Not Even Close to as Good as Chapter One

Rating: 4/10 (7 September 2019)

The suspense and thrills of Chapter One are virtually all gone in Chapter Two. The gang doesnt interact in the same seamless way they did as children in the first movie.
Lot's of holes in the story telling. For example none of them has seen each other for twenty some years and yet the black guy who re-assembles them has all their cell phone numbers (and they have no idea who he is when he calls so how did he get the numbers? You can't look up cell numbers).
Further the clown is back for some time before the gang comes back and yet he seems to be eating people, not floating them like in the first movie. Why is that?
When they get to the lair from the first flick it's devoid of floaters even tho the black guy tells them the clown has been active for some time.
And then there's a really stoopid ending to the clown. It actually ruins the movie completely because it's laughable.
And then there's the gay agenda from frame one to the ending with Ritchie's little secret. Why do we need this? Does this crap really have to be shoved in our face in every freaking movie? Does it? I for one, am tired of it.
On the plus side, the film moves quickly with little down time, except that it's about a half hour too long. It reminded me of LOTR Part Three when it kept ending and then there was more ending and then there was more until you just wanted to leave the movie theatre already.