It (A Film)

Been wanting to watch a cut like this for sometime! I loved this and personally prefer this over the Original two on their own. I really enjoyed Chapter One when it released but was never a fan of Chapter Two. After watching them stitched together this way made me not only enjoy Chapter 2, but make me want to revisit it again. I will favor this cut over the original though

This fanedit definitely improves the narrative, especially the sequel’s terrible pacing. It makes it a better version than the 2 original films.

Also, as long as the viewer remembers the 2 original films, the non-chronological narrative here works fine. I’m not sure that it would work on a first viewing, though.

I didn’t like the many “Chapter” title cards. This is a film, and although it makes sense for some films to have “Acts” or “Parts” title cards (also not a huge fan of these), having more than 20 title cards is way too much, they’re just cluttering the screen space all the time. Also, many times the text appears in the middle of a scene (instead of at the beginning), that’s a big no-no.

Sidenote: this city (even though it’s small) never did even a bit of sewer maintenance for more than 100 years? If they had, hey would’ve found all that’s down there. I don’t believe the water would still flow if the sewers were to be left to crumble.

This is the best way to watch these two IT films. It's a very draining way to do so because of its lengthy runtime, but its great editing and narrative structure makes it all worth it.

10/10.

IT - Paulisdead2221

What a brilliant Cut this is!
Making room for a 4hour plus movie is not easy, but i wanted to Rewatch IT so bad, and when i came across this cut i did.
I liked both films in the original version, although some flaws, its still a great watch.

This cut aims to be more like the Book and i appreciate that a lot, as i recently wrote it for the first time.
The cuts ar very good and not visible, did i get all of them ? No. And i consider this a good thing, as my main goal with this and all is to have fun and enjoy the Movie. So me not getting all the cuts underlines the fact, that i was in the Movie, in Derry.
The changes i did recognize are all well done and fitting to the story. The Music changes fit as well.

And to make it very clear: this Rewatch made me like the movies more. This will be my go to cut from now on.
Well done!

I think this a great way to go back and watch these films if you haven't done so in a while. Now I've got 1 positive thing to say and 1 less positive thing to say.

Connecting the two movies was going to be tough but I think it's done really well. I think the best thing to come out of merging the films is the relationship between Richie and Eddie. When I saw the second film for the first time the ending didn't really effect me too much but here I almost teared up. Having the films together allowed me to pick up on things I might've not noticed if they were separate. Good shit.

The less positive thing to say was there were a few instances where the jumping between timelines got disorientating. There was one scene where Henry came out of the sewers before he even entered them. I actually thought the film skipped ahead before I realised it was the second timeline and it needed to be there to make that timeline make sense, but still confusing. Also by the end the two films would jump back and forth quite quickly and I did (just a little bit) get lost. Though I am an idiot so it might just be that.

If you've seen these two films before and wanted to revisit them, then this is a must watch. If you're showing someone this film who has not seen the original two then they will probably get lost at a few points.

That's all I got, genuinely loved this edit, great job Paulisdead2221!