Not as good as I was hoping

Rating: 6/10 (13 September 2017)

I've read the book more times than I can count and I am a fan of the 1990 TV series. They made some improvements over the 1990 series, but also screwed up some of the good things from the 1990 series. The acting was good but the story was bland and I never felt the closeness the losers were supposed to have in the story. The 1990 film, while corny to today's standards, did a much better job with the kids' back stories and you knew why Henry Bowers hated them so much. This movie just felt rushed and thrown together haphazardly. Moving the film to the 80's really backed them into a corner as far as how the story would play out relative to the source material. The apocalyptic rock fight was anything but dramatic and they actually made it humorous which is 180 degrees the wrong direction. It wouldn't have been bad as a stand-alone film but calling it Stephen King's IT is not really accurate. 6 of 10 because the acting was done well.