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muldjordNov 21, 2019

It was basically the same as chapter 1, but with adults. And that just didn't work very well in my opinion. It wasn't all that scary either, maybe because a lot of it was rehashed or simply elaborated on from the first one. Almost scene byIt was basically the same as chapter 1, but with adults. And that just didn't work very well in my opinion. It wasn't all that scary either, maybe because a lot of it was rehashed or simply elaborated on from the first one. Almost scene by scene I felt like I had seen it all before. And story-wise there's not much to go on - it explains nothing well enough to think that they "killed it" better than they did in the first one either.

I was quite bored halfway through. It is soooo long!

Effects are great and there's some decent acting here and there. Other than that, it was a snoozefest.… Expand

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crankyermaSep 23, 2019

Nearly three hours of me not caring about a single character in the film and it's the sequel to a picture which I actually liked a good bit. That takes some doing.

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MattyiceSep 9, 2019

While entertaining and funny at many points, It: Chapter Two is a lot messier, bloated, and less charming than the first part. Bill Hader and James Ransone really steal the movie with great comedy and pitch-perfect representations of theirWhile entertaining and funny at many points, It: Chapter Two is a lot messier, bloated, and less charming than the first part. Bill Hader and James Ransone really steal the movie with great comedy and pitch-perfect representations of their child counterparts. The rest of the cast is pretty solid as well, although Bill Skarsgard's Pennywise gets noticeably less screen time this around. The movie's central problem comes from its insanely bloated runtime, as the film runs nearly three hours and it sure feels like it. With better direction and a better editor, the film could've been easily around 2 hours. The ending as well feels cheesy and ironic considering a running joke in the film. In addition, much like the first part, the horror is mostly cheap jump scares with a couple of scary visuals. Overall, It: Chapter Two is a film with good comedy and casting, but poor plotting, mediocre horror, and a ridiculously bloated runtime make it a mediocre experience overall.… Expand

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kyle20ellisApr 11, 2020

This review contains spoilers. I had great expectations, but I think this movie is a huge missed opportunity. I wished I could have a "IT" horror movie, but I only got a "IT" funny movie. I wanted to be scared, to go back home and feelThis review contains spoilers. I had great expectations, but I think this movie is a huge missed opportunity. I wished I could have a "IT" horror movie, but I only got a "IT" funny movie. I wanted to be scared, to go back home and feel frightened, but I only felt disappointed. The best part is in the development of the relationship between characters, but this should not be the best thing in a horror movie!

Two big "whys", among the others:

Why did Eddie react in that funny way when stabbed in the mouth? I mean, it's not a Ben Stiller movie, it's IT!

Why do we need humor in every scene, even in the most intense ones? Someone wrote it's the "Marvel Syndrome" and I agree: this was meant to be a horror movie based on an amazing novel!

By the way, in this movie not even jump scares managed to scare me...… Expand

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DerekReideOct 4, 2019

A satisfying enough conclusion to the 'It' series. There's nothing much to say about it other than it is a solid sequel/followup to 2017's 'It'. The actors were all great, it's absolutely hilarious, and yeah, there's a little bit of creep.A satisfying enough conclusion to the 'It' series. There's nothing much to say about it other than it is a solid sequel/followup to 2017's 'It'. The actors were all great, it's absolutely hilarious, and yeah, there's a little bit of creep. It's not as scary as I thought it would be. Also another small gripe, some areas do seem longer than they should be. Overall, an OK culmination of the 'It' film mythology.… Expand

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flametail23Sep 7, 2019

Yes this movie is over long and very silly at points but, with that being said it is a mostly enjoyable movie with a fantastic cast that all have their moment to shine. My main complaint comes from the fact that there is a lack of PennywiseYes this movie is over long and very silly at points but, with that being said it is a mostly enjoyable movie with a fantastic cast that all have their moment to shine. My main complaint comes from the fact that there is a lack of Pennywise throughout this film and an over abundance of cheap looking CGI creatures.… Expand

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beachildSep 6, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I had great expectations, but I think this movie is a huge missed opportunity. I wished I could have a "IT" horror movie, but I only got a "IT" funny movie. I wanted to be scared, to go back home and feel frightened, but I only felt disappointed. The best part is in the development of the relationship between characters, but this should not be the best thing in a horror movie!

Two big "whys", among the others:

Why did Eddie react in that funny way when stabbed in the mouth? I mean, it's not a Ben Stiller movie, it's IT!

Why do we need humor in every scene, even in the most intense ones? Someone wrote it's the "Marvel Syndrome" and I agree: this was meant to be a horror movie based on an amazing novel!

By the way, in this movie not even jump scares managed to scare me...… Expand

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moviemitch96Sep 7, 2019

I wasn't at all a fan of the first 'It' film from 2 years ago. I found most of the child actors rather annoying, not to mention they made it feel like a wannabe Spielberg movie more often than not, and the scare attempts felt far too forcedI wasn't at all a fan of the first 'It' film from 2 years ago. I found most of the child actors rather annoying, not to mention they made it feel like a wannabe Spielberg movie more often than not, and the scare attempts felt far too forced and in-your-face for my liking. So I proceeded with caution going into this film with my fingers crossed that the adult cast could help bring something new and fun to it, and while the likes of Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, etc. all give great performances and are definitely much more bearable than the kids, unfortunately the same scare tactics are in place in this film as well. Jump scares you can see coming from a mile away are plentiful in this, and I almost always felt like I knew what was going to happen next. Furthermore, that hit or miss de-aging technology was used for the kid actors during many flashback scenes, and it looked quite spotty to me often times. And while it didn't necessarily feel long, it definitely was long, pushing the 3-hour mark. Overall, if you enjoyed the first 'It', there should be plenty to admire about this one, such as the spooky atmosphere and great performances from the cast, but if you're like me and you weren't won over by the first film's style and scare attempts, this one likely won't quite win you over, although I will say that it does wrap things up pretty nicely, and I'm about to state a seemingly unpopular opinion when I say that I did like this one slightly more than the first, but not by much.… Expand

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GreggabSep 6, 2019

It's average, a little bit stupid and boring some times, with lots of bad cgi and poorly placed comedy.

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KeithDowSep 7, 2019

'It: Chapter Two' is a classic sophomore slump. Not only does the film fail to fully differentiate itself from the first installment, but it is overly long with a bloated three hour runtime. And as Alfred Hitchcock once said: "The length'It: Chapter Two' is a classic sophomore slump. Not only does the film fail to fully differentiate itself from the first installment, but it is overly long with a bloated three hour runtime. And as Alfred Hitchcock once said: "The length of a film should be directly related to endurance of the human bladder."… Expand

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NebinSep 13, 2019

It Chapter 2 is an overly long, dull sequel to its fantastic predecessor. It Chapter 2 has structural, pacing and CGI problems. However the main issue for me with this movie is the final Act; after almost 4 and half hours of build up (ItIt Chapter 2 is an overly long, dull sequel to its fantastic predecessor. It Chapter 2 has structural, pacing and CGI problems. However the main issue for me with this movie is the final Act; after almost 4 and half hours of build up (It Chapter 1& 2) it ends in an underwhelming, predictable note. The only reason this movie was watchable was because of Bill Hader's stellar performance which, in the end fell prey to bad execution and poor adaptation of source material.… Expand

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SecretS1xSep 7, 2019

Production Company: "IT: Chapter One did great at the box office! How can we make more money?!"
Lazy Writers:"....um, the exact same movie but with adults (who have forgotten then events from the first movie and takes away the thrills asProduction Company: "IT: Chapter One did great at the box office! How can we make more money?!"
Lazy Writers:"....um, the exact same movie but with adults (who have forgotten then events from the first movie and takes away the thrills as adults should he able to handle themselves better than children), a boring fetch quest to drag out the time and we'll even re-use footage from the previous movie..."
Production Company:"....we LOVE it!!"

Review: Wait for IT (lol) to arrive on Netflix. Not worth your money and 3.0hrs of your time to see it at the cinema.… Expand

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LamontRaymondSep 5, 2019

The maker of this film clearly is a fan of the Nightmare on Elm Street series, and that's too bad. The final third is absolutely interminable, and even when it's "over", it won't end! The adult parts are just not good enough. The onlyThe maker of this film clearly is a fan of the Nightmare on Elm Street series, and that's too bad. The final third is absolutely interminable, and even when it's "over", it won't end! The adult parts are just not good enough. The only genuinely good parts are those that are most clear - brutally killing the most innocent. And the hate crimes are super shocking - but gratuitous.… Expand

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iamironman56Sep 10, 2019

This is not as good as the first. i was bored and not scared. Near the end I wanted the movie to be done.

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LucasBevanSep 14, 2019

“IT: Chapter 2”; feels like a compilation of deleted scenes from Chapter 1, combined with an unnecessary, uninteresting remake, but this time, the kids are grown up. It’s near three hour run time felt like an eternity.
A real shame,“IT: Chapter 2”; feels like a compilation of deleted scenes from Chapter 1, combined with an unnecessary, uninteresting remake, but this time, the kids are grown up. It’s near three hour run time felt like an eternity.
A real shame, considering the casting and the cinematography were phenomenal.… Expand

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tropicAcesSep 5, 2019

Overlong, inconsistent and possibly homophobic, this is just of big disappointing waste of time.

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BerikSep 22, 2019

Much like the first movie, It Chapter Two has a lot of disturbing scenes, and none of them include Pennywise a.k.a. the only person to have ever been bullied to death.

The characters from the first movie have grown up, and have all forgottenMuch like the first movie, It Chapter Two has a lot of disturbing scenes, and none of them include Pennywise a.k.a. the only person to have ever been bullied to death.

The characters from the first movie have grown up, and have all forgotten what happened in the town they grew up in. All except one dude who lives in an attic above a library, who has been preparing for the return of the killer clown. And from that point on the story is pretty much the same as chapter One, with the exception that main characters can die now.

What's most disturbing is the brutal way people in this town treat each other. In the intro of the movie a gay couple gets beaten halve to death for no justified reason, and one of them even gets thrown into a river from a bridge to drown. What the hell is wrong with these people? Pennywise comes across much nicer and even less gruesome compared to these hillbilly psychopaths.

The story takes its time to explain the main characters, and the pacing becomes rather slow and boring halfway through the movie. None of the encounters with Pennywise really strike a scary tone, and the final showdown is very underwhelming and incredibly stupid. The movie is over 2 hours long, which is way longer than is deserved.

While the first movie wasn't memorable but did entertain a little, i see much less value in this movie. I give this movie a 5/10. It's an underwhelming movie.… Expand

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RoncotamSep 18, 2019

I didn't like it, it was a comedy with jumpscares and with an obligation of being politically correct with LGBT community. The jokes and the special effects in the movie made me lose the attention and the passion in the movie. Not the worstI didn't like it, it was a comedy with jumpscares and with an obligation of being politically correct with LGBT community. The jokes and the special effects in the movie made me lose the attention and the passion in the movie. Not the worst movie I've ever seen, but it's near to it.… Expand

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PauloReviewsSep 6, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. "It: Chapter 2" is finally in theaters and people can now watch it... brave people. Not just brave because of the silly jumpscares in this movie, but also because of the movie's runtime, which is... yep, it's long, repetitive and quite unnecessary in many parts.

If I were to choose a scene from this movie that I felt was completely redundant to the overall plot of the film and remove it... we would get a 90-minute movie. That illustrates how the sequel of the remake "IT" felt to me.

Look at the character of Bowers, for example. I thought he died in the last movie. Why is he in this movie? To create more jumpscares? Usually, with characters like him, he would be what we call "plot device". He was a... what, scare device?

The scene with the little girl being eaten? Scary, but what's the point of that scene? Pennywise likes to eat children? We already knew that from the first film!

The cast is pretty good (with Bill Hader being outstanding) and Bill Skarsgård does a brilliant job, once again, as Pennywise. The cinematography is passable, not as good as in the first movie.

There are some entertaining scenes, but I felt as though in the second half of the movie they couldn't help themselves but to throw jumpscares in every scene, which made it more predictable as the film went along.

The charm from the first chapter is mostly gone. The sequence of events throughout this movie is very haphazard - especially in the beginning. The momentum loses its way towards the end and quite honestly, I wasn't expecting the exposition in some scenes.

The standoff is very disappointing, but the performances are solid enough to overcome it.

Did "IT: Chapter 2" float?

Yes... slowly.

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JoeCoolSep 23, 2019

It: Chapter Two is really just too long. It could certainly have done without the cheesy ending. A bit over halfway it gets too silly, unsure of whether it want to be horror, comedy or something in between. The announced jump scares justIt: Chapter Two is really just too long. It could certainly have done without the cheesy ending. A bit over halfway it gets too silly, unsure of whether it want to be horror, comedy or something in between. The announced jump scares just don't do it. It's somewhat entertaining as a horror-comedy with some pretty nice FX, but it's just dragged on for far too long. Good scene, bad scene, good scene, bad scene, ... ending with bad. It's a rather strange experience that really lacks the power of the first chapter.… Expand

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Rebecca31Sep 9, 2019

Twenty-seven years later, Pennywise is back munching on children. The losers club, now all grown up and living very successful lives, they must keep their oath and return to Derry to deal with the terrifying clown. I was concerned IT ChapterTwenty-seven years later, Pennywise is back munching on children. The losers club, now all grown up and living very successful lives, they must keep their oath and return to Derry to deal with the terrifying clown. I was concerned IT Chapter Two wouldn’t hold up against Chapter One and unfortunately that proved true. IT Chapter One wasn’t everyone’s cup of tea but I loved it and I felt it was a terrific adaptation of Stephen King’s IT. The bar was high and Chapter Two really doesn’t reach that standard.

There’s a lot I liked about IT Chapter Two but it has a lot of problems. The chemistry between the young losers club wasn’t replicated with the adults and although there’s a lot of humour and banter between the adult cast the result is a mismatch of genres. On the one hand it’s trying so hard to freak you out and frighten you at every turn but there’s so much comedy stuffed in at the same time I’m not sure what it wants me to feel. I ended up laughing way more than I should have. So yes it’s funny and entertaining but scary? Far from it.

The CGI De-Aging of the young losers club was also a little distracting. Yes I know they’ve aged since filming IT Chapter One but a lot of these additional flashback scenes felt like they were desperately trying to cling to the success of Chapter One. We loved the coming of age aspect of the first movie, the genuine relationship between the kids and Chapter Two doesn’t have that element. So what are you left with? Frights and grotesque set pieces. That’s what you’re left with and believe me when I say the frights are endless, it felt like in order to ramp everything up they just added as many frights as possible. This is only made worse by the film’s lengthy running time. Yet despite being 2 hours 49 minutes it still felt rushed. How it managed to feel both rushed and dragged out at the same time I’ll never know. There are a couple of pretty horrifying scenes, but aside from that this film just didn’t feel scary. I don’t have a problem with horrors using jokes or humour to alleviate some of the tension, particularly if it’s coming from a character you’d expect. Richie “Trashmouth” Tozier for example, yet so many of the scenes feel the need for a joke the whole cinema was laughing and you’re left with something that barely feels like a horror movie anymore.

Bill Skarsgård’s spine-chilling performance as Pennywise is just as scary as before, these movies would not have been half as successful if it wasn’t for that casting choice. Skarsgård is without a doubt the best thing about this movie. I am a little disappointed as I loved the first part so much, but IT Chapter Two will still entertain you and well worth the ticket price. Assuming that is you go to a cinema that actually has a certain set of standards and not the usual nonsense that goes on in an Odeon cinema. Leaving the lights on for the first ten minutes of any movie is unacceptable but a horror especially is just plain annoying. You can feel Andy Muschietti has a great respect for the source material but overall it didn’t have the same atmosphere as IT Chapter One. A horror movie with more laughs than scares, recommended for all you Stephen King fans.… Expand

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CoastCobraSep 11, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I don't actually know what to think about the movie. In the cinema, I actually really enjoyed it, although there are little-to-no scenes that actually have suspense apart from one or two. Now that I'm looking back on it in hindsight, I realise some of the decisions in the film make less sense.

This film is a huge CGI-fest. I'm pretty sure there's more CGI in this film than actual real sets. It is incredibly loud, fast (during scary scenes), and sometimes over-relies on loud noises and jumpscares. The screening I saw was huge, so much so that it looked similar to that of a university lecture, and I noticed about five people left during the film.

I found myself, and the audience, chuckling at one or two jokes. Some of the comedy is genuinely funny in my opinion, but it didn't manage to get too many smiles or laughs from me. But it must've been funny as people were laughing. It does capture, to some extent, the cheesiness of the 90's adaptation, but it is great in making it modern. Some of the things I personally disliked about the movie was the abundance of comedy. While I like the comedy, there's just too much. There's so many scenes that are horrific and in the next scene the characters are laughing and joking about as if nothing happened. The only person who actually acts as a human would throughout the film is Bev, who seems actually traumatised by the sheer horror of a supernatural threat. The rest can be ridiculous sometimes.

Another thing I absolutely despised and found myself laughing at was the ending. The "Eater of Worlds" or whatever It calls itself, this terrifying, child-eating, shape-shifting, supernatural extra-terrestrial gets defeated by being belittled. Yes, literally. They literally say things the equivalent of "You're a poo-pee head!" to It and it turns into some jelly thing. WHAT.

Anyway, yeah. Good at some things and bad at others. I do feel it does a lot right, however because of the comedy and lack of suspense throughout the film, I cannot deny how it takes a lot of its effect away. A shame, I really liked the first It despite its flaws, but I was expecting a lot more than a CGI ****… Expand

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SebkSep 22, 2019

It: Chapter Two does not finish to convince. The previous is mentioned because of the characters do not have the same charisma that characters' representation from previous movie had. The actors do not finish to fit in the characters,It: Chapter Two does not finish to convince. The previous is mentioned because of the characters do not have the same charisma that characters' representation from previous movie had. The actors do not finish to fit in the characters, creating a poor connection between their characters and an easy disconnection with the plot. Besides, some elements such as the scenography mixes the "current technology" with an old context during the movie that do not represent totally the correct scenography. The movie has good moments, but there are others that are totally cliche and predictable that takes away surprise and it is simple to know what is going to happen. It is a correct movie, but worst than the previous one that was very good.

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JLuis_001Sep 21, 2019

The long-awaited sequel to the successful new adaptation of Stephen King's popular novel has finally arrived and the truth is that it's a film incapable of responding to the expectations created.
It's still one of King's best adaptationsThe long-awaited sequel to the successful new adaptation of Stephen King's popular novel has finally arrived and the truth is that it's a film incapable of responding to the expectations created.
It's still one of King's best adaptations although considering that the level of these is always quite low, the bar of quality wasn't that high.

Like the 90's miniseries, this sequel faces the same problem when in the story it's time to tell the new conflict that now involves the characters as adults.

The children's story works very well because the story is built on something very basic and is something we can all relate to: Fear.
IT is an entity that transforms into their greatest fears and that's something that whithout a doubt everyone experienced as kids, so because of that everything flows better and that's why the first film is in most ways superior to its sequel.

It's ironic to think that a film that lasts almost 3 hours has a problem with its duration and at the same time it doesn't. I know it sounds strange but I say it because the duration doesn't feel heavy.
The film in a way despite the imbalance that it has and the huge ups and dowsn with the rhythm, it manages to remain stable. Unfortunately, the filling it uses for the gaps isn't really satisfactory. You could cut a lot and there would be no problem with the story.

A huge problem for me is that the film uses flashbacks too much and this is annoying because we are seeing once again that what evidently worked with that fear was when they were kids and problematically that fear no longer works in the same way when they're adults, therefore the film returns several times to them being kids and that's a serious obstacle because if we needed to see once again the horrors they experienced as kids then why do we had the first film in the first place?

It's for these reasons that It: Chapter Two is not so functional.
The film is well made, Andy Muschietti takes advantage of what he has despite the fact that his cast doesn't really have chemistry and also that on this occasion he uses too much jump scares which is a shame because this time Pennywise no longer feels like that scary character of the shadows with the exception of the scene in which he murders the girl in the baseball game. With Bill Skarsgård I have no problem. The others, frankly, don't seem to be so interested and that includes proven actors like James McAvoy Jessica Chastain and Bill Hader but at least they do enough.

Is worth it? Yes, personally I think so. It's not superior to the first one but if you saw it, well this is the end of the story, you can give it a try. Nothing remarkable but sufficiently entertaining.

As an extra there's something I must mention and it's because I've been reading that a lot of people is saying that you should read the novel and no, you shouldn't do it, unless you want to.
And I'm a huge fan of Stephen King but to watch a film based on some novel, regardless of the book or the writer, you don't need to read the book before watching the film because if so then you're saying the film is unable to support itself without the book. You should understand they're two very different narrative means.
The book exist for a reason as well as the film, know how to separate both.… Expand

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Aether25Sep 7, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It: Chapter 2 was a slightly disappointing follow up to the first one. While it stays true to it's source material, which is one of the good things, is suffers from poor pacing and some minor writing flaws. There is such a thing as too much humor, especially in horror, while the first excelled at placing humor in the right places, but more importantly, keeping it out of places it shouldn't.
This is partly where "IT 2" fails. In my opinion, when you see the villain at his weakest point, you really shouldn't be going for a laugh. The audience in my theater was laughing, which I'm sure want the goal of the director, but the humor that got forced in Durning the climax really affected the third act as a whole.
There were also a few scenes that had absolutely no point if being in the movie other than to pad out the runtime (Which is 2.5 hours). I can distinctly remember one scene that dragged on for at least 3 minutes longer than it had to be.
Unfortunately, the 2nd installment couldn't live up to the first, not only in the things listed above, but also the true horror factor of the movie. It's not really that frightening of a movie, sure there are a few jump scares here and there, but jumpscares add nothing to the scariness if there isn't some true horror behind it.

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amheretojudgeSep 8, 2019

Digging its own hole, the story tries to revisit the same set pieces with a catch that the characters are "new", unfortunately we are not.

It Chapter Two Muschetti's second and hopefully final swing at this Stephen King's classic novel isDigging its own hole, the story tries to revisit the same set pieces with a catch that the characters are "new", unfortunately we are not.

It Chapter Two

Muschetti's second and hopefully final swing at this Stephen King's classic novel is one big homework. The only advantage in the director Andy Muschetti's corner is that we love this subject. It was a hot topic and will stay a hot topic. Also not to forget, King is the source here, and for someone who hasn't gone through that heavy, heavy book, the character arcs and the mythology might fascinate the viewers. But if the novel is taken into account then this looks like a shady commercial rip off of something malevolent that is poorly mimicked into a bad joke. If that was the point of applying the CGI make-up then get ready for an entertaining night.

Another thing I'd like to mention is the elaborative nature of the script. It is obsessed on giving time and space to each character resulting it into a long separately sketched horror show that is clearly not worth the scare it wishes to forge; call me old fashioned, but I am one of those who doesn't believe in scaring people with visual effects, nothing gets me like witty practical jumps.

Now, this also brings out the inadequacies of the assembled pieces that never for a second floats. I stand by it, I still haven't found the replacement of Steven Soderberg's smoothness on projecting a multi-starrer not-a-film-but-a-trilogy. The "barbaric" theme pops out every now and then in the film. I mean the grievous behaviour of the film. The cruelty as an excuse for the screams is a good idea. Maybe, even a great one. But it is the irrelevancy in the scene and probably the unfathomable necessity that the makers find to justify the characters' trauma, is largely off putting that puts it in a trial of questioning of (IT)s existence.… Expand

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SWEEPtheLEG175Sep 7, 2019

Chapter 2 is not good. I did enjoy the first 60min, after that the film goes rogue and just drags on. There is a scene when James McAvoy is riding his bike "silver" and it's a green screen, they couldn't film him riding the bike for real?Chapter 2 is not good. I did enjoy the first 60min, after that the film goes rogue and just drags on. There is a scene when James McAvoy is riding his bike "silver" and it's a green screen, they couldn't film him riding the bike for real? The point is that they didn't put much effort into this film, the same goes for the acting. Bill Hader was good, that is it.… Expand

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ThwompthingSep 8, 2019

You can't trust anyone who gives out scores of 10 when the majority of critics say and prove that it isn't nearly as good as the first part. So here's a 5 for the 3 hour overly-long and bloated sequel. Part 1 was AMAZING. The crude humorYou can't trust anyone who gives out scores of 10 when the majority of critics say and prove that it isn't nearly as good as the first part. So here's a 5 for the 3 hour overly-long and bloated sequel. Part 1 was AMAZING. The crude humor was perfect and the children were the stars of the show, along with the horrifying pennyworth. Part 2 isn't even close to what the first movie captured. You know people can't be believed when they don't like the first movie which made almost 800 MILLION world wide and received a 90 average on rotten tomatoes and meta, and part 2 only opened to under 80 million.... it will not come close to part 1's success because that movie was perfect. So, never trust people when they give out 10's like there's no tomorrow when the movie is no where near a 10. It's just a 1 time watch.… Expand

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BulgarianCriticSep 23, 2019

This was an ok comedy movie but not really a horror one.The story was pretty boring and predictable from the start till the end but the movie game me a few good laughs so it was ok.

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DorantesAJSep 11, 2019

I can think in 3 words to describe this movie: predictable jumpscares, bad CGI and too comic. Is a very funny movie you will laugh a lot but it doesn't scare at all.

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shalev18030Sep 6, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Ggfggfcggfggjjbvvvv have a great day and I will be in the sun is shining and I will… Expand

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PlasticSquidSep 8, 2019

Moderately entertaining but overall not that great. Heavy on low-effort jump scares. Some of the CGI was bad and/or weird. I think it missed the mark compared to the source material but it's also a weird one to flesh out on film because it'sModerately entertaining but overall not that great. Heavy on low-effort jump scares. Some of the CGI was bad and/or weird. I think it missed the mark compared to the source material but it's also a weird one to flesh out on film because it's such a wild story. Cinematography was decent but I think the first part was better in that respect. Acting was fair but nothing that really impressed me. I feel Skarsgård was underutilized and was turned into quirky jump scare material when he could have offered more to the role - likely not his fault as that would have been decided by people above him. Set design was decent. Audio was standard jump scare bass spikes with nothing memorable in terms of a score. Felt like standard pop film theater bait riding off the popularity of a classic movie and book. Some parts were decent, some of the humor was alright. The movie had potential but literally nothing about it was truly scary.… Expand

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JoaoBoalSep 10, 2019

In comparison to the first movie, it chapter 2 seems like a copy of the first, the 2017 one, but this time the kids are adults, and they have the same mission as the first movie, i didnt find it very original, the cinematography was great asIn comparison to the first movie, it chapter 2 seems like a copy of the first, the 2017 one, but this time the kids are adults, and they have the same mission as the first movie, i didnt find it very original, the cinematography was great as always, but i just found the story to be very blank this time.… Expand

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hanmeileSep 10, 2019

Not terrible enough, the front is good, until close to the end, it seems very difficult, because the light flashes, for a flashing person, close your eyes to see the end of the whole journey.

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ScoocherSep 13, 2019

Cheap overused jumpscare tactics, overused suspense mechanics such as fake sound buildups or camera pointings. The scares are too predictable for me. Pennywise doesn't feel as threatening, the characters doesn't seem too terrified. Yes, someCheap overused jumpscare tactics, overused suspense mechanics such as fake sound buildups or camera pointings. The scares are too predictable for me. Pennywise doesn't feel as threatening, the characters doesn't seem too terrified. Yes, some scenes are a little disgusting therefore they only delivered well in the weird and gross-outs, but not so great in both horror and terror.

Character development was dull, they aren't so likable like they did as a teen. Everyone was so gloomy and anxious throughout the film, not even a quality time spent with each other. Once a character tries to joke it turns out awkward and cringey. Oh, and the scenes are so hollywood cliche it hurts, the final showdown for example.

Pros huh? You get a better, cooler looking Pennywise, and **** just got real with this entity. A satisfying ending nonetheless.

Wasn't dissapointed and I'm glad I watched it rather then spending my entire life in curiosity. Sorry Warner Bros, it's a 4 from me, to Pennywise.… Expand

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M4rrucciSep 14, 2019

Filme se perde em sua narrativa, possui uma duração absurda e jump scares forçados, porém pode ser divertido para um entretenimento casual.

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makingscores0Sep 22, 2019

The comedy was great for the most part and there were lots of fun scenes. However, the movie is neither particularly interesting or scary. The plot is kinda all over the place, and it feels like exact same thing is happening on repeat forThe comedy was great for the most part and there were lots of fun scenes. However, the movie is neither particularly interesting or scary. The plot is kinda all over the place, and it feels like exact same thing is happening on repeat for about an hour and a half. The characters split up, and we see them walk around alone, before a predictable (not scary or very well animated) jump scare happens. The character gets away, then rinse and repeat with all of them until the climax of the movie. There was one scene i love that i wont spoil, but it was certainly in the camp of "fun" over "creepy". unfortunately this film doesn't hold up to its fantastic prequel. 6/10 - good scenes, boring film :/… Expand

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Richmond95Oct 5, 2019

It: Chapter Two is a perfect example of a mix bag. The cast is A-game, they do an incredible job and there are some very touching moments between the now grown up Losers Club. But this movie is not, I repeat, not scary at all. Oh sure theIt: Chapter Two is a perfect example of a mix bag. The cast is A-game, they do an incredible job and there are some very touching moments between the now grown up Losers Club. But this movie is not, I repeat, not scary at all. Oh sure the film has jump scares up the wazoo, but there's nothing that disturbs you, or gets you afraid of the dark, nervous about the noises you hear at night. Nothing at all. The CGI in this movie, is very bad. Laughable at certain moments, the climax is just so bizarre and makes the long run time come across as very irrelevant. The run time wasn't a problem to its credit but I walked away sadly disappointed, and just can't get on board with many positive reviews that are out there.… Expand

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terioR10119Oct 7, 2019

It Chapter 2 has a boring structure in which we can predict what will happen but still has original ways to scare

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hnestlyontheslyOct 7, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Talked about this movie over dinner last week with some friends after seeing it with Friend while our car was being serviced. I mentioned that I had spoken to a friend who’s gay about what he thought about the scene at the beginning of the movie that has garnered some criticism for its callous, unresolved milking of real life “gay-bashing” for shock-effect. I said at dinner that the kids-turned-adults had successfully beaten It but no one in the film could beat homophobia for some reason. But this friend had actually liked the symmetry of the beginning and the new relationship between Richie and Eddie created for the film.

The day I went to see the movie I talked to the person who works in the front office of my building and she said it was 1) too long (at nearly 3 hrs) and 2) the “fight” at the end went on forever. When I mentioned that to Friend, he laughed and said, “I heard that the Losers essentially bully It into submission at the end. It became a running joke to lean into each other in the first two hours of episodic scares to ask, “How is this going to result in them bullying each other?” Even during the actual fight, when It turns into a giant lobster or whatever, it seemed like the Losers had a fairly well thought out, well-foreshadowed plan to entrap him in a small-ass crawlspace before bashing him in the head or something. Everyone keeps saying “It must abide by nature regarding whichever form It takes,” so it seems like it ought to eventually come up. When finally they shout down the giant monster in a cave within a cave within a house by rudley calling him a “clown,” it just feels a little… mean? uncreative?

Ultimately, Friend seems like he’s got it right when he said that It’s repeated failure to eliminate the Losers when they return to Derry makes It seem progressively more and more incompetent. It’s the Wiley E. Coyote problem AKA The Dalek Problem: a menacing character loses his power to scare gradually over time if he repeatedly fails to obtain his objective, which is necessary for their rivalry to continue. Probably the best scene is under the bleachers at the football game. It’s one of the moments that hearkens back to the creepy mouthiness of It in the first film, the chilling way It manipulates its prey, takes advantage of their kindness, and doesn’t fail in its objective.

Sequels don’t have to be facsimiles of the original, especially not ones that are explicitly 27 years in the future. So much of what made the first film work so well was that its iconic portrayal of the 80s in Derry resonated so well with movie goers hot on the trailer of Stranger Things Season One and Super Eight and all the rest of those kid-powered nostalgic homages in recent memory. Part Two isn’t nostalgic about anything, and that’s okay, but at the same time, it felt a little out of place, lacking pop culture references from the present and relying pretty heavily on flashbacks from childhood and inside jokes from the Losers glory days.

The scares lacked a meaningful referent, which we’ve talked about as a necessary component of any good horror film, which might not be so much a fault of the film as the source material. Colleague from work said that Eddie’s thing in the book was a fear of eyes (???), which seems like more a gross-out plot point than anything meaningful to child development. I can’t help but think that Cary Fukunaga’s brief stint as a collaborator and director of the first film, and Jeffrey Katzenberg’s involvement–however minimal–contributed to the diminishing quality of the sequel.

All in all, It 2 is a bit of a mess–and a long mess at that. Alex McLevy over at the AV Club suggests that the film works better as comedy than horror, which I think was actually one of the strengths of the first one in the series as well. I remember sitting in the audience on opening night and listening to people laugh out loud because the scene was so scary and the way that the child actors stood in as surrogates for the audience rode a nice balance between comedy and horror. I think adults don’t get as much leeway when it comes to snappy one-liners in horror films, especially if they’re known for their comic chops, so a lot of the jokes that would’ve been hilarious to watch a 12-year-old no-name pull fall flat when said by the likes of Bill Hader.

I’m supposed to mention that the movie appears to have upped the racism to a ten in a way that the book had more nuance, so I’m just going to leave that flaming bag of **** on your porch to crush underfoot when you are good and ready.

It’s an important lesson in life to learn that you can never recover what you’ve lost and the past always remains in the past, so go see this movie if only to feel that brief tinge of pain and regret at the fact that you aren’t seeing the original… reboot… we loved so much.… Expand

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Cooperward4Oct 11, 2019

It Chapter 2 is a disappointing follow up to the brilliant It Chapter 1. Unlike the first this film sports quite a number of issues that make this a lacklustre viewing experience. I will admit one of the highlights of this film was theIt Chapter 2 is a disappointing follow up to the brilliant It Chapter 1. Unlike the first this film sports quite a number of issues that make this a lacklustre viewing experience. I will admit one of the highlights of this film was the acting. Each member of this charismatic cast puts on a stellar performance that saves this film from being an unwatchable experience. When members of the cast are interacting and reacting to absurd situations, thats where the film really shines. But unfortunately when this amazing cast aren't in scenes together the film really drags. It also doesn't help that the film simply is not scary. The film's over reliance on visual effects make every dramatic/scary scene look very unrealistic and hence making almost every single scary scene at times unintentionally hilarious. But the film's main problem which makes it a pain to watch at times is its extremely self indulgent runtime. Clocking in at almost 3 hours long, this film is so painfully slow and filled with so many unnecessary scenes that just pad the runtime for no particular reason. Overall It Chapter 2 is somewhat entertaining at times but just fails to offer you a movie worth your time.… Expand

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DrigoCelisOct 10, 2019

Tried to make the movie into a character story piece. Lacked intensity and suspense. The kid actors did a far better job than the adults.

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ColginatorSep 8, 2019

Stephen King films can be difficult to get right. There are some aspects of his writing which are quite hard to put to film, especially when it's a 1,200 page novel that contains a lot of lore that's impossible to condense it to even twoStephen King films can be difficult to get right. There are some aspects of his writing which are quite hard to put to film, especially when it's a 1,200 page novel that contains a lot of lore that's impossible to condense it to even two movies. But he also has some of the greatest horror movie scenarios ranging from the goofiness of killer cars, the terror of being trapped with your most psychotic fan and of course a killer clown from space taking the form of everyone's worst nightmares.

Whilst chapter 1 of It wasn't able to include some of the more bizarre elements of the novel such as the ancient space turtle who created the universe, it instead focused on the battle for survival between a bunch of outcast kids known as the losers and an alien who wants nothing other than terrifying and eating them. Now chapter 2 takes place 27 years after the events of the first movie and the losers have all grown up and almost all have forgotten the horrors of their childhood. But when Pennywise reawakens, they are all called upon to make good of their promise to defeat the evil creature if It ever came back.

Though the film seems less interested in focusing on any plot and instead plays out more like a horror anthology film. Similar to the last film, the losers are separated through most of the films run time with Pennywise cornering them all by turning in to their own personal nightmares. This ranges from anything between being trapped in a hall of mirrors to encountering an old granny, at times delivering on a level of brutality that most films usually shy away from.

But in spite of the films increased budget, the scares aren't as effective this time around. There's nothing as visceral as the bloody bathroom or as frantic as Pennywise's monstrous form reaching out from a projector. Parly this is because of the absence of cinematographer Chung-hon Chung's who played a massive role in developing the nightmarish visuals of the first film. Also at 2 hours 45 minutes, there is a fair amount of repetition of the standard Pennywise formula. There's only so many times it's entertaining to see the same formula of one of the losers ending up alone, Pennywise jump scare and the loser running away unharmed before things start to get boring.

As for the characters themselves, all the new cast are all individually very entertaining. James McAvoy delivers with both emotional intensity. Jessica Chastain carries all of her characters trauma from the first film. And Bill Hader is an absolute treasure who's able to make anything hilarious. However as a group they don't share the same chemistry as their childhood counterparts, mostly because similar to the original TV miniseries the dynamic of young childhood friends is just more fun to watch.

And at the core of the movie once again is Bill Skarsgård's unhinged Pennywise. He's one of the few recent great movie monsters with an unsettling presence whenever he's onscreen, always moving in an unnatural twitchy way.

It's just a shame that Skarsgård is often only limited to being part of brief jumpscares and isn't given enough time, with the film favouring some more generic CGI monsters instead of just giving Skarsgård more time to deliver on some psychological terror. Overall watching It kind of feels like walking through a haunted house at a carnival. You'll get a few good jump scares and you'll have some good laughs, but not offering anything which is likely to resonate in any meaningful way.… Expand