(ENG/SPA) Tim Curry Pennywise The Ultimate Clown

Tim Curry's Pennywise is one with a bizarre, psychedelic and hilarious personality that accompanied by a rather deep voice and a repugnant facial structure manages to inflict fear, discomfort, the atmosphere falls despite being full of colors and uses his natural laughter to create what I consider to be the Ultimate Clown.

This clown was born in the era of 1990 where the quality of the special effects was not the best at all, so it depended on acting ability to convey a feeling that in this case is indeed accompanied by a clown makeup and that is the greatest potential of the actor because he himself manages to convey discomfort, the makeup are ornaments, are very superficial elements because the core of terror already has the actor.

Let's be clear that Curry's face is not pleasant and that is where part of the success in casting lies because he takes advantage of that structure to set the character with dark but at the same time very sarcastic features, he is really enjoying the character, he lives that clown who needs to use words, gestures and environment to be able to generate panic in his victim.

Now the great success in my opinion of this specific clown is Curry's acting ability, you can have the physique for a character but bringing him to life requires professionalism, experience, creation and the actor has it for decades of work that I think gives maximum fruit in this character.

He is the one who gives him power, it is true that the Pennywise concept comes from a book but the actor makes it his own, the Machiavellian smile that seems to be gritting his teeth because he can't control his desire to eat and the bulging eyes with which he makes many glances that if you see the miniature it seems that they are deviated, all these details not everyone does, they are minimal features but gesturally a change of feature and you have another emotion where the actor uses all his gestural ability to convey discomfort.

Much attention to his gaze and how he makes eye movements to his right, I think this is done with full intention because this happens when a person tries to remember something, the actor could be trying to remember his lines of dialogue or maybe it's his creativity, I can't say, making the scene come out natural and strange because that eye movement unconsciously we perceive it even though it lasts very little.

Not only the face, but also the hand movements which is inspired by the clowns that in their acts to make people laugh try to get all their attention with exaggerated movements of arms and hands, now in this specific case, I do not see exaggerated arm movements but rather flirtatious movements because he has a very particular way of positioning them and remember that in communication between humans, much of the idea that we transmit goes through the hands, not just the voice.

The actor makes a transition between emotions that seems natural and this is not easy to do, he shows kindness, pleasure and will go in very short times and of course the scenes explode, so the character reaches so many, not only is well written by the book aspect but the acting performance of Curry positions him capturing all the attention of the viewer who is in a condition of fear because for the icing on the cake comes the horror touch and makeup that highlight his monstrosity at the time of the attack.

His voice is another element to evaluate that weighs heavily in his characterization, he transmits aggressiveness because it is not only the words, it is the tone in which he says them and this is perceived by the viewer, everything I mention are senses that are perceived and in all Curry is powerful with the character.

Tim Curry presents a very sarcastic Pennywise, comic that explodes in will go during many moments letting see his true intention, I have a lot of nostalgia for this clown because I saw him as a child and maybe that influences a lot in my admiration for him and in giving him his deserved 10 out of 10 in this part of the review without spoilers.

It is undeniable the acting power that Curry gave to this character since he is basically the actor with makeup on and already, his best moments is like that, his monstrous facet is very well focused by the director with close-ups and fixed face where we truly appreciate a monster, The Ultimate Clown.

Starts Spoilers area to mention just a few moments where the character makes a great impression especially in the cynicism aspect because he manages very well the laughs but his intention is fear.

The scene in the Library is hilarious, I remember it very well because it causes a lot of laughter, he is sitting on top of the bar and begins to use an object while laughing disturbingly, the scene draws much attention because there are people around but no one sees him, that's strange because the noise he causes is loud but it is part of his power because as we know he is a supernatural being.

Of course in this review we talked about his aspects as a clown and we didn't make much emphasis on that supernatural aspect but we have to mention it, in my case his scenes where he shines the most is without being a monster, we can see him manipulate the children as he does in the lake, bathroom and example I just mentioned, the Library.

Now when he reveals his monstrous face, it is to place that poster in the room, it looks disturbing, the teeth change and the eyes become demonic, so I understand the name they give him because he really looks like something else, not a living being, it reminds me a lot of Lovecraft's stories where intelligent beings from other worlds are physically indescribable because of how horrifying they are.

The image you have just seen where half of his face looks damaged by the mist thrown by the fogger is one of the most shocking and the incredible thing is that this is the face of the actor with touches of makeup and practical effects, there is nothing computer where we know that this is a resource of great help to visually impact a viewer.

Thanks for reading me and leave me in comments which one do you consider is your favorite Pennywise, this post is inspired by my friend Ivana who talked about Art the clown and I immediately remembered this great character with which I see I am very old fashioned and I have to update myself, you can also tell me in the comments box if you saw Art, do you consider him more monstrous than Pennywise, which one would win in a battle between the two, that would be really funny to see, Clowns fighting.

I dedicate each and every one of my posts and videos to my little dog named princess we called her chiquito who is no longer with us but from heaven she will see that her existence IS valuable and the most beautiful thing that will ever exist in my heart and soul.