Disjointed and at times confusing

Rating: 5/10 (31 January 2018)

For me, I know that a movie is not as good as the hype when 1) I slowly become disinterested in the story line and 2) I fast forward to the end. I had that feeling with this movie. The opening scene had me intrigued, but it slowly but surely went downhill from there. The kids seemed one dimensional, almost cookie cutter like, and I never had the feeling that these kids where "best friends" to the end. The actor who portrayed Henry Bowers was neither menacing nor interesting. The monsters themselves where at times laughable, and though the actor portraying the clown did a rather good job of it, nothing compares to Tim Curry. Skarsgard's rendition made me uneasy; Curry's rendition was simply downright scary. My final complaint was the CGI - way too much of it. When a movie relies on so much CGI to move a story along, then I wonder about the quality of the movie. After awhile, I didn't care what happened to either the kids or Pennywise. It was an OK movie, but way overhyped. I won't watch it a second time.