IT is a great time despite some problems

Rating: 8/10 (12 September 2019)

So.. here we have IT CHAPTER 2. I don't see this as a sequel but as a second part to the story. I'm gonna break it down to positives and negatives.
First the positives:
+ The cast is simply magnificent. I mean insanely great casting choices with Bill Hader being the MVP!
(Ranking the losers later)
+ Pennywise is once again so enjoyable to watch, even though he is slightly reduced here, the scenes he is in are very very effective.
+ Most of the forms IT takes are very fun to watch.
+ This one is more darker from the first one.
+ There are also some really funny moments.
+ The introduction to adult losers is so well made.
+ Through the film and mostly in the end there are many heartfelt and emotional moments.
Now to the negatives:

This part also defers very much tonally, where the first one was very fast paced this one takes the time to develop and unfold. This can make this film feel very long (which it is - i mean it's almost 3 hours for god's sake) with some scenes during the second act being repetitive. They could have done better with some of the scenes there ( or remove some of them) to make the film a little shorter.
All that being said about the second act i also think that the team was apart for too long! The losers are meant to be together, that's where the movie was at it's best, they even acknowledge that at some point.
Talking about unnecessary scenes, most of the flashbacks serve nothing extra to the story but just being extra to the runtime. There were some flashbacks that were extended deleted scenes from the first movie. I think what could have been interesting was to show flashbacks of the time after they defeated IT for the first time, after the oath they made. By doing that right that could have brought some levity and originality to the story.
I know i praised the forms of IT before but some of the special effects were noticeably bad and with a higher budget that this movie has i think they could have done better.
One final point. There is a character with a subplot and i think you know who.. that just doesn't do anything in particular here, it's just for the sake of having that character in the movie because it was something major in the book.

Overall the movie is a great time and i think it would make a great double feature (the way it's supposed to be seen for me) on halloween nights to come! Just like every adaptation though it has it's faults.
7,5/10
Ranking adult losers from great to simply good:
* Richie (Bill Hader)
* Eddie (James Ransone)
* Beverly (Jessica Chastain)
* Bill ( James McAvoy)
* Ben (Jay Ryan)
* Mike (Isaiah Mustafa)
* Stanley (Andy Bean)