Either be original or stick to the source material...

Rating: 2/10 (20 September 2019)

What is the point of changing the story when there is nothing original or even interesting in what's being changed? This adaptation, both parts, are barely above mediocre and that's only if you've read the book and can fill in the gaps for everything they left out. The director went in not knowing what he was going to do with the story and how he wanted to do it (in an interview, he actually said he's still not done and plans to shoot more footage to add to these) so it comes out feeling disorganized and sloppy; they don't quite fit. The movie relied too heavily on CGI (which, more often than not, just looked ridiculous) but still failed use the technology to do what the miniseries couldn't and include the best parts of the novel. Instead, we again get vague references that make no sense without having read the book, things that were totally ripped off from other movies and references to other Stephen King work. Casting was perfect and there were some interesting visuals but even they couldn't save this.