IT CHAPTER TWO SPOILER FREE REVIEW ðŸŽˆ

Rating: 9/10 (7 September 2019)

IT CHAPTER TWO, SPOILER FREE REVIEW.
I'll start with the positive. IT is basically Goonies for horror fans. Pure nostalgia. Wanting that last adventure with your friends before you're too old. (God that's depressing) Anyway, my biggest fear for this movie was that it would fail purely because let's face it in the book and the original mini series, the switch over to the kids from the adults is pretty boring. So I'm super happy to announce I needn't have worried, this switch over was seamless , it was cast perfectly to the point they looked like the kids had made a wish on Zoltar to be big, and I actually enjoyed this more than part one. The chemistry between the cast was spot on and I it felt like watching real friends. I was totally immersed in the story from start to finish, I didn't find myself zoning out for any of the run time.
Look out for the cameos and the nods to all your favourite 80's horror.
Ok now for the bad, same criticism as I had for the first one, TOO HEAVILY RELIANT ON CGI!! I thought there was missed opportunities for scares that were ruined by the heavy heavy CGI. Skarsgard has perfect control of Pennywise but when the CGI kicks in it becomes cartoonish. I don't wanna spoil it so I'll just bullet point the dodgy.
1. CGI
2. The first 15 minutes felt like a totally different film, that's not to say it wasn't good, just different. (And yes I've read the book)
3. CGI
4. Angel of the morning???
5. Small Pennywise
6. CGI
7. Too much Georgie
8. How much I cried in the end
9. The de-aging CGi and voice overs, especially Eddie.
10. Oh and as I final point did I mention the CGI?