![]() ![]() And the reason was because Tim Curry acted like a literal clown, and looked like a literal clown. My friend had one giant pet peeve, you see he hated the Tim Curry miniseries. I'm a big fan of the book and I've seen all the versions of the movie, and my best friend actually loved IT on a lot of levels before he passed away and we talked about it a lot. Mike especially might be my favorite character in the novel and was never treated with the same importance in the other versions. Neither adaptation did a great job with the child versions of Stan and Mike. Emily Perkins is also very good as Bev, but Lillis is so good in the role. The only kids that felt much better in the remake to me were Sophia Lillis as Bev and Jack Dylan Grazer as Eddie. Jonathan Brandis' take on Bill was way better than Jaeden Martell and I really like the kid that plays Ben in the miniseries. Wolfhard was closer to Richie in the novel and I understand why so many people love him, but Richie is one of my least favorites of the Loser's Club in the novel tbh so I preferred the less brash and brazen performance of Green. Unpopular opinion, but I think I prefered Seth Green's take on Richie to Finn Wolfhard's. I agree with you on the kids in the miniseries being better. Curry's take was more of an older clown praying on the fear and Skarsgaard brought a younger more alien take to it. I think Curry and Bill Skarsgard both brought a lot of different qualities to each portrayal of Pennywise. Skarsgard felt scary and unhinged, almost animalistic at times with him drooling over his food, for example. Tim Curry's version is iconic in it's own right but I never felt scared by him. I liked the performance from Bill Skarsgard a lot. The movie felt really repetitive too: member walks into strange scenario, Pennywise does something spooky, member runs away, on to the next member. The adult actors are good, certainly better acted than the 90's adults, but how they are used is not great and the chemistry doesn't feel the same as it did with the kids. It had it's moments (the bleacher scene for example) but overall I had a lot more complains than things I liked. After spending some time thinking about it and re-watching the film with friends, I realized the film did not hold up very well. A little too jump scare heavy at times but overall it is creepy.Ĭhapter 2 I liked a bit coming out of it initially. The opening scene with Georgie sets the tone correctly and carries it through out the rest of the film. I almost feel like you could remove the horror aspect, make a few changes, and you'd have a good coming of age story. Check out the video in the player above to hear the story in Kreischer's own words.Chapter 1 was a very solid film carried by some really good acting by the kids. Eventually, Kreischer and the mobsters robbed virtually every person on a train ride one day, which is the catalyst for the events that occur in the film. Kreischer unexpectedly formed a bond with the mobsters, saying the few words in Russian he actually knew, "I am the Machine". The areas in which the classes were taking place were all locations controlled by various families of the Russian mob, so protection was hired in the form of paid-off mobsters. According to him, the professor was desperate to keep students and was just giving out positive grades, and eventually planned a semester in Russia. It all started when Kreischer randomly picked a Russian language class while attending college. Obviously, Bert Kreischer is the one who tells this story the best and there are plenty of clips online of him telling the story if you want to hear it for yourself, but here's a quick summary: Appropriately titled The Machine, the film features Kreischer playing himself, as he returns to Russia years after his college years, only to see that his actions on that fateful night have led to dire consequences, namely the creation of a ruthless crime syndicate. Easily his most famous story is how he got his nickname "The Machine" while on a college field trip to Russia and the bit has become so legendary that Kreischer decided it was time for that story to get adapted into a feature film. Best known for ripping his shirt off on stage and drinking Kool-Aid out of a sixteen-ounce Hydro Flask, Kreischer has become beloved by the comedy world for the lovable party-animal persona that he's created for himself. With the recent uptick in the popularity of stand-up comedy, mainly thanks to it being more accessible than ever because of streaming, one of the biggest names to get popularized and celebrated is Bert Kreischer. When and Where is The Machine Releasing?. ![]()
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