It: Chapter Two Floats My Boat

Rating: 8/10 (12 September 2019)

It: Chapter Two, despite not being as good as Chapter one, is an amazing conclusion to the story of It. The cast in this movie is phenomenal. Every actor gave an incredible performance as their respective loser. Bill Hader and James McAvoy stole the show in every scene they were in. The conclusions to the character arcs established in Chapter One all make perfect sense and wrap up the stories of these characters incredibly well. However, there was one character resolution that felt rushed, especially with how well it was built up in the book. Stephen King himself makes a cameo in the movie. It's a really clever scene that die hard Stephen King fans will find absolutely hilarious. Bill Skarsgard continues to shine as Pennywise The Dancing Clown. Pennywise, in this movie especially, is so despicably evil that you're really rooting for that clown to go down.
If I had one problem with the movie, it's that the climax goes on forever. The final battle went on for about half an hour and, though I was still excited, it was far too long when that time could have been spent on more character centred scenes. The movie has an absurdly long runtime, which they should have used to their advantage instead of making the climax so long. The movie also has problems with its tone. After a scary scene, a character will make a joke. This is an issue as the movie often doesn't know wheather it wants to take itself seriously or not.
In summary, It: Chapter Two is a great conclusion to the It duology with a final battle that goes on 15 minutes too long and some rushed scenes, but has great acting and mostly great writing, while maintaining the first movie's strong message about friendship. It's definitely the inferior of the two movies, but it's still a phenomenal watch that I highly recommend.