#Scene it dvd 2002 opening movie
#Scene it dvd 2002 opening tv

Adaptation means to adapt, so accept that. Most of the scenes in the book were unfilmnable for a low budget movie, so they did well in that aspect.

#Scene it dvd 2002 opening movie

However, Harry Anderson badly underplayed the library scene, while Annette O'Toole showed the most genuine fright, which grew tiresome as the movie progressed.

In the slower bits, especially with the children, it's hauntingly beautiful and makes the scene poignant. It was criminal he didn't win an award for his performance.Also the music by Richard Bellis is outstanding, and that alone captures the creepy mood. Pennywise also isn't his poorly written role, that's Gomez in Addams Family Reunion. He's a British character actor, and was the only mature actor who didn't play himself, and stayed consistent throughout the entire movie.

#Scene it dvd 2002 opening tv

His career-best performance was a perfect mixture of creepiness and hamminess, like Jack Nicolson from the Shining( which was turned into a pointless TV series). Tim Curry, one of my favourite actors, steals the show, with his almost exact portrayal of Pennywise. Other than that, the effects and script were generally good for a TV movie.

As for the second half, it started off well, and rapidly became pedestrian 45 minutes before the end, which was ruined by a poorly designed spider. The children did miles better than the adults, especially Jonathan Brandis and Seth Green, and there was a Stand By Me-ish nostalgia, that generated a definite spark between the players. I am not criticising the book, I am evaluating the pros and cons of both the book and the movie, or mini-series, to be exact.The movie is the closest to the language of the author. Also the way King describes fear is brilliant, and his attention to detail is unparallelled. Still the characters are well described, and the murders are gut wrenching. There is too much swearing(the children's harsh language and sexual desires are inappropriate), the character development takes far too long, the book has a very confusing structure especially in the latter half of the book, and Frankenstein is name of the inventor not the monster. As for the book, which is very good, it is still flawed. IT is NOT the worst book to TV movie in existence, there have been a lot worse since then. The first half is better than the second half, which isn't helped by a pedestrian script and a woefully miscast Richrd Thomas. This was a brave and well above average adaptation of a truly difficult novel.