It lost the creepiness

Rating: 4/10 (8 September 2019)

I love Stephen king and I loved the first chapter. Although chapter 2 is missing so much. The original elements of creepiness got lost amongst the in your face CGI. For example, the old women in Beverly's old apartment, the staring and the eye movements were building great tension and fear to then be ruined by a 12ft naked old lady hopping around a kitchen.
I don't think it needed to be 3 hours and I think Bill Skarsgard's performance was over ruled by bad CGI and countless jump scares and flash backs. Plus the whole giant pennywise spider was what killed the tv mini series, and it was hated by many, it's fine for the book I guess but I can see history repeating itself.
The "meh" reviews are right this time I'm afraid, wait for the TV release.
Sometimes simplicity is all it needs.