IT- A Good Movie but a bit Disappointed

Rating: 9/10 (9 September 2017)

Overall, it was still a good movie but this disappointed me just a bit. I think a lot of my disappointment is that it takes place in the 80s and not the 50s.
First, I commend the kids for their acting performances as they did a terrific job all-around; specifically "Stuttering Big Bill," Eddie Kasprak, Beverly Marsh and Richie "Trashmouth" Tozier (great comedic performance). It was very realistic how boys act at that age, but I didn't care for Ben Hanscom, Mike Hanlon or Stan Uris' characters. Not bad acting, but rather what the writers gave them to work with. Ben Hanscom is supposed to be the brainiac of the Losers Club, but no one would know it from watching this movie. No one would also know that Big Bill was a gifted story-teller that would later become a world- renown author.
I was glad they included the House on Neibolt Street, which they left out of the 1990s movie and was a significant part of the story.
The "Apocalyptic rock fight" could have been a lot better and I was disappointed that there weren't more scenes of the kids playing in The Barrens. This would have been a great opportunity to illustrate how intelligent Ben is by informing the other Losers how to properly build the dam that would later flood the Barrens.
Henry Bowers was not nearly as evil or racist as he was in the book or even the first movie. I'll chalk that up to the Hollywood Liberals avoiding an unpleasant time in our country's past. (Henry would incessantly belittle Mike for being Black. They could have shown a flashback of The Black Spot and how IT murdered all of those patrons; but I think they avoided this too b/c it's a racial topic).
I was glad that Patrick Hockstetter was included this time, but he had a very minor role. No mention that he was even crazier than Henry, and that he murdered his baby brother when he was 6. They could have made more of a story of how Henry, Belch, Victor and Patrick terrorized the Losers Club.
Along with the Black Spot, I thought it would have been cool if there were flashbacks of what happened at the Ironworks factory on Easter Day, but it was only merely mentioned.
AND TO ALL THE PERVS THAT READ THE BOOK, Beverly does not SLEEP with all of the boys as she does in the book. Patrick also doesn't have his homosexual experience with Henry either. Hahahaha, gross.
King could be a whack-job.