A modern classic

Rating: 9/10 (20 September 2019)

Anyone who's a horror fan needs to watch this movie, even if they don't like the book or the original show.
This movie cuts out all the filler from the book and made a perfectly concise standalone movie. Making this film only focus on the kids and not flashing forward to the adults was a great decision because it makes the story way more cohesive. The kids are all great and the scenes with them together are very happy and funny, and they serve as a good contrast to the sad and scary scenes.
The only flaws I can think of with this movie would be the editing. Whenever there's a scary part they play really loud noises which seem like they're telling the audience "here's the part where you're supposed to be scared!". Other times, in some intense parts where pennywise runs towards the screen, the camera gets all shaky and there's a bunch of motion blur around him. Also there's a couple parts where they show pennywise in broad daylight which makes him less scary in my opinion, it takes away from the mystery of the character. But these are just filmmaking nitpicks that don't really affect the story.
Even if you don't usually like horror, this is still a must-watch