Entertaining, Not What It Should Be

Rating: 6/10 (6 September 2019)

First of all, this review is written by a 16 year old who went to this movie with friends for some scares and laughs. Now I did see chapter one and I've read the books, although I knew that this wouldn't be anything close to it. I don't have a problem with the movie differing from the book honestly...
I have never laughed as much as when I saw this movie. I went to the cinema on the day that it was released with some friends. Now the start is quite interesting and immediately sets the mood for the rest of the movie. It starts off with a cruel kill which was good.
The story itself was alright in my opinion. I've seen plenty of people who were convinced that the movie was way too long, it didn't bother me during the movie though. It did at the end of the movie.
The CGI was hilarious in this movie because it was terrible. The character Pennywise is always entertaining to see, also because of the amazing performances of Skargaard. He once again was amazing. However, when one of the losers would get into a 'chase/fight', the cgi looks ridiculous. It's unrealistic, ugly and most of all: funny.
That's where the movie goes wrong. It sets an atmosphere for a grim story but it instead takes a turn into comedy lane. The intended jokes were quite good in my opinion and really funny, but when a cgi creature would come on screen the entirety of the cinema would laugh. The cgi ruined the atmosphere of the movie.
The last thing I'd like to say is that I'm everything but satisfied with the ending. It was terrible in my opinion. That's all I can say without spoiling.
Overall I think the movie was a bit too 'Hollywood-ish' , but very funny and entertaining. Jump scares were great in my opinion, the casting was a 10/10, the story just was a bit too Hollywood and not nearly as good as the original.
It wasn't worth 3 hours of my time in the end, But the incredible performance of the actors made it okay.