Brilliant opening scene, shocking afterwards.

Rating: 3/10 (18 September 2017)

This review will contain spoilers.
As a fan of Stephen King,the IT book and the 1990 adaptation, i was very excited to see how this film would compare.Having read that Stephen King had said the film was much more like the book than the 1990 mini series, i was so excited to see the new one. But BOY it was shocking.
Now i understand that this film obviously would not be the exact same as the book, but some really major parts were cut and some frankly awful parts were put in their place.
Things wrong: 1) After the opening sequence, the film feels like a series of sequences that have been thrown together, meaning that it doesn't all really make sense.
2) The entrance to the sewers is in the basement of the 'creepy' House on Neilbolt street. Um, why? It makes the film feel like a cliché 'scary house' movie, which it is not supposed to be... That and the house isn't really creepy at all.
3) The lack of original monsters. Mainly the Werewolf, without the Werewolf they couldn't 'kill' IT in the same way as both the film and book. Which then meant they were able to fight Pennywise with very normal objects.
4) Backstories. Where are they? They cut so much out so that the kids' bond doesn't feel as strong as it should be.
5)The laughable CGI. Can we just remember how awful it was when 'IT' comes out of the projector and is massive.And the monster from the painting, is shockingly bad.
6) CUTTING EDDIES BEST LINE: ''This is battery acid. Now, you disappear!''
7) Bill is supposed to be the strongest of the group, i feel that the film didn't demonstrate this.
8) The lack of character development, Henry Bowers' is such a big part in the book, but his character isn't in the film enough.
I did however think that the opening sequence featuring Georgie and Pennywise was brilliant, and i'm glad they used the same death as in the book.
The Kid actors were brilliant, i didn't feel that they were too cheesy. Each of them were brilliant in their own ways.
Here's to hoping chapter 2 is better, although i have very low expectations.