First movie made money, Let's make a second one!!

Rating: 5/10 (27 September 2019)

I would have to say the casting director of this movie has done a great job of putting together actors that resemble the characters of their younger self not to mention the big chubby Ben has now become a hot daring Ben. But that's where the niceties of the movie ends.
If the most scariest scene of the movie was a giant naked CGI generated grand ma, then the movie is seriously missing some of the natural free flowing expression of the first movie. It almost seems like the makers were trying too hard to make the movie more scarier than the last time but only to come up with a series of long and predictable jump scares from zombies in the beginning in order to reintroduce characters and a series of pointless chases from the clown in the end.
I can only assume lack of creativity when the most important scene in which they perform the ritual to kill the clown turns out to be a damp squib. 'Turn the light into dark' they say a countless times until your earing apparatus become deaf only to see a balloon pop out, which is honestly more painful than getting a hit in your balls while playing baseball. And for the first time probably in the history of cinema, the villain is killed by calling him names.
The tone of the scenes in the movie switches from inconsistent to confusing. The horror scenes are mixed with comical overtones, the emotional scenes are made worse by mundane dialogues - 'we must stay together', 'if you believe you will kill' or using the nostalgia card far too often, and the comical scenes are far and few between. In the end, everything is juxtaposed to leave you with neither horror nor something touching or comical and doesn't do justice to the famous and popular novel (according to Maria Serova who read the book)
In short, Seeing the CGI zombies for 3 hours, yes 3 hours, and the letters at the end just tests your patience as much as your grandmother who was advising you to get your life together in your teenage years. If you miss your grandmother, It's a must watch otherwise a pint at your local bar is better worth the money.