Another terrible boring remake

Rating: 5/10 (17 September 2017)

When I hear great things from a horror movie I expect it to be an original idea or an original take on a story that already exists. This version of it is not that. Despite trying to ignore it, the obvious reuse of shots used in the original movie are so obvious and frequent that I feel as though the director doesn't really know how to introduce a new scene, so he just copy's what he has already seen. This wouldn't be so bad if this was a total remake of the original it movie but it isn't, which means that he should have stayed away from this as much as possible. Not only that, the gore and swearing which gave this movie its R rating feel like they are there just to service the fans who wanted to see more gore, without any real meaning. Seeing a kid getting his arm ripped off is cool but is a lot more effective if it has purpose. The original didn't even have to show this gore and was just as efficient, if not more efficient than the scene used in the new It. Paired with so many jump scares that I lost track, this movie is filled with as many clichés as any other terrible horror movie that has 0 creativity. This movie is nothing but another Hollywood horror movie, filled with terrible horror movie clichés, used to service fans of Stephen King to make a lot of money. Despite having great actors and a great story to lead off of, this movie was nothing more than a disappointment that will definitely receive a sequel, due to its box office success and the fact that the studio has already decided to split the movies up to make more money.