I recently finished the novel of IT, and had never seen the miniseries, so decided it was as good a time as any. I liked the duology from the late 2010s well enough, but thought the first part was better than the second part. It was a bit disappointing then to realise that the 1990 miniseries did a similar thing structurally. Things in part 1 start with the adults, and then pivot to the kids for most of the 90-minute episode, which I guess separates it from the 2019 film, where the adults aren't seen (not until part 2). I loved the structure in the novel, and the way it puts the climaxes side by side near the end.
You have to deal with some made for tv cheese throughout the first episode, but it was a bit better than I was expecting. It scratches the same itch as I remember The Stand miniseries hitting. Of course, both pale in comparison to the source material. I kind of love the tangents and excessive detail to countless characters and immense world-building in those epic novels, and that stuff's always cut when it comes to movies or miniseries I guess.
