A Parody of Itself

Rating: 4/10 (13 September 2019)

I haven't been bored in a cinema in a long time, but IT 2 was an utter disappointment. Not saying the first one was a masterpiece, but it was definitely entertaining. I had the honor of watching both at an IT marathon, so believe me when I say it does not hold up to the original at all.
Any tension the movie had was destroyed by an unnecessaryamount of comic relief, and it kept doing the same boring, copy-paste jumpscares for the entire second half of the movie. The last actually good scene was when the girl visited her old home and met Pennywise's daughter. It was funny, yet eerie and creepy - the true IT experience. They built up the tension really well - the woman smiling in the background, obscurred by the focus blur worked to a great effect, but then this naked giant cgi-grandma appears and the rest of the movie never recovered. The actors never seemed actually afraid either, unlike the original. Too busy cracking jokes I guess...
It was basically a parody of itself. A WAY too long parody.
IT did actually make me laugh at a few occasions, so IT got that going for IT...
Go and watch it if it ain't nothing better on Cinema. If your girl is a jumpy one, she might grab your hand, but don't get your hopes up.