 16, 2018, the same week Bill Hader entered talks to play Richie Tozier in It Chapter Two (2019). Tim Curry is not in the last fifteen minutes of this mini-series. All 7 actors portraying the adult versions of "The Losers' Club" have either been nominated for or won either an Emmy or a Golden Globe. Tom Rogan has a much bigger part in the novel. He chases Beverly to Derry where Pennywise tries to get him to kill "The Lucky Seven". He eventually dies from shock after seeing the Deadlights.
A friend of mine who grew up in Maine refuses to see IT (either version) not because she's scared of clowns but because, and I quote, "I escaped that small town Maine bullshit for a reason. I don't need to be reminded of it."
I just ordered the book on amazon, I heard some of it on audiobook and um it's literally shity ramblings of a coke fiend. I can't wait to read this bull shit.
Michelle Warns it's religion that relies on insitutions, places of worship and a hierarchy, as opposed to just making it your personal thing and worshipping as you see fit. BTW I'd thought King was an atheist too, but I read an interview where he said he chose to be a believer for the psychological comfort it brings, but that doesn't mean he doesn't notice all the bullshit that's going on with organized religions. That's why he likes picking on the priests for their hyporcisy so much.
I know it sounds ridiculous, but there actually is a thing called globophobia, which is a fear of balloons. So this movie must be terrifying to those with it.
This is one of the few times I disagree with Doug. Granted, I fully admit, Tim Curry is not scary. Heck, nothing in this particular adaptation is scary. But to me, the relations between the kids and the adults felt genuinely real, Tim Curry is pretty funny, not to mention memorable, and it cut out a lot of the creepy stuff from the book. It's kind of a guilty pleasure, but I don't think it's that bad.
Same here. Finished re-watching it two days back and had a ball with it. It never could have been completely scary due to ABC being lax still then on violence and all but they managed to make it decently creepy especially in the first half. Wallace and the DOP did a great job with the camera angles and the tension building. Second half felt more lazy on all ends but it's still fun enough besides the final fight that was kinda silly honestly. But for a ABC post War and Remembrance mini series it was really good, especially compared to the rest of that era. ABC wasted so much money on W&R that they really scaled back on them. However you don't see that in this one.
I think when you're a kid and horrors still new to you the concepts can do of the heavy lifting and on paper, on a conceptual level Pennywise and what he is and does is terrifying.
25:23 "Boy, this chick really gets around doesn't she? I mean, I think she's literally felt up every single person in this group Me: *reads book* oh, Ummmmmmmm...... yeah
I think the reason that the balloons are "scary" is that they are supposed to represent the fact that pennywise can be anywhere and do whatever he wants, meaning that he can kill them, or anyone, whenever he wants
I'm usually not super into remakes, but thank God the new IT remake kicked so much ass! Perfect amount of horror and humour. Loved all the characters, even the over the top ones.
![ILLSLICK - KILLSHOT REMIX [FULL VERSION]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/RIK8RrqIAzE/mqdefault.jpg)
FOUR MILLION VIEWS!!! Who is ready for this year's Nostalgiaween?
Channel Awesome I am
WHAHA WHAHA WHAHA!
If you review it chapter 2 you gotta acknowledge the fangirls and pennywise sexy appeal XD
We getting a It chapter 2 review.
Wow you just happened to pin this just as start watching
In an interview, Curry said that the kid playing Georgie once said “Mr Curry, your scaring me” when working on the sewer scene. Curry then responded, “Well I guess I’m doing a good job then”
For real😂
I hope that reply was accompanied by the same shit-eating grin he flashed Culkin in Home Alone 2.
Something tells me those two got along and a blast filming that scene together
@@SunnysFilms Yes
Curry 😂
Isn't "sticks and stones may break my bones but first you gotta throw'em" kind of a badass comeback to someone threatening you?
For sure!
It honestly is xD
The best.
Smart 100
But what if they have a stick and a stone?
"This story takes place in Maine, where everybody has a checkered past, bullies make up half the population, and cheesy lightning effects reign supreme"
Joke's on you. That's an accurate description of Maine.
That's ridiculous, there's a black kid in It, there's no black people in Maine
As someone who has visited Maine I can tell you the water is crap too and that's why everyone is so horrible.
Lynx Productions
Everyone in Maine isn't horrible, they're pretty down to earth folks. For horrible people you want New York.
Elfin Dreamer That was a joke Maine actually wasn't that bad (water was but that's it) but yes I'm sure New York is as bad as they say
Lynx Productions
I know, that's why I replied with a counter instead of getting upset or something. You meet shitty people everywhere you go including Maine. The water is totally murky here but country well water is tasty, the city water tastes like garbage.
Fun fact: The little girl that was killed by IT in the opening? She played Ashley, one of the two unfortunate tanning bed deaths, in Final Destination 3.
The actress was born to die a horrible death in movies
Jonathan Brandis committed suicide in the early 2000s.
@Go Time Now Is that all you have? I mean sure I give you credit for *trying* but your little "right back U psycho" means nothing to me...because yes, yes I am and you better watch your back.
(Had to edit in your shit grammar)
@Go Time Now I call you a dumbass because you feel the need to call a horror fan a "Psycho" you simply are a dumbass if you truly believe that. And I say "is that all you have" because all you responded with was shit grammar.
@Go Time Now and when I do call you out on your bullshit, you get all defensive... because you know you are incorrect.
"I remember 'IT' so you don't have to"
😅😅😅😅
FourthDerivative nice pun,dude^ _ ^
FourthDerivative Fucker
Ha
FourthDerivative Goddammit Barb!
I just realized why Beverly is scared of blood. Blood in the restroom is representative of becoming a "woman" and with her creepier of a father,that's what she's most afraid of.
That actually makes sense.
The final trailer for "It: Chapter 2" seems to agree with that.
This is true
Sure
The actors of child and adult Beverly did mention that in the recap on the first it movie and that she was scared of what her dad would have done if he found out his daughter was on her period an well.... Considering what he tried to do.... I DON'T WANNA KNOW WHAT HE'D DO TO HER
"Sticks and stone may break my bones, but first you gotta throw them!" I want that on a T-shirt!
Shark robot. T-shirt design site.
You can make it happen. I'd buy one
I'll take mine in a hoodie
Same
@@LordOfBagels117 I'd buy that for a dollar
Give credit to the people in the background of the library, 'cause they have to keep a straight face while Tim Curry, in a clown costume, is making jokes and having the time of his life 😂
I don’t know how I’d keep a straight face that’s for sure 😂😂😂
And the guy playing Richie is the only one who's allowed to react to Tim.
@@questworldiangreenknight7455same here
Id be Busting out laughing between Takes
Tim curry deserves a lifetime achievement Oscar.
Sure as hell! The man is a treasure
I ruined the 444 likes 😈😈
so true !!!
The way things are going it's better to give him one before it's too late.
Actualy they hold hands so they will stick together and know if 1 is taken
oh hey its a beautiful tim curry out tonight-
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
NOPE (RUNS) NOPE!
( jumps in the copper) lets get out of here!
me:DIE! (kills it)
+dekade325 I love how through out this review Critic gets drunker and drunker. (Grammer who needs it) Also this is the first Halloween video I've seen from him. It has a special place in my autistic heart.
IT'S EVIL!!!!!! (hiding) KILL IT !
"Easier to get into than arts college"
Heh, try telling Hitler that.
I am dying of laughter here because that is the EXACT thought that popped in to my head when he said that!
Next thing you know Critic pulls out a gun and yells "Heil Hitlah!!" XD
Hey, they said he was talented enough, but the college said he lacked... vision when painting humans. He was incredibly talented with scenery and architecture, but terrible with detailing humans. Really shows what kind of man he would became...
+Darkest Night I am also bad at paiting humans......*gasp*, I am next Hitler@
+Glorious Slovan Untermensch
He wasn't "bad" per say, he just missed details. Like, super detailed clothing and hair, but bland face and skin.
The part about the clown staring at Eddie awkwardly in the shower scene gets me everytime. It's so funny.
Tim Curry’s Pennywise laugh is the best laugh in cinematic history
Mark hamills joker
@@kevinmorrice Tim Curry's Joker is better
Go watch the new Joaquin Phoenix Joker trailer
@@flucazade mark is one of the longest running jokers
@@kevinmorrice Bill skarsgard pennywise is MUCH more scarier then Tim Curry pennywise..... honestly I don't get how Tim Curry pennywise was scary he was more goofy
these characters have more flashbacks than war veterans
Vaineratom tip of the beanie for you, sir
Wasn't the idea that there is a certain fog that replaces the memories of Derry, so when they do come in contact with something from Derry, the memories kinda rush back unimpeded? That's the way I remember it. I could be wrong though. It's been years.
Overall, I can definitely cut this miniseries some slack considering the other adaptations of King's work.
It's not that there's a misterious fog ereasing people's minds and they only remember when Derry comes in contact with them. Everybody that stays in town knows very well the cyclical horror that Derry is cursed to live. They just block that from their minds, as if nothing happens, leaving it to the kids to fight the evil on their own.
When the boys from the Loser's Club got old, they blocked themselves the memories of the horror, putting a "fog" on all their childhood. They live they adult lifes with a deep pain lurking in their psyches, making them unable to have healthy lifes and relationships.
And only when they are forced to come back and fight It, they remember ALL that happened to them, and they confront the suffering and traumas that they had to go through when as kids. It's then when the boys finally learn to become adults, and move on with their lifes.
Xavi R Gotcha. Couldn’t really remember. That also gives a fairly adequate reason for the flashbacks as ptsd sufferers really can’t control them either.
Vaineratom well now we know where the DC Comics films got their inspiration for their back story sequences, not sure that's a good thing though.....
DUDE THIS DRINKING GAME HAS KILLED PEOPLE
Actually, I almost died from laughing at the ending.
Du de
Wait who liked my reply
aspoonyBead 172 Pun intended?
Hey you know what else has killed people, I'll tell you
THIS
💥🔫
That's right hold still
I'm gonna shoot all five of you
💥🔫
That's it you're going down Dakota Fanning
Not the actress the, the YOU!
💥🔫
Yeah you better run
The most iconic scene:
“Excuse me sir, do you have Prince Albert in a can? You DO? Well, you better let the poor guy out. *WAHA, WAHA, WAHA!*
Director: we have a movie to film here Tim and YOURE REALLY NOT HELPING
@@dereknight861 Actually, he WAS helping! He's brilliant in that scene. In fact, I just did a YT search just to find that scene again b/c it's so funny!
And the mechanical way he was moving his left arm & then later when he was spinning that noisemaker & looking from side to side with that demented smile on his face was HILARIOUS!! And he made that poor guy yell at that librarian so she could hear him over all the noise, when for her, there WAS NO noise (& no blood on his face or on anyone else)! He was just yelling like a lunatic for no reason.
That Prince Albert scene will never stop being funny.
MrRedstone, Whaha, whaha, whaha!
Let him out let him out
It's the "KISS ME FAT BOY" for me 😂
Right? 🤣
DO YOU HAVE PRONCE ALBERT INNA CAN
i live in Maine and i can confirm that there are a lot of cheesy lightning effects here
I guess God's lighting budget ran out when he/she got to building New England.
Alakae haha
369 likes
Haha
WAAHAA
i absolutely adore tim curry's laugh. it's just so amazing. he made an otherwise bland movie not only memorable, but hilarious.
You watch the "Tim Curry: Laughing Legend" supercut if you haven't already, it shows off all the different layers of his iconic laugh from various (live-action) films and shows he's been in. :)
He has that effect
Tim Curry’s laugh was certainly not scary. Our Vice President has a far scarier laugh.
“She’s easier to get into than art collage”
Before reading the book: 🤣
After reading the book: O.O
No shit.
Of course.
I don't get it
You gotta read the book
Some weird stuff goes down
@@alexandertelson3713
There's an orgy scene in the book after they first stop Pennywise as kids
Reciting bird name does actually make sense. Concentration exercises, like list the names of birds from memory, actually scares off monsters in a lot of stories. A bit of mind over matter. By thinking of something more mundane, he’s reducing his stress levels and lessening how scared a situation is. And since Pennywise feeds off their fear, not being scared would weaken him. The mummy thing is still stupid
Yeah I agree completely with you
still dumb
I have a feeling that a _lot_ of stuff like that is easier to make sound sane when you have 400 pages than when you have two hours.
prettyinpink903 ok
Or you can read the actual book you know, it makes more sense.
technically the "spider" isn't it's true form, but it's the closest thing to it's true form the human mind can comprehend, thus it appears as such
Yup
yeah but the miniseries doesn't address that properly enough, so it looks stupid.
And Lovecraft would be like: "Come at me! I made some incomprehensible things for a living!"
So the human mind can only comprehend cheesy stupid crap? That explains a lot of the cinematic remakes nowadays...
@Alfredo der Analtorpedo
IT shows it's true form, but we as 3 dimensional beings can't perceive it as such. It would be like a 2 dimensional creature seeing a 3 dimensional shape.
Or to be a bit more humble. It would be like us trying to see a 4th dimensional object. We wouldn't be able to understand it. There would be an object, but we wouldn't see it as it truly is.
This is because IT is actually the dead lights which lives in the Macroverse. You can find out more by reading IT and The Dark Towers.
"(Bev) really gets around, doesn't she?
Read the book, critic… YOU HAVE NO IDEA!!
Nick Bell pretty sure he does.
We must never talk about that.
I didn't read most of it, and I already know. LOL
THE BOOKS DO NOT MATTER (ding).
Nick Bell he either already knew about it or found out about it on a later date because that very plot point is talked about in another one of his Stephen King reviews.
For those who don't understand 2:15, the 'elephant in the room' is that Jonathan Brandis killed himself at the age of 27.
Damn, really? 😳
Ohhhh, thanks. That makes so much more sense now.
Overdose right? But they deemed it suicide
It really drove him crazy……😢😢
Nah that’s dark
Oh hey it's a beautiful Tim curry out toni-*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*
That part will never not be fucking hilarious
DextremeArrow
DextremeArrow xD
Constructive Historian More like his whole arm.
@@Steventhe2nd "I am the shadow of the moonlit night! Filling your dreams to the brim with fright!"
"He just points at him and call him fat. What a jerk." Lol
Eddie yeah now he's not just a clown he's rude RUDE!
no one likes a rude clown..
I'm calling the police because that clown is really rude
Eddie Is Away he was discriminating fat people
R.I.P Harry Anderson, the man that played Adult Richie. Besides that, he was known for his hilarious role on the show Night Court, his cameos on Cheers, and his unique and incredibly funny comedy/magic shows. He will be missed.
Omg... Finally someone who knows about harry anderson! I loved night court, but nobody else knew about it
Always been a fan of his work but had no idea about the magic career until I started reading Homestuck.
R.I.P. 😢💔🙏🌈
Mostly knew him from Night Court. Loved him as Harry T. Stone. Not so much in this movie. He was a bit annoying.
Him, and John Ritter.
The new nostalgia critic is hilarious but, oh the old nostalgia critic will have a special place in my heart :)
I agree
I remember watching this and thinking "This NEW NC is so good!"
Old NC is far better than New NC, especially when it came to the “It” review. Using his terrible skits and animation skills for an “It” review just slandered the good movies. New Pennywise is scary, not stupid. The CGI works very well in a movie about a spiritual shape shifter. The acting is very good. If he’s going to criticize a movie in a video, play the actual scene.
@@babywolfg In today’s times, comedy doesn’t exist. I think Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah, & Jimmy Kimmel are an absolute joke. When “Nostalgia Critic” started in 2007, it was a better time.
I think that this old NC is better than the new. He was far more expressive and rarely walked on egg shells.
"I think this chick felt up every guy in this group"
* people who read the book sweat loudly *
Jake Engel *nervous laughter*
You'd be surprised at how many deny that existence in the book. I really like the TV version of IT more than the book. The whole sex scenes for no real reason is really weird. And for some reason people seem to forget it exists.
yeah... the scene of which you are speaking is one of those "why, mr. king? why did you think that was a good idea? was it the cocaine? i think it was the cocaine." moments.
He mentions that in the book she bangs all of em to kill the spider thing...
Yes, when they were children. It helped "Increase their power" to fight IT
According to my dad, building a dam is a thing poor country kids used to do during the summers for fun.
Mainly because it doesn't cost money and it's kinda cool
the other ghost girl Wow, living in the country must suck ass
yer dad is a gay
Building a dam is so much fun! Nearly flooded someones house once tho
Hey don't knock it. Trying to build an effective damn to turn a stream into a swimming pool or boating pool is awesome. You learn to solve some practical problems, too.
Hurrah for changing the environment and screwing over nature!
I also flooded my front yard and driveway doing this...
On a more serious note: I think the reason this movie was so scary in childhood, was because of the whole "only-the-children-see-IT", with the parents being totally blind to what's going on. It plays a lot on the terror of not being believed by your parents or trusted adults around you, being left to fend for yourself as a helpless child. I thought the child actors were fantastic at portraying the sheer disbelief in those scenes, as well as the complete and utter betrayal when their parents acted as if everything is fine, or even worse, threw abuse at them for being "liars" etc. That's why I loved IT as a kid. :)
Thought Thinker Well he is the nostalgia critic. It's in the name right?
The scary thing is I saw a static image of Pennywise once bob across the mirror. I was watching Avatar the Last Airbender while it happened. It had to be a hallucination but not sure what caused it. I then slept with my sisters upstairs that night.
Jay M Jesus Christ mate... that's a bit harsh. What did they do to deserve that?!
What the fuck?! No I meant slept as in the same bed we didn't sex the fuck?! This was like when I was Elementary School did not even know about sex back then. Talk about assumptions.
Also Curry was very good I thought, everyone I know are still afraid of clowns bec of this mini and Curry
No matter how many times I see it, the cut of Pennywise awkwardly staring at Eddie in the bathroom always gets me 🤣🤣🤣
The little "And then what happened?" is a quote I use in real life now, lol.
I live in Maine so I can confirm that Mike was not the only Black person in Maine, there was only one other.
LOL! Reminds me of a great exchange I had with someone while watching The shawshank redemption. He's like "Everyone says the 50's was way more racist, how were their only like four black guys in this jail? I said "Well since their's only about eight black guys in Maine, I'd say that's pretty horrific that half of them are in jail"
Before I was born, a Black family moved into the neighborhood and my family was the only one who would even talk to them and be friendly. The neighbors stopped talking to our family because of that.
Lol you're last name is Fernandez, how did that work out? Did you except being a minority or did you tap dance to fit in?
Im a minority myself.
I'm just imagining the Yoda scene in Return of The Jedi when he says "there is another,"
3:50 Trust me, you don't want the ACTUAL origins of Pennywise told to you. Taking away all mystery to a horror movie monster is one of the worst things you can do (ahem, Alien: Covenant) and Pennywise's is utterly ridiculous. I think Mr. King was on 3 types of crack when he wrote it. Apparently he's like a cosmic entity that is at war with the turtle who created the universe, and who's true form is orange light that makes ya spooked I guess.
To be fair, back then King was actually doing a whole bunch of drugs, so that really isn't out of the question.
"Apparently he's like a cosmic entity that is at war with the turtle who created the universe, and who's true form is orange light that makes ya spooked I guess" bro what kinda of ganja does one smoke to come up with this shit ?
Tyrant Lizard King whoah whoah. So what the leatherhead knockoff in his maximum overdrive review was explaining the backstory minus tmnt was actually right?!
And that cosmic entity whom calls themselves Pennywise? It's a girl! Yah, betcha didn't see that one coming!
Tyrant Lizard King To be fair it's not actually orange light, but more accurately it's something our human minds can't comprehend, and would go insane if we tried to, so for the one scene that bill sees it he perceives it as some wiggly orange thing that glows, be he only saw it for like 2 seconds. Any longer and he would have gone insane.
Let's be glad he wasn't playing the Michael Bay drinking game
take a shot for every explosion, scantily clad woman, and stupid one liners.
Dead within the first 10 mins.
Elias Carrillo alcohol poisoning imminent.
Even if you just took shots of water you would just die of overhydration
Elias Carrillo What does the Michael Bay drinking game consist of?
Hey Critic Carrie has a heavy-handed slap against christian fundamentalism. I daresay that calls for another shot...
Jake Hoffman it’s true tho
So does The Mist
He's not reviewing Carrie you tard.
@@fuckTrump-v7j wow your an idiot lol
Nothing good ever came from fundamentalism anyway. I don't see why it shouldn't be made fun of
When the nostalgia critic, showed the balloon with eyeballs it really did kinda creep me out
Also, I'm ust gonna assume the giant spider was what the wife was scared of, cause seriously, fighting the clown in his clown form would have been better.
same
I found it hilarious.
+demonheart13 It's in the book
+demonheart13 Well it's more complicated than that.
It's funny I'm from Maine and that penny wise is always trying to bring me and my pals in the sewer. Plus we all build dams for fun. Stephen King nailed this one
Some times if we aren't killing beavers
Be careful with those psychopath balloons...
*Pennywise*: Hey kid, dontcha want a BALLOON? *You*: OH, PENNYWISE! *(Full House theme plays)*
oh yes
Alexander Grice don't you mean 1 dimensional bullies
5:22 Just out of curiosity, did EVERY bully in this time period try to murder other kids/hurt them with knives, or is it just something made up in movies?
APersonNamedBob bullies probably had knives but I doubt anyone used them
Oh it MUST have happened SOMEWHERE...but 99% of bullies aren't that psycho.
No. Most of the bullies in Stephen King novels are psychopathic and try to kill the main characters.
Mostly
There are 0.0000000000000000001% people back in those days that we’re crazy and psychopathic
"The other kid turns into Billy Idol." I had to pause the video after losing it for about ten minutes!
That whole sequence where Belch gets killed and Henry's hair goes white is straight out of an 80s rock video.
This was one of the first NC reviews I ever saw, and it will always be one of my faves.
My first was his Space Jam review. This and Langoliers are my favorites
+AuroraKnux My first NC review was Care Bares In Wonderland. At first i thought he was just commenting and as i kept watching it i ended up laughing my ass off. I love Nostalgia Critic and I'm glad Channel Awesome is now on TH-cam. Despite the copy right claims, because Blip was shit.
Mine was Jaws 3d
Mine was Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Do you have Prince Albert in a can? YOU DO?! Well you better let the poor guy out! WAHAWAHAWAHAWA
I don't find tim curry scary as It I find him funny mostly because of that part
Wah hah wah hah wah
Didn't know Dr. Frank N. Furter was a comedian.
I unfortunately didn't understand that pun.
@@ArcanineEspeon prince Albert in a can refers to a pipe tobacco branded with the name Prince Albert that was sold in a tin can container
27:31
What?
What?!
WHAT?!
WE WAITED 3 F*CKING HOURS FOR THAT?!
Can't stop rewatching that bit XD
That’s exactly how I felt when channel awesome released their “review” of the 2017 film.
Cure Starlight 🎈🎈🎈🎈
Screw that ending, I hope that IT 2017 doesn't do the same ending
I don't think a spider will be used in Chapter 2.
Try reading the 900 page book!
This mini series took one of the best horror novels and turned it into a goosebumps episode
Now that you mention it, I could easily see them working Pennywise into the opening of the Goosebumps tv show. Probably somewhere between the billboard and the dog :P
@@loneronin6813 I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if Tim Curry has a cameo in that show.
@@johnnymoon In all honesty, I hope that he does. Something about that just makes so much sense to me. I mean that as a compliment, of course.
That werewolf Goosebumps episode was scary
@@SuperPeterok the one with the mirror in the attic always scared the piss out of me when I was a kid
19:57 “Oh, hey. It’s a beautiful Tim Curry out tonight. AHHHHHHH!!!!” XD
Every time there's a full moon, my daughter and I quote that.
I have to rewind this several times everytime I watch this 🤣
I rewind that part every watch along with the part were Critic keeps banging his head on the desk.
You know what would have been scarry ? If in the end his wife, as soon as he has left the room goes "waha waha waha".
Noneofyour Business that would be kinda scary
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
WA-HA
Noneofyour Business i dont get it......
It's wagak wagak wagak
Noneofyour Business no the scariest bit is your spelling of scary…
Wait I thought the point of the book was that the evil was in the people and maybe the IT was even the actual people of the town. That's one of the reasons why they don't react to the blood.............................
That... 🤔 ...actually makes a lot of sense. Thank you, Anthony Wolf.
I didnt really get that from the book, but that would definitely would have helped me like it more when I was reading it. I dont know, I just didnt like the overexcessive detail, sex scenes, the orgy, the cosmic turtle, It being from space. It was just fucking weird for me.
FccRuinedAmerica andtheentireworld IT wasn’t from space though. IT was from outside our universe.
And IT is an actual being. It provides prosperity to the town and the town ignores IT.
Nope. IT is from outside our universe and an actual entity
so, you arent 100% wrong, in derry things are a lot worse, and IT being their, sways them to be more mean and evil, IT also makes them not see things, like in the book a guy goes into a bar and slaughters half of it, but the other half doesnt even notice it until the cops show up. so like.... IT affects the town, but its not the town. if you want more info, let me know, I did take the time to read the book, and I can help clarify more things
I think one way you could make the balloons scary is if every time they pop, a child's scream can be heard like when the balloon popped next to Mike. It could imply that they scream because they contain the souls of the countless victims that were taken by Pennywise. I don't know if it work, but it could be worth a shot.
That's a really good and creepy idea.
@@monsterhanna6691 Thanks! :D
Nice idea!
@@vgngolley341 Thanks so much! :D I'm glad you think so. I hope that you're having a great day.
@@loneronin6813 He, he, you’re welcome and you too
Pennywise(1990): "They float, they always float".
27 years later,
Pennywise(2017): "Hold my beer".
Imao
Hilarious review and some great points made! Damn the adults really don't compare to the kids in this film at all.
That was the issue with this. The adult actors couldn't give a flying fuck and you see that in there performances.
Shatamx you mean couldn't?
HORROR ADDICTS oh hot damn wat does that mean for the sequel of the new one?
Yeah, they even made John Ritter look bad in this.
I think it means the bar is much lower than it was for the kids, but also that they don't have as much good material to work with.
"This chick really gets around" - Oh, honey...
Mario Aguiar He has no idea.
Malcolm Mentions this in his Maximum Overdrive Review
Are you referencing the sewer orgy? If so, he knows about it, as he mentions he's read the book.
Constructive Historian yeah
Constructive Historian God no!
This movie has a special part in my heart. I have had a stutter since a really bad car accident as a kid. This movie was one of the first where i felt like i wasnt alone .
Wow Just like what alledgely caused it in the book wow
"Sticks and stones may break my bones,but first you gotta throw 'em!"
T-Shirt... NOW!!!
Jones from96 YES
"Oh! Fat kids are hot! Tell me about your boy tits!" OMFG, that had me ROLLING. This is my first episode, and I can't wait to see more! I hope you do an episode for the new movie, if you haven't yet.
dragonheart8706 He did.
dragonheart8706 g
Darkness (from konosuba abridged), is that you?
I'm your--
worst dream--
come true--
I'M JUST A SWEET TRANSVESTITE
BIG LIPPED ALLIGATOR MOMENT
Aggronn erotic nightmares
@@seanshogun1957 Actually, Tim Curry played both the clown in Stephen King's It and Frank N. Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which "I'M JUST A SWEET TRANSVESTITE" was a reference to.
They called me mad, insane...Wendel!!!
I was expecting this movie to be scary, but I ended up laughing so much, lmao. The bird book thing fuckin killed me, along with the dramatic reactions, Pennywise appearing on the moon, that dog headed monster, that bully getting sucked into a pipe, one of the guys confessing he's still a virgin before facing Pennywise, the 3 seperate times someone dropped a glass out of shock, someone's last words to a dear friend being "spaghetti man", the poorly incorporated stop motion spider monster, etc. 10/10
I completely lost it while reading this
You only say that because you watched this movie late, trust me. It was absolutely terrifying and caused millions of kids to be traumatized
If you saw it as an adult it isn’t scary. As an 11 year old child it terrified me.
The only thing I can defend is the dog. If i remember it right, the guard at the asylum has an intense fear of dogs for some reason.
Despite plot holes, poor acting, and "so bad it's funny" moments I've noticed in adulthood, I still find IT to be one of Stephen King's best stories conceptually and psychologically. I'd like to share my thoughts on some of the criticisms in the video, but these are only my opinions and not intended as an attack on Nostalgia Critic. Feedback is welcome:
1. The balloons are not meant to be threats but represent Pennywise's presence and influence, his trademark like playing cards are for Joker. Batman dislikes seeing that card because he knows what it could mean, like these still traumatized adults react towards balloons. They emphasize the mental scars and paranoia instilled in the characters. I agree it is overused, but it's part of the film's tone, that sense of colorful innocence hiding a deeper personal dread that only those who have seen IT can relate to.
2. Pennywise toys with his victims because that's part of how IT feeds. Unlike some, whom he eats to gain strength, what provides the most savory flavor and power for IT is fear. In Jeepers Creepers, the monster similarly lets the protagonists get away several times because the chase makes their fear grow more ripe. Pennywise harassing the main kids is part of his plan to make them progressively more afraid and therefore delicious until he chooses to eat them at the best moment. What he didn't count on was them overcoming their fears and fighting back, since no one had likely challenged IT that way before.
3. What makes Pennywise scary isn't how he acts but what he's capable of. Like Kayako, he can be anywhere at anytime, almost inescapable. Like Freddy Krueger, he uses fears as weapons and disguises, making the thought of where he might emerge next maddening. Facing something that defies reality is terrifying. Like an Anglerfish in darkness, the clown is a mere lure of "dead lights" to attract prey. These kids, little fish, came to understand what that light means and swam away for years. Eventually however, they tired of running, united as a group, tore off the lure, and ripped that Anglerfish's heart out.
4. When Beth recalls how "something was wrong with Derry" and Billy mentions, "This whole town's IT in some way", they didn't mean literally that everyone was in on it. People seeing injustice or pain and choosing to ignore or do little about it is what was wrong. It's a society where people are too isolated and self interested to care much about each other, which is not a mindset a community can survive on. This made it easy for Pennywise to hide in plain sight. The adults were content ignoring the idea of evil or anything that interrupted their way of life. Even the cops, when investigating Georgie's murder, acted largely desensitized because that had become the town's "normal". They would all prefer to act as if such things never happened.
From a social perspective, this is actually a clever commentary on how we often do the same when faced with tragedy or adversity. Why do many change the channel when the news discusses negative subjects or see a fight and walk away? Because that's human instinct, which Derry made a lifestyle out of embracing. What makes a community is when people see something bad or someone in need and choose to make an effort when no one else will (Calling 911, yelling for help, intervening yourself, etc), a foreign concept to the grown ups of Derry. The kids joined together because they only had each other to rely on, which ironically motivated them to eventually break the "Derry Curse" and love one another for who they were, in effect growing into better people.
+Keith Harris Right. It's a 1,000 pages and impossible to cram all of the symbolism in to a short movie. I liked the film okay. The part with the kids was great, but the adult actors seemed bored to hell.
+Keith Harris Responding in the same amiable spirit, no insult intended; 1: Fair enough, but, as you say, it's overused. 2: While he might feed that way it's still pretty foolish to keep playing that game when he was under threat. He might not have noticed they were banding together to fight him as kids when their doing it as adults he is clearly aware on them and knows that they are a threat. Under such circumstances continuing to wind them up to make the meal better is dangerous, better to have a less satisfying meal than risk dying. 3: Sure, but the performance in the film is tough to take seriously. He's just so goofy. You mentioned Freddy Krueger, which is a good example. The character was genuinely scary early on but then became a bit of a joke, with too many puns and too much quirky humour. With Pennywise (in the series at least) he starts out a bit too funny to take seriously. 4: Again this is not a fault in concept but rather in execution. The idea you're describing is a good one but the series did not explain it very well, making it look like it was "that guy didn't help so the whole town is evil." Basically apart from 2 the problem is not that the story and concepts are bad so much as the series (perhaps unsurprisingly, given time constraints) fails to portray these concepts sufficiently for those of us who haven't read to book to grasp them. That said I'm glad I read your comment, since the story is more interesting to me now that I do grasp it's point. I may pick up the book sometime. When I get through the hundred or so books I already have waiting...
GriffinPilgrim Very well thought out, and thanks. I enjoy discussing different viewpoints without it becoming a heated argument. I haven't read the book myself, but did read about it online over the years and gained a better understanding of the film's tactics and message.
While I agree that the execution of many concepts from the book don't translate well, I still appreciate what it tried to do and how it managed to create a character embodying the "Don't judge by the cover" mindset rather than being scary simply because he's a clown.
The first King movie I really got into was Pet Semetary, I own the book now. I'm currently reading Cell, which I hope they do a good job with in the upcoming 2016 film. Considering that it stars John Cusack and Samuel Jackson, who I thought both did great in 1408, I'm confident that they'll pull this next one off as long as the writing holds up. Fingers crossed :)
Keith Harris Well, when are Cusack and Jackson not good? Even in bad films they're good. On the It film it was by no means bad, just rather wonky in places. A longer series, something in the Game Of Thrones line, might have worked better, given time to explore the concepts, but they just didn't make things like that back then.
GriffinPilgrim I would love to see a 1-2 season TV series based on one of King's works, that would be awesome with the right story. I don't know about Game of Thrones' length though. From what I've heard, it's been dragging a little lately, partially due to the adaptable material from the books running out. I don't think the show is bad of course, just in my opinion overextending itself. It should find a solid climax to resolve everything soon before fans start feeling like it doesn't know how to end.
Say what you want about IT, but Tim Curry as Pennywise fucked my life up.
Same
Hole Alone 2?
j ho I was just going to make that joke if you didn't.
From this I now know why he never played Joker
Tim curry in a porn called "Hole Alone 2," Would be extremely terrifying indeed.
It alternate ending. Georgie:Oh no my paper boat. Pennywise:come here. Georgie:No fuck that I'm out
Georgie: NO... NO... AND NOOO!!!! I will NOT eat at Mcdonalds
Pennywise: aww, but the Big Mac with bacon is here...
Lol, the joke opening of the newer films where Georgie grabs the boat and runs away, with Pennywise going "Ah, shit..."
If it was made in the hood, he'd also come back with a few homies
He doesn’t kill them because he wants to drive them crazy first.
We do understand that.. but the question is why and also why does that make a difference for the protagonists but not for the ones he did kill...
yeah but like.. the clown killed Georgie, he didn't have to drive him crazy. The clown killed a bunch of other people, both in chapter 1 and 2, never having to drive none of them crazy- so it's not about that.
And even if it was, why ? It's not like with ghosts, where ghosts can't kill you cause they're not well, physically present. This clown is 100% real. And he doesn't get stronger each time he kills someone either, or scares them, so just.. WHY
What the last two people said, plus - supposedly IT has a true form that humans can't comprehend that would, like a Lovecraftian horror, drive them to instant insanity if they saw it. So.....why doesn't it just reveal its true form to bring on that horror and insanity then eat them?
that makes no sense. also, it's not scary.
close.. it feeds on fear
22:10"I looked into his deadlights."(WeirdBassDrum.mp3)
"You looked into his deadlights???"(TaDaaa!.mp3)
"I looked into his deadlights!"(Rooster.mp3)
And there's me. On the floor. Dying of laughter.
Quicktime Events that’s honestly one of the best moments he’s ever had lmao
Same, especially with the faces he made
"Who would ever think balloons were scary?"
Now that the new IT movie is coming out, during one of the first airings someone released a balloon in the movie theater and everyone started freaking out
Brilliant Arrow I should do that
I really don't understand why people are scared of clowns I saw this version of it when I was 4 or 5 and dood it still looks cheesy like I remember it. It's a lot funnier though Tim Curry is funny but yeah people fearing this movie and the new one is retarded
HAH
Beary the Bear Nice joke. The new one is one of my favorite movies of the year
New one is definitely my favourite comedy.
Seth Green is attacked by a werewolf in this movie? Huh, irony.
Vilmundur Gunnarsson WHY IS THAT IRONIC?"
He played Oz in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a werewolf.
RM_Prime ooooh
Oh no scooby's gone rabid
That is not irony that is a coincidence.
26:40- “They can either bring a machine gun or a slingshot, Rambo or Dennis the menace, you’re going down Mr. Wilson…” cracks me up 😂😂
Oooh Hey It's A Beautiful Tm Curry out tonight!!!! AHHHHHH!!!
lol the best part was either that or when he slams the book shut
"Oh no she dropped her beer beer"
*I'M DEAD*
You're DEAD DEAD*
I love how at 14:21 you have Tim Curry singing from Rocky Horror Picture Show.
15:59 This is still to this day one of my favorite moments in the early Nostalgia Critic videos.
Same
my favorite is when he says different ways of “he’s dead” in the room review after johnny kills himself
“Excuse me sir!
Do you have Prince Albert in a can?
You do?!
Well ya better let the poor guy out!!
u-HA!! u-HA!! u-HA!!”
It's pretty clear Doug doesn't like this movie all that much, but I wish he could have included mention of my favorite thing in this movie;
"He thrusts his fists against the post, and still insists he sees the ghosts." (try saying that 5 times fast)
I love this saying so much.
Beep Beep! =D
"It's great to be back in Dairy. Breathing in that Dairy-Air!"
My favorite line is Harry Anderson's response: No offense pal, it ain't workin'.
This will always be one of my all time favorite Nostalgia Critic reviews, if not my favorite period.
On the DVD commentary track, the actors and actresses note that Tim Curry's characterization of Pennywise was so creepy and realistic that everyone avoided him during the filming.
In the novel, Beverly makes love to all of "The Lucky Seven", but Tommy Lee Wallace omitted it from this mini-series because it was just something that didn't ring true to him.
Jonathan Brandis and John Ritter both died in 2003. Brandis hanged himself, while Ritter suffered an unexpected, fatal aortic dissection.
Richard Masur only appeared in three scenes.
This mini-series came out in 1990, the same year that Bill Skarsgård was born. Skarsgård played Pennywise in It (2017) and It Chapter Two (2019).
In the novel, the group is not referred to as "The Lucky Seven". They call themselves "The Losers' Club".
John Ritter was a huge Stephen King fan.
In the novel, Eddie Kaspbrak lives with his wife Myra, not his mother.
The American rock band Pennywise took its name from the character.
Harry Anderson (Richie Tozier) died on April 16, 2018, the same week Bill Hader entered talks to play Richie Tozier in It Chapter Two (2019).
Tim Curry is not in the last fifteen minutes of this mini-series.
All 7 actors portraying the adult versions of "The Losers' Club" have either been nominated for or won either an Emmy or a Golden Globe.
Tom Rogan has a much bigger part in the novel. He chases Beverly to Derry where Pennywise tries to get him to kill "The Lucky Seven". He eventually dies from shock after seeing the Deadlights.
A friend of mine who grew up in Maine refuses to see IT (either version) not because she's scared of clowns but because, and I quote, "I escaped that small town Maine bullshit for a reason. I don't need to be reminded of it."
Ruko Hanaji did she ever tell you what the bs was?
Ryu The bs is the fact it is Maine. Maine is pure bs.
Ruko Hanaji fell0w trash!
As someone who grew up in a shitty small town I will say that this is a fairly valid reason.
Maine is a state, not a town.
23:17 a quote from Tommy wiseau's "the room" everybody
Nice approach
I was expecting the Climax to be that each balloon was actually the corpse of a child IT has murdered
Well in the books, balloons are basically the souls of IT victims.
ah but that would require Stephen King being a creative and original author who writes smart stories.
Sounds like a bad creepy pasta ending.
I just ordered the book on amazon, I heard some of it on audiobook and um it's literally shity ramblings of a coke fiend. I can't wait to read this bull shit.
Now *_that_* would've been an freaky and awesome way to end the film. ;D
I love how he quotes I Love Lucy when he is "drunk".
I think he actually was drunk
He wasn’t drunk. He’s said in another video it was apple juice.
I wonder if Doug knows that King actually considers himself a believer in God, only dislikes organized religion :D
SaturnineXTS that's pretty cool!
WTH? I always have thought of him as an atheist just like myself...
James.T .Adams You cant even get pass the Archers, how do you expect to beat us?
What's organized religion?
Michelle Warns it's religion that relies on insitutions, places of worship and a hierarchy, as opposed to just making it your personal thing and worshipping as you see fit.
BTW I'd thought King was an atheist too, but I read an interview where he said he chose to be a believer for the psychological comfort it brings, but that doesn't mean he doesn't notice all the bullshit that's going on with organized religions. That's why he likes picking on the priests for their hyporcisy so much.
BALLOONS!!!!! :O
I know it sounds ridiculous, but there actually is a thing called globophobia, which is a fear of balloons. So this movie must be terrifying to those with it.
Gracie J and clown phobia ofcourse
BALLOOOOOOOONS!!!!
They so scery
He literally has an orgasm Everytime anybody mentions float or balloon
“Bev, you need me. BEEEEEEEEEEEEEV!!!”
Yeh, great emoting, dude.
“BEEEEEEEEEEV!!!”
"BEEEEV!" *while flapping my hands*
"She's easier to get into than an art college." Sadly, I think Adolf would disagree.
Godly comment
விஷ்ணு கார்த்திக் and at one point he was a kid that wanted to go to art school
Wait wouldn’t he agree that she’s easier then?
😂
Lauren Sowards
XD
"The Missing member of the insane clown posse" part killed me.
Eddison Thomas Spoiler alert. That's what Bill Skarsgard looks like in the remake.
Did the same for Georgie, too.
2017 pennywise:thay all flote
More like Slipknot imo
Balloons how do they flot
This is one of the few times I disagree with Doug. Granted, I fully admit, Tim Curry is not scary. Heck, nothing in this particular adaptation is scary. But to me, the relations between the kids and the adults felt genuinely real, Tim Curry is pretty funny, not to mention memorable, and it cut out a lot of the creepy stuff from the book. It's kind of a guilty pleasure, but I don't think it's that bad.
The only scary parts are the close ups with the sharp teeth and contacts. Which is like two scenes.
Cuz it's not bad at all.
Same here. Finished re-watching it two days back and had a ball with it. It never could have been completely scary due to ABC being lax still then on violence and all but they managed to make it decently creepy especially in the first half. Wallace and the DOP did a great job with the camera angles and the tension building. Second half felt more lazy on all ends but it's still fun enough besides the final fight that was kinda silly honestly. But for a ABC post War and Remembrance mini series it was really good, especially compared to the rest of that era. ABC wasted so much money on W&R that they really scaled back on them. However you don't see that in this one.
I think when you're a kid and horrors still new to you the concepts can do of the heavy lifting and on paper, on a conceptual level Pennywise and what he is and does is terrifying.
I honestly love this movie, sure it’s super cringe but it’s hilarious it’s actually probably one of my favourite movies
Not cringe at all.
Oh hey, it’s a beautiful Tim Curry out tonigh- *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA*
hows your sex life? is this the inspiration to the room?
Shadow Gamer "Hahahaha! What a story, Shadow Gamer."
Oh hai
I did not hit her it's bullshit i did naaat... oh hi mark
YOU'RE TEARING ME APART PENNYWISE...um, literally.
*spoiler*
Signed --Eddie
The sex life is really down lately, you could even say "in the sewers" hahah...haha...ha...*cough cough*...anyway
It...
And they can figure out the rest from there. *head slams on the desk*
Bev really gets around doesn't she
I just got flashbacks to the book that i don't want to think about
The only real reason the movie is remembered is because of Tim's performance
THAT IS SO UNTRUE!!!!!!!!!!! THERE IS ALSO... Um.... also...... aahhhhuuuummmmmmmm.........
Yah never mind.
I would like this but it already has 69
23:17 oh no, the talking head turns into Tommy Wiseau...
Funny, when I first watched this review I thought the same
Oh, hi !
25:23 "Boy, this chick really gets around doesn't she? I mean, I think she's literally felt up every single person in this group
Me: *reads book* oh, Ummmmmmmm...... yeah
Jakob Rasmussen Stephen kings fucked up
Im only halfway through the audiobook and its 44 hours long. Please tell me it doesnt fucking end with that lame spider shit
Lol a lot of his books have some messed up sexual thing going on
What happens? I've never read it
????????? Aren't they like, 10??
I think the reason that the balloons are "scary" is that they are supposed to represent the fact that pennywise can be anywhere and do whatever he wants, meaning that he can kill them, or anyone, whenever he wants
Derry is Pennywise's playground. Or, maybe a hunting ground is a better term.
I think monsters are scarier if theyre not explained.
extremelyhappysimmer I think your grammar is scarier when it's not explained.
I was lazy so I left out the '. Please forgive me DX
+extremelyhappysimmer oh well now your grammar isn't as scary now.
"Not explained" is different than "not described"
extremelyhappysimmer Worked with Heath Ledger.
I always lose it when Critic slams the book
Lechat especially the Sweet Transvestite part
AlbeitBeast ba-dum-crash
•Chickens8 • From Transylvaniaaaaaaaaaa!
i lost it at the line "the lost member of the insane clown posse" that was golden
saaame
I lost it at "said no to his hoe on the go"
Dunno, "Just came back from a Black Mass at McDonald's" was pretty close.
boogie woogie woogie wu
the bike scene at the end is actually really strong in the book
I'm usually not super into remakes, but thank God the new IT remake kicked so much ass! Perfect amount of horror and humour. Loved all the characters, even the over the top ones.
GayPolarity calling it a remake I feel is false because technically there never was a “It” movie
automan224 awe, u do have a point!
anyone saw the new IT trailer? New edition of "Stephen King's Drinking Game" awaits us! Yaaaay! :D
IamARobot7 I will be playing it in the theatre. I don't even care that I'll be underage. By 3 months.
IamARobot7 I was thinking of the Nostalgia to review the new It that would be funny
Waha!!!!
And he held out his bird book like a shield and said every bird he knew
The power of bird compels you
THE BIRD IS THE WORD!!!
RED CARDINAL!
DUCK!
9:00 Fun fact: In the book they actually went out of their way to establish that Bev's father DOESN'T drink.
In this case especially with the Cinematic version, I'm not sure if that's better or worse