Where was the editor??

Rating: 5/10 (17 September 2019)

I enjoyed It chapter 1, for what it was, a fun, jumpy monster movie.
It Chapter 2 was disapointing not because of bad acting, or for budget reasons, but rather for a director and editor who did not understand pacing. Either that or they had spent the money and were told by higher ups that they "had to show it".
This is all made worse because the first act was fantastic, my expectations were met, all the characters were well introduced, and the lead actors were on top of their game, everyone seemed up for it.
The problems begin when the gigantic fetch quest that was act 2 reared it's ugly head. Our film crew seems to be a fan of video games. They should have known that spending at least an hour fetching trinkets was fun to play, but not for a general audience to watch. During the many, mnay actions scenes, you *know* that the main characters were not in any danger. Rendering the whole experience dull, and plodding bore.
It's not all bad, the last battle was fun, and the closing lines were actually quite touching, but getting to the end was a nightmare (not the kind the makers had in mnd), I just could'nt wait to leave the cinema. I'll have to download a copy and edit out a good 40-50 minutes so that I can have a watchable version of this movie to finish off the enjoyable first chapter. Shame I have to do the heavy lifting of excising material that slows the pace to a crawl... that's supposed to be the job of director/editor...