So much potential and hype but one of the biggest let downs in horror history!

Rating: 3/10 (29 August 2018)

As a horror film fanatic, I was looking forward to this movie thanks to the trailers and a brilliant marketing ploy; Pennywise returns every 27 years and the original film was released in 1990 as this remake marked the 27th anniversary of the original film. How brilliant. Watching the film in theaters I was very impressed with the Georige scene as it gave me hope this movie was going to be badass. I was wrong. I felt there was too much editing, not enough character development and awkward uses of cgi. There would be an awesome scene but its cut short! I don't understand why this film has gotten so much praise and great reviews. I think the fan girls of Bill (Pennywise) are to blame for the success because honestly if you take "the hot guy" as Pennywise away you still have a boring film. Honestly fans who love this movie can you give me examples as to why you love this film (and not because Bill is hot) I will say that the kids in the film were great actors it would have been nice to see them reach their full potential but their scenes were too short. I won't watch the sequel and I will only give this film a second glance if there is an uncut version out there. Hollywood; enough with the cgi, the remakes and the fear of truly terrifying people! This could have been a great horror film but it was a bore.