Too Long - Poor CGI

Rating: 5/10 (20 October 2019)

Enjoyed the first movie, thought the aesthetics of the scenes were great, child actors were superb and Pennywise was truly terrifying.
Unfortunately this movie which is a continuation of the story set 27 years later falls flat. I wasn't aware of the run time (I watched it at home) so presumed it was around about the 2 hour mark when I put it on - very shocked to see this genre of movie come in at the near 3 hour mark. You can tell that they've just tried to put filler scenes in to stretch it out for some reason as it does drag. I found myself no longer becoming interested in the scenes because they were just full of jump scares.
These jump scares were mostly complied of very very poor CGI. It took me out of the movie multiple times. I said to my wife it's more like a Resident Evil or even Scooby-doo type film at those points.
I felt Pennywise didn't feature much either. Granted the fact he operates in the shadows adds to his mystery but I find it more scary when they showed a dark corner and all you hear is his voice. Much better than something running at you that looks like it's from Harry Potter.
Adult actors were all good but overall it was about 45 mins too long and ended up becoming boring to watch.