Things really do float down here. Like this TURD

Rating: 4/10 (9 September 2017)

OK so firstly I see myself as a horror fan and loved the original IT when it came out all those years ago an IT fan and was super excited to see an IT remake announced so I have been following the hype on this quite closely. It's sad to say this is the same kind of empty let down that I felt with the new Blair Witch. So the film the acting in the film is great the kids are great, the overall 80s look and feel for the film is spot on. However the let down is unfortunately the star attraction Pennywise. I was felt the original Pennywise was more scary as he looked like a regular clown that someone could dress as and from my faded memory of the original this clown invaded the real world and creeped us out there, which is why it was scary, similar to Freddy Krueger. This new Pennywise is more alien and looks like a Victorian clown I think they must've tried to match him to dates and the history of Derry. The new Pennywise also only seems to operate in a very restricted way in his own body utilising the fears of children so he never really physically leaves his domain which leaves this film with a main character that doesn't do too much. There's some good cgi effects in this towards the end of the movie but also some really lame effects applied to the way Pennywise moves. In a nutshell the movie is too long and spends way too long trying to decide whether it wants to be Stand by me or Stranger Things which leaves it in a really weird unscary wilderness. Not a great movie and I'm feeling let down.