If you float than IT...'s Monty Python's Flying Circus

Rating: 6/10 (22 October 2017)

Being one of those who read the book then saw the TV movie of 1990 (which had some ups and downs too), my opinion is that IT could have been way better than what I saw.
Already in the trailers, what annoyed me the most was how Pennywise looked like. a real picture of killer clown. Far away from the Pennywise made by Tim Curry, where he continually mind played the children, the "new" Pennywise just tries to scare them.
So sad because the Georgie/Pennywise scene was really very good but they didn't keep that pace for too long.
And there are a lot of loopholes! For example, Pennywise killed Georgie nearly instantly, as with Patrick Hockstetter...but when IT faces one of the loser's club member, even isolated, he just let them live. And the kidnapping of Beverly is just completely inaccurate.
Then some characters are really badly written. Just like Henry Bowers. In the TV movie, Henry was a real menace. Here, he only appears when needed to add some kind of tension...And after his fall, no one ever talks of him.
Same conclusion with the kids. They've beaten Pennywise, found the victims and then what? Did they told the grown-ups or tried to give some clues? We won't know...
Even the bond between the kids doesn't seem so strong.
On the good side, Bill Skarsgaard really tries to do his best, Finn Wolfhard shows the same performance as in "Stranger Things" and Sophia Lillis's Beverly Marsh is excellent!
To resume, IT is just a decent film that tries to respect the book but fails loudly on trying to be as scary