"It"

Starts out brilliant, ends up brilliantly ridiculous

Stephen King's infamous novel "It" was released to the TV-screen as a mini-series in 1990, and has later been gathered to a rather long film, almost 3 hours long.

In this movie the villain is the unforgettable clown Pennywise, performed by the unforgettable Tim Curry - and it might just be one of the greatest bad guys ever, certainly in the league of characters like Hans Landa and The Joker.

In real Stephen King style, it starts out brilliantly - we're like always in New England - we, like always, meet a gang of friends both when they were young and when they've grown up. And sure, it has turned into a Stephen King cliche, but it works with him so who cares? - now, when what seems like a serial killer posing like a clown kills the brother of the main character, he and all of his friends starts seeing things no-one else can see. And they all see the same clown - the sarcastic, evil and ridiculing clown - who underneath is a terrible and unimaginable creature they simply call "It".

The beginning and well into the movie I have to admit I loved it - and I certainly understand why people develop a lifelong fear of clowns after seeing this movie. But it all the time builds to the climax you know is coming - when all the friends unite to once again try to defeat Pennywise.

But then it really plummets. It plummets as fast as a bullet strapped to a rocket going down a ski slope. And it ends up in the bottom. All the way down in the bottom of the valley.

None the less, it deserves the title classic, and it gets a 3 popcorn score because of the entertainment I got from the first part of the movie. But nothing more - a movie like this needs to be punished for being this crappy in the end. Sort of like Perfume (even though that was even better and the end was even crappier).

Sincerely
JanaMart