Disappointing follow up

Rating: 5/10 (4 September 2019)

It Chapter Two was a disappointing follow up that left me frustrated and honestly a little tired. The film opens strong with a first act that'll make you feel like you never left Derry at all. Which is a credit to AndrÃ©s Muschietti and his great camera work. Unfortunately after the first act the film just slips through the cracks deciding to emphasize comedy and characters instead of focusing on what in my opinion was the most intriguing part of the follow up, Pennywise's revenge. A lot of time is given to the losers club in an attempt to make you feel every bit of their journey. The problem with this is that you lose some run time that could've gone to horror sequences and more shocking moments.
Chapter one was so great because they blended everything perfectly. The scares were spot on and it was funny when it had to be. Don't go into chapter 2 expecting a horror movie, they couldn't go more than 10 minutes without making a joke and as previously mentioned so much time was given to the main cast that Pennywise is hardly in this movie at all. In the end you have a movie that was advertised incorrectly, you go in expecting the emotion and frights of the first movie and instead you get drama and constant gags.