I must admit, the part where the piano begins to play in the backround as Bill looks on at his bicycle one last time really gets me. Shows you all the memories that once were are now beginning to fade away.
Not just for the characters but i feel like that could happen with all our childhood friends we were really close with that you happen to grow apart from and never seen again.
This was in reply to a comment made by someone eight years ago, though..I guess she deleted it a while back..but, it was a very beautiful comment..that's why I said this in response..
That bicycle ride with her girlfriend always moves me. The memories attached to that bicycle and the feeling of how authentic things were when you're a kid, can be trasmitted to someone else, and finally everything makes sense again. I think the novel IT is about how our past is never gone, and what was important to us back then can still guide us in our adult life.
erubin100 Yeah, but I really never bought Stephen King's idea that they'd all just forget everything so easily. I remember when I accidentally smashed the front window of a neighbor's house by tossing a ping pong paddle when I was just in elementary school, so I'm pretty sure I'd remember some shape-shifting Lovecraftian elder god disguised as both a killer circus clown and Shelob the giant spider. lol
44 excalibur You'd think, but magic. It's not so much that they just "forgot", but that the influence of It causes them to forcefully lose those memories.
44excalibur, Ah, but is It truly dead??? That's the question. It's heavily implied that only it's avatar on earth was killed, but the actual force that is It's true form still lives on in the universe.
erubin100 But if you go by the Dark Tower series, both Pennywise and Maturin, the Turtle, are dead and IT died that same year that the Losers defeated it. :)
After reading the book, when this chapter came it really hit me hard. All the things the losers went through with that monster, even the Bowers gang. The book is truely a masterpiece and reading this scene, visioning it just brought a huge smile and got me teary eyed. I will forever feel part of the losers. Thank you Stephen King. #powerofmemory #pennywiselives
@@adamwatson2914 no, the true fumbled ending by King is The Long Walk, in which there literally is nothing that can be called an ending. It just abruptly stops, and not in a way I find profound or in line with the novel up to that point. IT is kinda crazy and even King has said he was drugged out of his mind when he wrote at least parts of it, but I think especially considering the state of him at the time, it came out incredibly cohesive. + the ending of IT isn’t *really* the ending because Pennywise lives on and is mentioned throughout so many of his other novels
I just didn’t like when young Beverly Marsh does you know what with all of her friends, I think it’s waaay over the top and the author being a little self indulgent with his characters, I choke it up to being one of the parts he must have come up with when he was on drugs
Stephen King doesn’t just write about horror. He writes about love. The only complaint I have with the ending is they forget everything again. It’s not fair that Bill should ultimately forget Georgie.
To be honoest I wouldn't even care if people were honking their horns at me if i lived the same moment riding a bike down a street. one of the best endings of a movie.
Jewan, two years ago your comment was made. Two years now, I find myself encountering those unknown and "weird" moments in my life involving people. I can't help but wonder, as strangers to me, if they prevailed through something wicked. I withhold judgement, because how dare I. I have you to thank for the perspective, friend.
I hate how they all just forget about Eddie. I’m fine with them forgetting each other because they’re still happy without them but Eddie deserved so much better
They all had a connection due to Pennywise. But now that connection is gone, they will just forget about eachother. As Mike said; "our memories are failing, we have to ask eachother's names now." But how would that go in the relationship of Ben&Bev, they have a child together, but will they simply forget too?
Bev and Ben met before the Losers became a group, so while the summer they met might be a little hazy, the feelings Ben had, and the friendship that they shared wouldn't have faded.
"Or so Bill Denbrough sometimes thinks on those early mornings after dreaming, when he almost remembers his childhood, and the friends with whom he shared it."
He saved his Wife through his childhood dream That´s love in its purest form Didn´t know that Stephen King has the heart of a Poet This scene will stay in my heart forever But tragically they all forgot about each other after killing It Which gave them a special Friendship and bonding Growing up is always about letting go and move forward
If this scene was in an entirely different movie, it would be pretty damn touching and amazing, actually. The music is nice and I love the way he wakes her from her catatonia by scaring the SHIT out of her! lol People in their cars are like, "DUDE, WHAT THE FUCK!!!"
I really love the music that plays as Bill looks at his bike, as he rides on it, and when he and Audra kiss in the middle of tragic. It’s such a beautiful scene. I bet you Stephen King wrote this scene in the book because he knew the story would be adapted one day and he had to make sure it had a beautiful ending. I wish it was also done for the 2019 movie. I mean, Stan’s letter in that movie was good too, but I would’ve liked to see James McAvoy riding on the bike to bring his wife back. The actress that played Audra in the 2019 film became pregnant, so they couldn’t shoot anymore scenes with her other than the only one she was in. But I was really hoping to see this recreation. Especially with whatever musical piece that was going to used in it. This truly would’ve been nice to see on the big screen. Also, I think the reason why they had Pennywise’s laugh at the end when the credits start is not just because it seems cool, but also a tease to the fans that Pennywise is referenced in other Stephen King books that IT may still be alive. In the book TommyKnockers, a boy sees Pennywise by a storm drain with his glowing silver eyes and when the boy looks back at the clown, he’s gone. In the book Dreamcatcher, the main character finds a memorial plaque that Mike left for the poor souls who died in Derry and spray painted over it says PENNYWISE LIVES.
In this miniseries I hate how Eddie just dies where in the book he dies benefiting ITs death but I like how they carry him with them in the film, it's upsetting that they leave him in the book. Just my opinion though.
Well, the only reason why they didn’t get to take Eddie’s body out was because of the cave was crumbling around them. There was no time really to carry or drag him. I know they were able to do it with Audra though. But I do agree with you.
Genuinely one of the happiest endings ever! lol A large part of which is thanks to this stunning music here (not surprised at all it won an Emmy). After so much disturbing imagery IT had to finish with the characters "living happily ever after..." I'm so glad King avoided that "typical Stephen King twist ending cliche" that is in most of his stories. Pennywise was just too darn evil to be allowed to "win" in the end...
2:07 thats the kind of music you hear when you did what you’ve set out to do. The universe is satisfied and in turn gives you something for all you suffered.
OK, its not that this "made for television" movie was *that* bad, it wasn't but the book is 1000 times better, please read it. The characterizations are truly wonderful. Not even a mention of the "black spot" and the previous incarnations of Pennywise aka Bob Grey or the alarming relationships between the Parents and the kids. All the truly good stuff is left out completely.
I always think the book is better than the movie. The movie just doesn't have the time to delve into all the nuances that the author has created. Especially a novel by Stephen King that is very complex in nature. I think King never really grew up, because no one can tell a story about kids and capture exactly their attitudes and thoughts. I thought the same thing with Stand By Me. For me his real strength is that he takes you inside their minds and you can relate directly to what they feel. I know I'm not making much sense, but i tell everyone to read as much as they can, there's worlds out there waiting to be discovered.
David Ripley You make perfect sense David. I never for one moment considered this book to be scary at all. I giggled my way through it in fact. King moves from chapter to chapter mid sentence. Some books are truly life changing in many ways. I found myself feeling slightly jealous because I wanted to actually be there, playing silly buggers in "the barrens" building dams with "the losers". Yes I know how to build a dam that actually works now Ben told me how. As King said, a child can see a werewolf or a zombie, be terrified and be sound asleep three hour later. I had friends of course but never as close as the "lucky seven" I have the book beside me as I write. I might read it again today, or make another start, its a good weeks read being over 1000 pages long.
***** You're making perfect sense to me, There have been books that have enhanced my life, not talking about the bible here, but there are sever that I have reread many times over my life. My wife, who also reads a lot, asks me how i can reread a book when I know the end, and I tell her it's not about the end, it's about the story. We have about five hundred book in our apartment, mostly hardcover, it's about space mostly. I make frequent trips to the library, one of man's greatest ideas, for a couple of dollars you gain access to some of the greatest minds in history. When I talk to someone and they tell me that they've never read a book in their lives, and say it like it's a badge of honor, I look at them with sadness.
David Ripley I've said it a few times David but I had a book store for many years, it was a good while ago but it was the best, most fun thing I ever did. It was a delight to talk to my customers and exchange views. We always told the truth if we thought a certain book was rubbish we said so. To this day and since I moved to my present house my garage has been full of boxes and boxes of really great books. I have bookshelves all over the house too. I don't fancy a Kindle reader at all. Books because so cheap and available here its not really worth borrowing them from the library. Some books I know I'll never read, there are just too many and I have to be selective. I think I heard there are over nine billion books in the Library of congress. I even have all three 50 shades of Grey, I'll never read them, I just like to have them, I read three pages actually but they were £1 for all three, as new. I blame cable TV and the Internet of course. Our last book shop here closed last year for good. I can talk books for hours, I'd better stop. My advice to parents of younger kids and teenagers, Just leave lots of books lying around, especially the great Sci Fi of the last thirty years or so, Robert Heinlein, Robert Sheckly and Harry Harrison.E E Doc Smith etc. They'll pick them up when they get bored for certain For now, take care David.
+Martin White ...I loved the interchange between you,Martin and David....about reading books. I started at about 5 years old...and nobody knew where I learned to read. The biggest loss that I ever experienced was when my home was robbed and trashed .I lost almost 2 thousand books and a few cameras...35ml and all my equipment....but,the books really hurt./ When people who don't read wreck books for the fun of it...I don't understand....they are so precious. When I moved from one place to another...people always said..."do you really need all these books?" They always wanted me to toss them in the garbage....Never toss your treasures!
The people who disliked this video is Pennywise, Henry Bowers, The Bowers Gang, Beverly's Father, and Beverly's Husband. But, the people who've actually liked it was Stan and Eddie.
Pegasisterlovespuppy If I were you, I would look things up to confirm them, and then comment. He might sound like someone from the movie, but he isn't.
When I was younger I actually hated this ending but something about it when I got older resonated with me. The fact that the gatekeeper Mike lost his memory but still found peace. Ben and Bev found love after all this time. And Bill waved his best friend goodbye but also never lost his faith in the magic that his bond possessed. He never lost faith in his bike and the magic that it had that infamous summer. And with that belief he healed his wife. He saved her from the dead lights because he believed that he can pedal her to safety. Bills’s will power was the driving force of the lucky 7 and his unwillingness to accept her being lost was all she needed. He was not only able to avenge his brother and save the town that he loved but he brought back the relationship that saved him. Beautifully cheesy heroism at the end of this movie closes Stephen kings most infamous and recognizable tale. A tale of friendship and fantasy, heartbreak and reality, loyalty and courage, and lastly the power to stand up to the things that linger in your mind, the things that taunt you in your nightmares, the things that plague your thoughts, this tale embodied the courage to prevail and face your fears even when the monster you face is everything you were ever terrified of. A tale of unlikely friendship and the power of belief in not only one’s self but the bond that we can create amongst each other.
The true story of this movie is not about a monster, it's about a bunch of "losers" coming together in spirit and love. The losers club, not the clown is the beating heart of this story.
Well to be fair, the police weren't any more capable of assisting in the first place due to It's control over Derry. The Losers' Club were the only ones who could even see what was going on.
i really liked the scene where the 7 kids hug each others, friends in the sorrow and in behaviors, King is not only good for his scary stuff: The Body (stand by me), Dreamcatcher, and It, are all about deep friendship, the ones that every one of us would kill for have, you can relate with characters and feel happy or sad for them, even if they aren't real.
1 Reason that if time travel's ever invented, the miniseries should come 1st, then the book, Tim Curry. Henry Bowers Might've had his moments, though Pennywise is the big deal.
Yeah. I don’t remember when exactly, but either when Henry tried to attack Mike at the library or when Bill arrived at Neibolt, that’s when I realized that Tom and Audra weren’t going to show up again. I was really hoping that they would show Tom being eaten by Pennywise since they didn’t do it in this version. Plus, letting him live would like keep Beverly paranoid that he’s still out there. I dread that originally, they were gonna have Audra do more in the 2019 movie, but the actress became pregnant and so she couldn’t do any of the other scenes, so they had to rewrite the script a bit. It was stupid though because the only scene they had her with Bill was with them during bit of an argument. It would’ve been really nice to see James McAvoy ride on that bike with the actress that played Audra. I’m sure it would’ve been beautiful like this.
I think if this end made me already emotinal and nostalgic, imagine when chapter 2 come and do it all over again. And the deaths, i think i will cry for a first time in a horror movie.
I was so freaking sad that Eddie died at the end, and knowing that hes forgotten about in the novel after IT's defeated just makes my heart ache more. He was truly my favorite character, the bravest out of the seven. My least favorite character is Stanley for backing out like he did. I know it shares an important perspective about how terrifying IT can be, but still. Also, I'm so happy that Ben and Bev got together and had children at the end. I have a theory: What if it's because of Ben's poem that they aren't forgetting about each other? He liked her and she was flattered by the poem he wrote her, even before they met IT. I've never read the book, this is just based off the film.
I love how this closely sticks to the book's ending... Specifically, how we have to and revisit the painful moments of our childhoods so that we can live in the present and move on (without continuing to have the past haunt us)...
This scene with the Silver is a bit different in the book Audra sits behind Bill and holds his midsection. And there is a wonderful moment,when she drags his lap..... Does anybody know what I'm thinking about?
I loved John Ritter and Annette O'Toole together, they were perfect in the "Dreamer of Oz" too, as Mr. & Mrs. L. Frank Baum. Came out the same year as this. IT was a terrific TV movie from its time. Super scary. Still is.
In the book, they finished their bike-ride at Derry's main intersection. Most books refer to it as Main, Kansas, and Center streets. Elsewhere it's Main, Kansas, and Canal. And in 11-22-63 it appears to be Center, Kansas, and Witcham ( unless some prankster changed the signs ). I'm going with the Main, Kansas, and Center arrangement myself. An online map I've seen shows it as a 6-way intersection instead of the 3-way it's referred to in the book. To me a three-way corner would be a T- or Y-junction. When Bill rode down to the intersection in 1958 he arrived via Kansas Street. When he saves Audra they arrive down Main Street.Also in the online map it shows Kansas Street crossing over the Penobscot River to entre the town of Brewer. So far no King "Derry" novels mention Kansas doing this but I know it's one of Derry's arterial streets--in Dreamcatcher it even interchanges with I-95.
Them becoming pregnant is a great change from the book. Pennywise prevented the Losers from conceiving children. Mike’s line on how it’s another curse broken is perfect. I wonder if the child was a boy and they named him after Bill.
i dont care what anybody says including S.King .. this IT is by far better in EVERY aspect then the new one!!!, the actors, the mood, the vibe, the way they talk ,facial expressions, the music!!! omg the music!!! it blows away the new IT ,this movie has a sould, it was trully made by heart, not for $$$$ like the new one
I read this when I was in middle school, it would send real shivers down my back in some parts of the book...enough for me to just throw the book down on my bed (I'd always read it before I went to sleep). Sometimes enough it'd scare me shitless and I'd just have to close it. Such a damn good book..
I really wish they kept this ending in It: Chapter Two and put that whole subplot from the book where Audra and Tom go to Derry and completely remove that weird confusing letter ending
The reason why they removed Audra and Tom’s story was because Audra’s actress became pregnant and couldn’t film anymore beyond the scene she was in at the beginning of the film. I do wish we got to see Tom kidnap her, see the Deadlights causing his death, and Pennywise eat him like in the book. I hate how he lives in the miniseries and Chapter Two film. That would basically leave Beverly paranoid he’s still out there and might look for her since he did so in the book to kill her, Bill, and Mike. They could’ve even done something creative by having Tom fight Ben during the climax. But I really wish they had James McAvoy recreate Bill saving Audra. They ruined the importance of Silver.
@@ryanstauffer119 thanks for the explanation! And you are so right! If they kept that subplot it would’ve been very interesting to see come to life and it would’ve made the movie better
This was the longest and greatest book I've read, so much story to it. After seeing the movie as a child, I later decided to read the book, which made the movie look like shit. The way King uses phrases and words in this book, is fucking terrifying. There's no way to describe it lol. The ending was heartwarming; Bill forgetting about It and his friends. Saddens me knowing I'll never find a book like this, ever again. Best coming of age story yet.. You truly are the master, King.
I dont care what anyone says, i was only looking for the classical piece at the end... i watched this when i was six or seven and i didnt go to the toilet alone for a year and even then i had to hang off the seat to while my dad made sure that friggen clown wasnt gonna grab my ass. still gives me the shits.
